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Police must establish fate and whereabouts of disappeared Bangladesh hostage
Bangladeshi authorities must immediately establish the fate and whereabouts of a surviving hostage from the recent Dhaka restaurant attack who…
July 12, 2016
Press Release
Supreme Court in Kyrgyzstan leaves 65-year-old Prisoner of Conscience languishing in jail
The failure of the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan to release 65-year old human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Azimjan…
July 12, 2016
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Hundreds disappeared and tortured amid wave of brutal repression in Egypt
Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA) is abducting, torturing and forcibly disappearing people in an effort to intimidate opponents and wipe…
July 12, 2016
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Indian Government and Coal India sacrifice indigenous rights in the name of development
Mining operations by India’s state-owned Coal India Limited, the world’s largest coal producer, are shutting out indigenous Adivasi communities from…
July 11, 2016
Report
When Land Is Lost, Do We Eat Coal?: Coal Mining and Violations of Adivasi Rights in India
Mining operations by India’s state-owned Coal India Limited, the world’s largest coal producer, are shutting out indigenous Adivasi communities from…
July 11, 2016
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Shooting of newspaper editor in Lesotho is a chilling attack on freedom of expression
Authorities in Lesotho must launch a prompt, independent and impartial investigation after the editor of the Lesotho Times Lloyd Mutungamiri…
July 11, 2016
Press Release
The Right to Peaceful Protest of Shootings by Police Must Be Protected
Mass arrests followed several rallies protesting several recent killings of black men by police across the country last night. Amnesty…
July 10, 2016
Report
Prisons within Prisons: Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners of conscience in Viet Nam
A new report published by Amnesty International today casts a rare light on the torture and other harrowing treatment of…
July 8, 2016
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The secretive world of torturous prisons within prisons in Viet Nam
A new report published by Amnesty International today casts a rare light on the torture and other harrowing treatment of…
July 8, 2016
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China: End relentless repression against human rights lawyers on first anniversary of crackdown
Chinese authorities must end their ruthless assault against human rights lawyers and activists, Amnesty International said ahead of the first…
July 7, 2016
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Farcical trial of Nabeel Rajab a barefaced assault on freedom of expression in Bahrain
Bahraini authorities must immediately release human rights defender Nabeel Rajab and drop all charges against him ahead of his trial…
July 7, 2016
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Supreme Court in Kyrgyzstan to decide on the high profile case of prisoner of conscience Azimjan Askarov
Kyrgyzstan’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Azimjan Askarov, a human rights defender serving a life sentence on fabricated charges,…
July 6, 2016