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Charges Filed Against Syrian Official for Torture of Maher Arar, Survivor of Rendition in US War on Terror
Today, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) charged a Syrian official for the torture of Canadian citizen Maher Arar almost…
September 1, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty Calls for Release of Three Journalists Working for VICE in Turkey
“It is completely proper that that journalists should cover this important story. The decision to detain the journalists was wrong,…
August 31, 2015
Press Release
Guilty verdict against Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt affront to justice
The guilty verdicts handed down against Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are an affront to justice that…
August 29, 2015
Press Release
Foreign national tortured in UAE custody and detained without charge for a year
The case of Salim al-Aradi, a dual Libyan-Canadian national who has been detained for a year without charge, highlights pervasive…
August 28, 2015
Press Release
The Day of the Disappeared: Enforced disappearances continue unabated in every region of the world
The use of enforced disappearance by governments to silence its critics and instill fear into targeted groups continues unabated in…
August 27, 2015
Press Release
Russia: Crimean activists sentenced after ‘fatally flawed’ military trial
Hefty prison sentences of up to two decades handed down by a Russian military court against two Ukrainian activists today…
August 25, 2015
Report
Amnesty International Report: Rampant Executions in Saudi Arabia Fuelled by Justice System ‘Riddled with Holes’
Hundreds of people have been condemned to death after being convicted in unfair trials under Saudi Arabia’s deeply flawed judicial…
August 24, 2015
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UAE: Torture fears for prominent academic held in secret detention
Fears are mounting that prominent academic Dr Nasser bin Ghaith could be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment in…
August 20, 2015
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Iran: Washington Post journalist on trial on ludicrous charges must be freed now
The Iranian authorities must end the farcical waiting game for the verdict in the case of Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaian,…
August 19, 2015
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Syria: War crimes amplify suffering of Eastern Ghouta’s bombed and besieged civilians
Relentless aerial bombardment and shelling by Syrian government forces is magnifying the suffering of civilians trapped under siege and facing…
August 17, 2015
Report
‘Left To Die Under Siege’: War Crimes and Human Rights Abuses in Eastern Ghouta
Thousands of civilians remain trapped in Eastern Ghouta, an area to the north and east of Damascus that has been…
August 14, 2015
Press Release
Azerbaijan: Lengthy jail sentences for prominent human rights defenders are shockingly unjust
The eight-and-a-half and seven year sentences respectively handed down today to human rights defenders Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif…
August 13, 2015