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Years of Impunity for Xenophobic Crimes Driving the Latest Attacks in South Africa
The ongoing and escalating attacks against refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, and looting of foreign owned shops in South Africa,…
September 4, 2019
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Bangladeshi Parents Fear for Lost Generation of Rohingya Children
Two years after a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign forced around 700,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh, refugees are still…
August 29, 2019
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Human Rights Defenders in Afghanistan Under Attack From the Authorities and Armed Groups
Afghanistan’s human rights community is under intensifying attacks from both the authorities and armed groups as human rights defenders and…
August 29, 2019
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Syrian Families Left Alone to Find Answers About Disappeared Relatives
The families of tens of thousands of people who have been forcibly disappeared or abducted since the onset of the…
August 29, 2019
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Filmmaker Sentenced To One Year In Prison In Myanmar For Facebook Post
Responding to the decision by the Insein Township Court to sentence filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi to one year…
August 29, 2019
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Vicious Attack Against Pro-Democracy Protest Organizer in Hong Kong
Responding to an attack in Hong Kong on Thursday lunchtime against Jimmy Sham, the convenor of the Civil Human Rights…
August 29, 2019
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Brazilian Government’s Failures are Fueling Wildfires Across the Amazon
Responding to the news of the wildfires that have been raging in the Amazon rainforest for several weeks, Kumi Naidoo,…
August 22, 2019
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Amnesty International Votes to Divest From Fossil Fuel Companies
Amnesty International will divest from fossil fuel companies in acknowledgement that investment in an industry whose products are the primary…
August 5, 2019
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UN Secretary General Orders Investigation Into Atrocities in Idlib, Syria
The plans for a UN investigation into attacks targeting hospitals in Idlib, and other buildings clearly identified as civilian objects…
August 1, 2019
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Mass Hunger Strike at al-Aqrab Prison Over Denial of Family Visits and Dire Conditions
The Egyptian authorities must immediately end cruel and inhumane detention conditions and allow regular family visits at al-Aqrab maximum security…
July 31, 2019
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Amnesty International Israel’s Office Targeted with Death Threat
The Israeli authorities must urgently investigate death threats targeting three civil society organizations, including Amnesty International’s Israeli section in Tel…
July 31, 2019
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10 Years Since the Killing of Chechen Human Rights Defender Natalia Estemirova, No Justice in Sight
On the tenth anniversary of the murder of prominent Chechen human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, Amnesty International and 12 international…
July 15, 2019