A feminist activist takes part in a flash mob with photographs of women imprisoned after Belarus presidential elections on August 9, 2020, as they protest against police violence in Minsk, on February 14, 2021. - According to the "Viasna" Human Rights Center, 246 people are considered as being political prisoners in Belarus. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

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March 24, 2021

Belarus: Government’s threats and history of crackdown on protesters require urgent international response

TOPSHOT - People lay flowers and candles at a site in Yangon on March 13, 2021 where protesters died during demonstrations against the military coup. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

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March 24, 2021

Myanmar: UN resolution ups pressure on military and business partners

TOPSHOT - Women's rights activists gather to march through Taksim Square to protest against gender violence in Istanbul, on November 25, 2018, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo credit should read YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

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March 22, 2021

Turkey: Targeting of LGBTI people to justify quitting convention on combating violence against women is dangerous

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March 22, 2021

One year after border closure, Canada continues violating refugee rights

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March 12, 2021

Turkey: Failure to free Osman Kavala and Selahattin Demirtaş makes mockery of Erdogan’s “Human Rights Action Plan”

Syrians shout slogans and hold opposition flags during a rally commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Syrian uprising that lead to conflict, at a public park in Idlib city on March 18, 2020. - When Syrian anti-government demonstrators first took to the streets on March 15, 2011, they could scarcely have imagined their protests would turn into a complex war entangling rebels, jihadists and outside forces. At least 384,000 people have since died, including more than 116,000 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor says. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

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March 12, 2021

Ten years on justice for Syrians more important than ever

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March 11, 2021

COVID-19: Pharmaceutical companies and rich states put lives at risk as vaccine inequality soars

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March 11, 2021

Myanmar: Vast arsenal and notorious troops deployed during nationwide ‘killing spree’ protest crackdown – new research

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February 18, 2021

Sri Lanka: Government suffocating dissent and obstructing justice for historic crimes says Amnesty report

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February 17, 2021

Venezuela: International Criminal Court Prosecutor must include new mass extrajudicial executions in preliminary examination

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February 17, 2021

Canada’s declaration on arbitrary detention welcome step, but must go further to protect prisoners abroad: Amnesty International

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February 16, 2021

Libya: Ten years after uprising abusive militias evade justice and instead reap rewards