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Thailand: A culture of torture under the military
Since seizing power in a 2014 coup, Thailand’s military authorities have allowed a culture of torture and other ill-treatment to flourish across the country, with soldiers and policemen targeting suspected…
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Azerbaijan: Assaults on freedom of expression mar constitutional referendum
Threats, arrests and prosecutions of those who have voiced criticism of the proposed amendments to the Constitution have been a defining feature of the authorities’ campaign ahead of the referendum…
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Good News! – Cambodian Housing Rights Defender Released (Cambodia: UA 175/16)
Two Cambodian housing rights defenders were tried and convicted on 22 August for “insult of a public official”. While Bov Sophea has been released, Tep Vanny remains in detention, serving…
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Sudan: No Justice for Protester Killings
UN Should Press Sudan to Investigate, Prosecute Those Responsible Sudanese authorities have yet to provide justice to victims of a violent crackdown on anti-austerity protesters in Khartoum in September 2013,…
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Troy Davis: 5 Years On
Troy was on death row for over two decades before he was finally executed. In that time he became a leader himself in the movement to end the death penalty,…
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Troy Davis’s Legacy
By Savannah Fox, Field Organizer Five years ago today, on September 21st, I became an activist. I didn’t sign my first petition or attended my first rally. I found my…
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India: Kashmiri human rights activist re-arrested
Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez has been detained a second time, after a court ordered his release from administrative detention on Tuesday. “Detaining a person right after he is…
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DRC: Authorities must not fan the flames of unrest with violence
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must show restraint in their handling of protests to ensure that they do not inflame tensions in the country, and conduct…
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Nigeria: You have signed your death warrant
A Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has instead been systematically torturing detainees in its custody as a means of extracting confessions and lucrative bribes, Amnesty International…
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Syria: Horrific attack on UN aid convoy is a flagrant violation of international law
Last night’s attack on a UN/Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy, intended for 78,000 people in Aleppo, is a flagrant violation of the most fundamental principles of international humanitarian law,…
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Nigeria: Special police squad get rich torturing detainees and demanding bribes in exchange for freedom
A Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has instead been systematically torturing detainees in its custody as a means of extracting confessions and lucrative bribes, Amnesty International…
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Yemen: Evidence indicates US-made bomb was used in attack on MSF hospital
Yemen: Evidence indicates US-made bomb was used in attack on MSF hospital Contact: Nidya Sarria, [email protected] States – including the USA and UK – must immediately stop supplying weapons that…