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Syrians, who were injured in a suicide car bombing that targeted buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns, sit in a tent on the Syrian-Turkish border in Idlib province on April 17, 2017. April 16's blast hit a convoy carrying residents from the northern towns of Fuaa and Kafraya as they waited at a transit point in rebel-held Rashidin, west of Aleppo. At least 68 children were among the 126 people killed in the attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. / AFP PHOTO / Omar haj kadour (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

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“We leave or we die”: Forced displacement under Syria’s ‘reconciliation’ agreements

Whole civilian populations who have suffered horrific sieges and been subjected to intensive bombardments have been given no choice but…

November 12, 2017

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New York Suspect Must Not Be Sent to Guantánamo

After President Trump said he would consider sending the man accused of yesterday’s attack in New York City, Sayfullo Saipov,…

November 1, 2017

Taken at his home in Kisumu, Kenya. Tomorrow, 19-year old David is sitting a crucial exam after finally completing his primary education. He needs his Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in order to continue to secondary education. However, thanks to Kenya’s heavy handed police, his right arm is broken - which will make the completing exam even more difficult as it’s his writing arm. David’s arm was shattered when armed police stormed his neighbourhood and attacked him with batons when major protests erupted during Kenya’s contentious presidential election re-run on 26 October. He lives in Ubungo, one of the poorest communities in Kisumu, west Kenya - a stronghold of opposition politician Raila Odinga and a flashpoint for violence during the election period.

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Violence, killings and intimidation amid election chaos in Kenya

Heavily armed police are using unlawful force against protesters and bystanders in the western city of Kisumu in what appears…

October 30, 2017

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Iraq: Fresh evidence that tens of thousands forced to flee Tuz Khurmatu amid indiscriminate attacks, lootings and arson

Satellite images, videos, photos and dozens of testimonies collected by Amnesty International show that civilians were forced to flee their…

October 24, 2017

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‘My World Is Finished’: Rohingya Targeted in Crimes against Humanity in Myanmar

More than 530,000 Rohingya men, women and children have fled northern Rakhine State in terror in a matter of weeks…

October 17, 2017

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UN downplays Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s crimes against children in Yemen

The international community has caved in to political pressure again, underplaying the suffering of hundreds of Yemeni children, by watering…

October 6, 2017

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: UN Security Council must impose arms embargo

The UN Security Council must do everything it can to end the crimes against humanity and ongoing ethnic cleansing against…

September 27, 2017

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Trump Administration Should Not Gut Drone Protections

CONTACT: Mandy Simon, [email protected] NEW YORK – Following reports that the Trump administration is seeking to change U.S. government policy…

September 21, 2017

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Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi burying her head in the sand about Rakhine horrors

Reacting to today’s speech by Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto leader, on the crisis in…

September 19, 2017

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UN: Myanmar Rohingya exodus exposes abject failure of world leaders to deliver solution to refugee crisis

As almost 400,000 refugees flee ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, world leaders meeting at the UN General Assembly should hang their…

September 18, 2017

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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New landmine blasts in Myanmar point to deliberate targeting of Rohingya

Two new landmine incidents today, including a blast blowing off a young man’s leg, bring to three the number of…

September 10, 2017

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Myanmar: Army landmines along border with Bangladesh pose deadly threat to fleeing Rohingya

Myanmar’s security forces planted internationally banned antipersonnel landmines along its border with Bangladesh which have seriously injured at least three…

September 8, 2017