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Amnesty International Responds to Reckless Decision to Appoint John Bolton

Responding to news that John Bolton will replace H.R. McMaster as National Security Advisor, Zeke Johnson, Senior Director of Programs…

March 22, 2018

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Yemen: Three years on, US and UK arms supplies to Saudi Arabia-led coalition are devastating civilian lives

A Saudi Arabia-led coalition attack with a US-manufactured bomb, which turned a civilian home into rubble and killed or injured…

March 22, 2018

A picture taken on February 20, 2018 shows smoke plumes rising following a reported regime air strike in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. / AFP PHOTO / ABDULMONAM EASSA (Photo credit should read ABDULMONAM EASSA/AFP/Getty Images)

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SYRIA: Seven years of catastrophic failure by the international community

To mark the seventh anniversary of the Syria conflict, Amnesty International is calling for the international community to assume its…

March 15, 2018

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Remaking Rakhine State

Myanmar’s Rakhine State is being militarized at an alarming pace, as authorities are building security force bases and bulldozing land…

March 11, 2018

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NGO Statement on Reported Changes to U.S. Policy on Use of Armed Drones and Other Lethal Force

In advance of a deadline for the Trump Administration to disclose reported changes loosening the restrictions for using lethal force…

March 7, 2018

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state arrive near the Khanchon border crossing near the Bangaldeshi town of Teknaf on Septebmer 5, 2017. Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said September 5, as fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the overstretched camps. The UN said 123,600 had crossed the border in the past 11 days from Myanmar's violence-wracked Rakhine state. / AFP PHOTO / K M Asad (Photo credit should read K M ASAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Myanmar: Forced starvation of Rohingya highlights danger of premature returns

Reacting to the UN’s claim that Myanmar is continuing its campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya including through “forced starvation”,…

March 6, 2018

A picture taken on February 20, 2018 shows smoke plumes rising following a reported regime air strike in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. / AFP PHOTO / ABDULMONAM EASSA (Photo credit should read ABDULMONAM EASSA/AFP/Getty Images)

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SYRIA: Security Council must ensure civilians in Eastern Ghouta get immediate humanitarian assistance

Responding to the news that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) finally voted today on a much-delayed resolution calling for…

February 24, 2018

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As USS Cole Trial Shuts Down, Amnesty Calls to End All Military Commissions

The Guantánamo military judge handling the case of the alleged USS Cole bomber halted the trial following months of failed…

February 16, 2018

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state arrive near the Khanchon border crossing near the Bangaldeshi town of Teknaf on Septebmer 5, 2017. Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said September 5, as fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the overstretched camps. The UN said 123,600 had crossed the border in the past 11 days from Myanmar's violence-wracked Rakhine state. / AFP PHOTO / K M Asad (Photo credit should read K M ASAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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As U.S. Senate takes up legislation, Amnesty finds fresh evidence of ongoing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar

The Myanmar security forces’ devastating campaign against the Rohingya population in northern Rakhine State is far from over, Amnesty International…

February 7, 2018

TOPSHOT - Syrians reportedly suffering from breathing difficulties following Syrian regime air strikes on the northwestern town of Saraqeb rest around a stove at a field hospital in a village on the outskirts of Saraqeb, due to the lack of hospitals in the town, on February 4, 2018. Five people were treated for "suffocation" after Syrian regime air strikes on the northwestern town of Saraqeb, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, adding that 10 civilians were killed in southern Idlib province. / AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Syria: Witness testimony reveals details of illegal chemical attack on Saraqeb

The Syrian government’s use of internationally banned chemical weapons was laid bare once again on February 4 when a chlorine…

February 6, 2018

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South Sudan: US arms embargo should inspire tougher action from UN Security Council

Responding to news that the US government has imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan, now in its fifth year…

February 2, 2018

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Nigeria: Dozens killed as military launches air attacks on villages beset by spiralling communal violence

The Nigerian authorities’ response to communal violence is totally inadequate, too slow and ineffective, and in some cases unlawful, Amnesty…

January 29, 2018