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Bangladesh: Authorities must act as another secular activist hacked to death
The vicious killing of another secular activist in Bangladesh is a grave reminder that the authorities are failing to protect people exercising their right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International…
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Greece: Refugees detained in dire conditions amid rush to implement EU-Turkey deal
Thousands of refugees and migrants are being held arbitrarily in appalling conditions amid growing uncertainty, fear and despair over their fate under the new EU-Turkey refugee deal, Amnesty International…
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Meet the 2016 Ginetta Sagan Award Winner: Julienne Lusenge
“Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor.” -- Ginetta Sagan This year we are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of The Ginetta Sagan Fund (GSF), an Amnesty…
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Death penalty 2016: Alarming surge in recorded executions sees highest toll in more than 25 years
A dramatic global rise in the number of executions recorded in 2015 saw more people put to death than at any point in the last quarter-century. The surge was largely…
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Death Sentences and Executions 2015
A dramatic global rise in the number of executions recorded in 2015 saw more people put to death than at any point in the last quarter-century. The surge was largely…
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10 Reasons to Abolish the Death Penalty
Today, Amnesty International released its annual report on the use of the death penalty worldwide. 2015 was a year of extremes – the number of executions worldwide skyrocketed, but here in…
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Amnesty International USA Welcomes New Round of Guantánamo Transfers
In response to the transfer of two Guantánamo detainees to Senegal, and reports of multiple upcoming transfers, Amnesty International USA’s Security & Human Rights Program Director Naureen Shah issued the…
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Illegal mass returns of Syrian refugees from Turkey expose fatal flaws in EU-Turkey deal
Large-scale forced returns of refugees from Turkey to war-ravaged Syria expose the fatal flaws in a refugee deal signed between Turkey and the European Union earlier this month, Amnesty International…
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Historic ruling on police torture in Philippines following Amnesty International campaign
A historic ruling by a Philippines court this week in which a police officer was convicted of torturing bus driver Jerryme Corre plants a seed of hope that the tide…
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Chile: Two-tier justice system allows police to get away with human rights violations
Chile’s outrageous two-tier justice system is allowing police officers to beat, ill-treat and in some cases even kill peaceful demonstrators and other individuals and only face a miniscule sanction at…
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‘I Didn’t Know There Were Two Kinds of Justice’ Military Justice and Police Brutality in Chile
Chile’s outrageous two-tier justice system is allowing police officers to beat, ill-treat and in some cases even kill peaceful demonstrators and other individuals and only face a miniscule sanction at…
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Fleeing for Our Lives: Central American Migrant Crisis
WATCH LIVE: Human Rights Implications of Protecting People on the Move in the Americas Migration from Central America to the U.S. is not a new phenomenon, however the reasons,…