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Egypt: Asset freeze is a shameless ploy to silence human rights activism
The Zeinhom Criminal Court’s decision today to freeze the personal and organizational bank accounts of a group of leading and award-winning human rights lawyers and campaigners over politically motivated accusations…
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Good News! – Ahmed Abdullah Released On Bail (Egypt: 9/16)
Prisoner of conscience Ahmed Abdullah was released on bail on 10 September after spending over four months in detention without trial.
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Leaving Edward Snowden in limbo will be a stain on President Obama’s legacy
U.S. President Barack Obama should place himself on the right side of history by pardoning whistleblower Edward Snowden, who faces the possibility of decades in prison for speaking out to…
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Syria-Jordan border: 75,000 refugees trapped in desert no man’s land in dire conditions
Video footage and satellite images showing makeshift grave sites and burial mounds offer a rare glimpse inside a desert no man’s land between Jordan and Syria where tens of thousands…
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AIUSA’s Formal Recommendations to Department of Justice for the Baltimore City Police Department Consent Decree Process
A few weeks ago, the Department of Justice released findings from a “pattern and practice” review of the Baltimore Police Department. Amnesty International USA welcomed these findings as an important…
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Coalition of NGO and Diaspora Groups Support Ethiopia Human Rights Resolution
The undersigned civil society organizations applaud U.S. Representatives Chris Smith, Keith Ellison and Mike Coffman for introducing House Resolution 861, entitled “Supporting human rights and encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia.”
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India: Global standards on police use of force violated in Kashmir
Security forces are using arbitrary and excessive force in response to protests in Jammu and Kashmir, violating international standards and worsening the human rights crisis in the state, Amnesty International…
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Amnesty International USA Urges President Obama to Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier With New Advocacy Video
To mark his 72nd birthday today, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released a new video urging President Obama to grant clemency to Anishinabe-Lakota Native American activist Leonard Peltier before leaving office.…
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Iraq: Kurdish authorities must end disgraceful detention of Yezidi woman who survived IS captivity
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) must immediately end the shocking and arbitrary detention of a Yezidi woman who has been held without trial for nearly two years after surviving captivity…
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Authorities Must Protect Peaceful Protest Following Ruling on Dakota Access Pipeline
While a federal court has ruled construction on a disputed pipeline in North Dakota can go forward, authorities must continue to protect the right to peaceful protest.
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New video highlights escape from IS of two wheelchair-bound refugees
Footage released by Amnesty International today shows the remarkable journey of two refugees, Alan Mohammad, 30, and his sister Gyan, 28, who travelled from Syria to a refugee camp in…
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Good News! – Omani Prisoner of Conscience Released (Oman: UA 318/14)
Omani prisoner of conscience Saeed Jaddad was released from prison on 26 August, having served nine months of a one-year prison sentence under Oman’s cybercrimes law for a blog he…