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10 Killings: The Tragic Story of the Barrios Family in Venezuela
[caption id="attachment_72941" align="alignleft" width="1000"] LEO RAMIREZ/AFP/Getty Image[/caption] By Alex Roche, writer and campaigner Imagine that one day your brother is at home with his two sons. Police enter his house,…
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Alarm over reports of high civilian death toll from US-led coalition airstrikes on Manbij in Syria
U.S.-led coalition forces carrying out airstrikes in Syria must redouble efforts to prevent civilian deaths and investigate possible violations of international humanitarian law, Amnesty International urged amid growing reports that…
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Pakistan: End impunity for so-called ‘honor’ crimes
The Pakistani authorities must end impunity for so-called ‘honor’ killings and other violence against women, Amnesty International said today. “The tragic killing of Qandeel Baloch, at the hands of her…
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Sulfuric acid factory behind health fears in Myanmar must be relocated
The Myanmar government must immediately order the relocation of a sulfuric acid factory built dangerously close to a village, which is continuing to operate despite grave concerns over its health…
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Nepal: Torture and Coerced Confessions
A new report published today by Amnesty International reveals how members of the indigenous Tharu community in Nepal’s Tarai plains were subjected to arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment at…
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Nepal must investigate police torture of Tharu community members
A new report published today by Amnesty International reveals how members of the indigenous Tharu community in Nepal’s Tarai plains were subjected to arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment at…
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Human rights in grave danger following coup attempt and subsequent crackdown in Turkey
Human rights in Turkey are in peril following a bloody coup attempt on July 15, which resulted in the deaths of at least 208 people and almost 8,000 arrests, Amnesty…
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International Justice Must Include Women
Women and girls are usually forgotten when thinking about armed conflict, yet they are uniquely and disproportionately affected by it. They represent a high number of casualties of war* and…
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Fighting the Demonization of Ordinary American Muslims—Like Me
Gingrich’s comments are the latest in this trend: After horrific terrorism attacks, pundits take to cable news to offer discriminatory, anti-Muslim proposals and rhetoric.
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Iran is putting political prisoners’ lives at risk by denying them medical care
Iran’s authorities are callously toying with the lives of prisoners of conscience and other political prisoners by denying them adequate medical care, putting them at grave risk of death, permanent…
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Health taken hostage: Cruel denial of medical care in Iran’s prisons
Iran’s authorities are callously toying with the lives of prisoners of conscience and other political prisoners by denying them adequate medical care, putting them at grave risk of death, permanent…
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5 Things I Learned at Argentina’s #NiUnaMenos March against Femicide
On June 3, 2016, Argentinians took to the streets for a second time to tell their government “ni una menos” – meaning “not even one less (woman)” – demanding an…