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Israel denies entry to Amnesty International USA staff member
Israel’s decision to deny an Amnesty International USA staff member entry to the occupied West Bank, apparently as retaliation against the organization’s human rights work, is a dangerous indication of…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Drop Charges Against Human Rights Defender (Bahrain: UA 165.17)
Bahraini woman human rights defender Ebtisam al-Saegh was released from Isa Town Detention for women, in the Bahraini capital Manama on 22 October. She has yet to receive the conditions…
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Nights of terror: Attacks and illegal raids on homes in Venezuela
The Venezuelan authorities have expanded their arsenal of repressive tactics by launching a vicious campaign of illegal home raids on citizens suspected of dissent, Amnesty International said in a new…
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Amnesty Turkey Chair kept in jail one day after 10 other human rights defenders conditionally released
Following a decision by an Izmir court not to release human rights defender, Taner Kılıç, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General said the following:
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Law Leading To Military Impunity Sanctioned (Brazil: UA 236.17)
The Brazilian President sanctioned the law that transfers to the Military Court the ability to try human rights violations and crimes against life, such as killings and extrajudicial executions, carried…
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Eyes of the world on Turkey as show trial of human rights activists beginsÂ
Trumped up terror charges against 11 human rights defenders, including Amnesty International’s Turkey director and chair, do not stand up to the slightest scrutiny, said Amnesty International as court proceedings…
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Iraq: Fresh evidence that tens of thousands forced to flee Tuz Khurmatu amid indiscriminate attacks, lootings and arson
Satellite images, videos, photos and dozens of testimonies collected by Amnesty International show that civilians were forced to flee their homes after fierce clashes erupted between Iraqi government forces, supported…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Iranian Prisoner Of Conscience Critically Ill (Iran: UA 242.17)
Prisoner of conscience Mohammad Nazari, who has been unjustly languishing in prison for over two decades, is critically ill and needs urgent medical care outside prison. He has been on…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Death Threats For Human Rights Lawyer (India: UA 243.17)
Dalit lawyer and human rights defender, Rajat Kalsan, faces fabricated charges and death threats due to his work defending Dalit communities in Haryana state. Forced to suspend his legal practice…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Activists Indicted For Peaceful Assembly (Thailand: UA 290.16)
Five student activists, a land rights activist and two human rights lawyers face six months imprisonment and unfair trial in a military court in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand. The students…
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UN: Amnesty urges international action on armed drones
On October 20 Amnesty International will launch a new briefing at the UN General Assembly, setting out measures to bring the use and transfer of armed drones in line with…
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