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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
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Press Release
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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Press Release
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
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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
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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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Press Release
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
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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
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Press Release
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