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Human Rights Delegation Observes Largely Peaceful Protests on Last Night of Republican National Convention
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) has deployed human rights observers to monitor protests at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH, this week and will do the same at the Democratic…
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Saudi Arabia’s Execution Toll Reaches 100
According to the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced that an execution was carried out in Riyadh today bringing the total number of executions carried out so…
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Amnesty International: Protests Largely Peaceful, with Some Questions About Dispersals and Arrests
Amnesty International's human rights observers were at several protests or marches today, including one where police ordered the crowd to disperse and arrested multiple people.Â
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Human Rights Groups Call on U.S. to Withhold Aid to Mexican Military
Ahead of the Mexican president’s visit to the U.S., Amnesty International joined with six other human rights groups to call on the U.S. government to once again withhold aid to…
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Hong Kong: Guilty verdicts against student leaders latest blow for freedom of expression
The Hong Kong authorities’ prosecution of three pro-democracy student leaders sends a chilling warning for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in the city, Amnesty International said today, after Joshua…
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State of emergency must not roll back human rights in Turkey
President Erdogan’s announcement of the imposition of a state of emergency must not pave the way for a roll-back in human rights or be used as a pretext to further…
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Libya: Lives of captives trapped under fire in Benghazi in danger
Airstrikes by the Libyan National Army are endangering the lives of scores of detainees who are being held captive in Benghazi, said Amnesty International.
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Update: Amnesty Observers at Convention Protests
[caption id="attachment_72966" align="alignleft" width="600"] Amnesty International USA's human rights observers are ensuring that people can peacefully protest at conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia[/caption] Amnesty International USA has deployed a delegation…
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Despite Some Tension, Cleveland Protests Appear Largely Peaceful
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) has deployed human rights observers to monitor protests at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH, this week and will do the same at the Democratic…
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Video showing beheading of boy further evidence of abuses by armed groups in Syria
A video showing the beheading of a boy by an armed opposition group in northern Syria is the latest abhorrent signal that some such groups are carrying out serious abuses…
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Ukraine: Torture and Secret Detention on Both Sides of the Conflict Line
Both the Ukrainian government authorities and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding civilians in prolonged arbitrary, and sometimes secret detention and torturing them, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch…
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You Don’t Exist: Arbitrary Detentions, Enforced Disappearances, and Torture in Eastern Ukraine
Both the Ukrainian government authorities and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding civilians in prolonged arbitrary, and sometimes secret detention and torturing them, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch…
