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Malaysia travel ban marks an escalation of the government’s crackdown on dissent
The Malaysian government’s plans to revoke or refuse to issue passports to critics is yet another demonstration of increasing intolerance…
May 18, 2016
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Repression on the rise in Algeria as peaceful protesters face imprisonment
The Algerian authorities must end their relentless efforts to silence peaceful protesters, said Amnesty International ahead of the start of…
May 18, 2016
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Authorities in India Must End Impunity for Attacks on Journalists
Indian authorities must bring to justice those behind the murder of a journalist shot dead last week in the state…
May 17, 2016
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President Obama must call Viet Nam to release over 80 Prisoners of Conscience
When President Obama travels to Viet Nam this month, he must call for the immediate and unconditional release of over…
May 16, 2016
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Amnesty International USA Joins Illinois Groups in Calling for Passage of Solitary Confinement Reform
Amnesty International USA has joined with local groups including Uptown People’s Law Center and Black and Pink in calling for…
May 16, 2016
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Spree of arbitrary arrests, disappearances and torture by Huthi forces to persecute opponents in Yemen
The Huthi armed group, supported by state security forces, has carried out a wave of arrests of its opponents, arbitrarily…
May 16, 2016
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Nigeria: False military claims against Amnesty International’s Giwa barracks report
The claim by Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar that Amnesty International was granted access to Giwa barracks detention center and that…
May 13, 2016
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Teenager tortured into confessing is days away from execution in Iran
The Iranian authorities must urgently halt the scheduled execution this Sunday of a teenager who was just 15 years old…
May 12, 2016
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Babies and children dying in military detention in Nigeria
Eleven children under the age of six, including four babies, are among 149 people who have died this year following…
May 10, 2016
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Mexican indigenous environmental activist named prisoner of conscience
A Mexican man unfairly imprisoned in what appears to be a punishment for his peaceful activism against illegal logging must…
May 9, 2016
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Human rights defender is killed in Pakistan
Pakistani authorities are failing to protect human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today following the killing of a prominent activist.
May 9, 2016
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Ethiopia must release opposition politician held for Facebook posts
The Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a prominent opposition politician facing a possible death sentence on trumped-up terrorism…
May 6, 2016