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Amnesty International USA Reaction to Transfer of Guantánamo Detainees
The Department of Defense announced an additional nine transfers of Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia today.
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Malawi: Murder of baby with albinism highlights failure to protect vulnerable group
The horrific murder of a two-year-old girl with albinism highlights the failure by the Malawi’s authorities to adequately protect this vulnerable group, said Amnesty International following the discovery of her…
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Greece: Europe must shoulder the burden for 46,000 refugees and migrants trapped in squalor
With all eyes focused on the implementation of the recently agreed EU-Turkey deal, the plight of more than 46,000 refugees and migrants stuck in squalid conditions across mainland Greece, is…
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The Eldorado dos Carajás massacre: 20 years of impunity and violence in Brazil
Twenty years on from a brutal massacre of landless farm workers by Brazil’s military police, impunity persists for crimes committed against rural communities in the county -with 50 murders in…
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Terrifying eyewitness video of life under siege in Syria must spur humanitarian lifeline
The terrifying reality of the Syrian government’s relentless barrel bombing of the besieged city of Daraya, outside Damascus, is made brutally clear in a new video released by Amnesty International…
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Greece: Europe must shoulder the burden for 46,000 refugees and migrants trapped in squalor
With all eyes focused on the implementation of the recently agreed EU-Turkey deal, the plight of more than 46,000 refugees and migrants stuck in squalid conditions across mainland Greece, is…
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Scholars Jailed in Turkey’s On-Going War Against Freedom of Expression: How You Can Take Action
Turkey has suffered from a series of horrendous attacks in recent months. The security challenges it faces are very real. Unfortunately, the rhetoric coming out of Ankara suggests that, under…
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Ruggie Report: Migrant workers in Qatar cannot afford more broken promises from FIFA
FIFA President Gianni Infantino cannot afford to continue the organization’s indifference to human rights abuses in Qatar, said Amnesty International today, following the publication of a report identifying major shortcomings…
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Malaysia: Prominent Human Rights Activist Convicted in Politically Motivated Sedition Trial
The conviction of prominent lawyer and human rights activist Haris Ibrahim of sedition highlights Malaysia’s increasing determination to crush any form of dissent in the country, Amnesty International said today.…
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Ban on ethnic Crimean Tatar assembly aimed at snuffing out dissent
Today’s decision to suspend the Mejlis, a representative body of ethnic Crimean Tatars in Crimea, demolishes one of the few remaining rights of a minority that Russia must protect instead…
Victory
Good News! – Egypt: Mahmoud Hussein Released on Bail (UA 286/14)
Prisoner of conscience Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein was released on 25 March after spending more than two years in detention without trial.
Urgent Action
Colombia: Guarantee Safety to Human Rights Defenders and Trade Unionists (UA 88/16)
Human rights defenders and trade unionists in Valle del Cauca Department, south-west Colombia, are in danger after receiving death threats, apparently from the paramilitary Gaitanista Self-Defence Forces of Colombia…