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Egypt: 10-year prison term for insulting President an outrageous assault on freedom of expression
The sentencing of a lawyer to 10 years in prison for a Facebook post exposes the abuse of Egypt’s new counterterrorism law to silence government critics, said Amnesty International.
Update
Abductions and Forcible Returns from Russia to Uzbekistan continue
By Ella Shen A few weeks ago, Amnesty International, along with other international organizations, has expressed heavy concern over the possibility of danger, including torture amongst other human rights violations,…
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USA/Russia: Diplomatic meeting must tackle deplorable human rights record at home and abroad
Though recent developments in Syria are bound to dominate US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first official visit to Moscow this week, he must also use the opportunity to highlight…
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Amnesty International USA: Sessions’ Hateful Policy Criminalizes People Protected by International Law
Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered a speech on immigration to Customs and Border Protection in Nogales, Arizona, and issued a new policy memo prioritizing criminal immigration enforcement along the…
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Egypt: Authorities must address sectarian violence, not abuse emergency powers to further curtail rights Â
Emergency measures included in a declaration of a state of emergency by President Abdelfattah al-Sissi in the aftermath of three deplorable church bombings in Egypt will do little to resolve…
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Venezuela: Excessive use of force towards protestors exacerbates humanitarian crisisÂ
Amnesty International emphasizes once again the obligation of the Venezuelan state to guarantee the right to freedom of expression and peaceful protest of all people in the country. Yesterday, during…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Texas Appeal Court Blocks Execution (USA: UA 72.17)
On 7 April, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution in the case of Paul Storey, who was scheduled to be put to death on 12…
Report
Death Sentences and Executions 2016
For the first time since 2006, and only the second time since 1991, the United States is not among the world's five biggest executioners, Amnesty International said in its 2016…
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US attack on Syrian airbase: Professed concern for civilian life should prompt Trump commitment on Syrian refugees
In response to last night’s United States airstrikes against a Syrian army airbase in Homs, three days after a chemical weapons attack killed more than 80 civilians in Idleb province,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Supreme Court Of Tucuman Acquits Belén (Argentina: UA 95.16)
On 27 March, the Supreme Court of Tucuman Province,northern Argentina, unanimously decided to acquit Belén, the 27-year-old young woman who had been sentenced to eight years of prison after suffering…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Vulnerable Asylum Seeker Unfairly Detained (Papua New Guinea: UA 37.17)
Loghman Sawari, an Iranian refugee, is being detained at Waigani Police cells, Papua New Guinea, under new charges under the Migration Act. Currently on bail for similar charges under the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Student Convicted For Posession of ‘Illegal’ Books (Malaysia: UA 79.17)
Research student Siti Noor Aishah has been sentenced by the Kuala Lumpur High Court to five years in prison for possessing 12 books deemed ‘illegal’ by the Malaysian government.