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Tackling the global refugee crisis: From shirking to sharing responsibility
Wealthy countries have shown a complete absence of leadership and responsibility, leaving just 10 countries, which account for less than 2.5 percent of world GDP, to take in 56 percent…
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Greece: Syrian refugee children detained for carrying toy guns allegedly ill-treated by police
The alleged ill-treatment of five Syrian refugee children who say they were detained, beaten and forced to strip naked by Greek police for carrying plastic toy guns in the street…
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Ongoing Crimes: Chemical Weapons & Crimes Against Humanity in Darfur
By Scott Edwards, Senior Adviser for Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Today, Amnesty International is releasing an expansive report on violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in Jebel Mara,…
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Syria: Horrific attack on UN aid convoy is a flagrant violation of international law
Last night’s attack on a UN/Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy, intended for 78,000 people in Aleppo, is a flagrant violation of the most fundamental principles of international humanitarian law,…
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Syria-Jordan border: 75,000 refugees trapped in desert no man’s land in dire conditions
Video footage and satellite images showing makeshift grave sites and burial mounds offer a rare glimpse inside a desert no man’s land between Jordan and Syria where tens of thousands…
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New video highlights escape from IS of two wheelchair-bound refugees
Footage released by Amnesty International today shows the remarkable journey of two refugees, Alan Mohammad, 30, and his sister Gyan, 28, who travelled from Syria to a refugee camp in…
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The Day of the Disappeared: Enforced disappearances persist globally
Governments around the world are consistently using enforced disappearances to secure their own power and silence opposition, said Amnesty International, ahead of this year’s International Day of the Disappeared on…
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U.S. must go beyond resettlement goals and welcome more Syrian refugees
After reports that the United States will meet its goal of taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees, Amnesty International USA issued the following statement.
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DatNav: How to Navigate Digital Data in Human Rights Research
From online videos of war crimes, to satellite images of rights violations in areas as reclusive as North Korea, to eyewitness accounts disseminated on social media, we have access to…
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Good News! – 10-Year-Old Girl In Need of Surgery Evacuated (Syria: UA 190/16)
Ghina Ahmad Wadi, a 10-year-old girl seriously wounded by sniper fire at a Syrian government checkpoint on 2 August, was successfully evacuated to Damascus to receive the urgent surgery she…
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Conference of States Parties must stop the secrecy and drag $100bn global trade out of the shadows
The second Conference of States Parties for the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) must make critical progress this week on holding governments to account by introducing mandatory public reporting of all…
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UN: Zero tolerance for states who flout Arms Trade Treaty obligations
UN: Zero tolerance for states who flout Arms Trade Treaty obligations · States Parties still engaging in unscrupulous arms transfers, putting lives and human rights at risk · More than…