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All the Civilians Suffer: Conflict, Displacement and Abuse in Northern Myanmar
Civilians from minority ethnic groups suffer appalling violations and abuses, including war crimes, at the hands of Myanmar’s military and ethnic armed groups in the country’s Kachin and northern Shan…
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Dozens of news sites blocked as Egypt ramps up digital censorship
The Egyptian authorities have shifted their onslaught against media freedom to the digital sphere, blocking access to more than 40 news sites without justification in recent weeks, in an attempt…
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Hungary: NGO law a vicious and calculated assault on civil society
The passing of a law stigmatizing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive foreign funding is the latest in an escalating crackdown on critical voices and will hamper critically important work by civil…
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Trump Must Drop Defense of Discriminatory Muslim Ban
Following the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against President Trump’s discriminatory Muslim ban, Margaret Huang, Amnesty International USA executive director, released the following statement:
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Release Amnesty International Chair Taner Kılıç (Turkey: UA 138.17)
Chair of Amnesty International Turkey Taner Kılıç was detained on 6 June, wrongly accused of membership of the “Fethullahist Terrorist Organization”. On 9 June he has been remanded in pre-trial…
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Families ripped apart, freedom of expression under attack amid political dispute in Gulf
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are toying with the lives of thousands of Gulf residents as part of their dispute with Qatar, splitting up families and…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Torture Survivor Released In Chechnya (Belarus: UA 132.17)
Murad Amriev was handed over to Russian law enforcement officers at 3am on 9 June after having been returned from Belarus where he unsuccessfully attempted to claim asylum. He has…
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Urgent Action Victory! Torture Survivor Released In Chechnya (Belarus: UA 132.17)
Murad Amriev was handed over to Russian law enforcement officers at 3am on 9 June after having been returned from Belarus where he unsuccessfully attempted to claim asylum. He has…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Two Boys Jailed For Life After Unfair Trial (Somalia: UA 96.17)
Two boys have been imprisoned for life for murder. The boys say they were forced to confess to the murder.
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Turkey: Imprisonment of Amnesty Chair is a devastating injustice
The Turkish prosecution’s decision to charge Taner Kiliç, the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, with “membership of a terrorist organisation” is a mockery of justice, and highlights the devastating impact…
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Maine AI Action Team Meeting
Do you live in the Portland, Maine area and want to protect human rights in your community? Well we have just the place for you! Come join our newly formed…
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In the face of anti-Muslim protests, stand up for human rights for all
In response to two dozen anti-Muslim protests scheduled to be held around the country on June 10, Amnesty International USA joined with several other human and civil rights organizations in…
