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Syrian refugee women in Lebanon face heightened risk of exploitation and sexual harassment
Shortfalls in international assistance and discriminatory policies imposed by the Lebanese authorities are creating conditions that facilitate the exploitation and abuse of women refugees in Lebanon, said Amnesty International in…
Report
‘I Want a Safe Place’: Refugee Women from Syria Uprooted and Unprotected in Lebanon
Shortfalls in international assistance and discriminatory policies imposed by the Lebanese authorities are creating conditions that facilitate the exploitation and abuse of women refugees in Lebanon, said Amnesty International in…
Update
When Life is Disposable: Muslim Bodies as Precarious in the War on Terror
Muslim bodies have been detained, extradited, tortured, and unlawfully killed. Muslim lives have been drowned in a sea of policy and rhetoric that justifies the loss of lives as “collateral…
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Chinese authorities intensify crackdown against critics with deplorable jail terms for rights activists
Three Chinese human rights campaigners who were handed jail sentences on Friday for publishing books on democracy and activism are the latest victims of politically motivated “national security” charges used…
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Guantánamo Now Open Longer Under President Obama Than President Bush
Two weeks after the Guantánamo Bay detention site entered its 15th year of operation, the detention site faces a new milestone.
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Reinstatement of Nigerian army general implicated in mass murder makes mockery of commitments to end war crimes
The reinstatement of a senior Nigerian military general implicated in the mass murder of hundreds of detainees underlines the monumental failure of the government to stamp out impunity for war…
Urgent Action
Pakistan: Release Saeed Baloch (UA 26/16)
Human rights defender Saeed Baloch was arrested in Karachi on 16 January by members of the Rangers, Pakistan’s paramilitary police force. Following national and international pressure, he was presented…
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Dutch plan for EU refugee swap with Turkey is morally bankrupt
A new plan to tackle unprecedented refugee flows to Europe, mooted by the Dutch Presidency of the European Union today, is fundamentally flawed since it would hinge on illegally returning…
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Turkey fails to respond to desperate pleas of seriously injured as deaths mount
The Turkish authorities are failing to respond to the desperate pleas of more than 20 injured residents sheltering for six days in the basement of a building that has been…
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Myanmar must scrap or amend new law that could grant immunity to former presidents
Myanmar should immediately repeal or amend a new law passed today which could grant former presidents blanket immunity for human rights violations and crimes under international law, said Amnesty International.…
Update
Guantanamo Has Been Open Longer Under President Obama Than President Bush
As of January 30, 2016, the detention camp has been open under President Obama longer than it was open under President Bush. Despite multiple promises to close Guantánamo, President Obama…
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Appeals court in Egypt upholds prison sentence for five activists including poet Ahmed Said
Today’s appeals court ruling upholding a two-year prison sentence for five activists, who were convicted of allegedly taking part in a protest last year, is yet another example of the…