March 20, 2018

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Take Part in our #ToxicTwitter Action

It’s time to tell Twitter to end online violence and abuse against women now Every day, women face violent threats,...

UK/IRELAND: HOODED MEN TORTURE RULING IS ‘VERY DISAPPOINTING’, SAY AMNESTY

European Court of Human Rights maintains its 1978 judgement “This is a very disappointing outcome, for the men and their...

Turkey: European Court decision gives hope for thousands arbitrarily detained

Following long-awaited landmark rulings today by the European Court of Human Rights which found that journalist Mehmet Altan and columnist...

China: New Supervision Law a systemic threat to human rights

Responding to the news that China’s legislature today passed the Supervision Law, Amnesty International’s East Asia Regional Director Nicholas Bequelin...

USA: The death penalty is never an appropriate response to a public health crisis

Responding to an initiative announced by President Donald Trump on the use of the death penalty as a means to...

Nigeria: Security forces failed to act on warnings about Boko Haram attack hours before abduction of schoolgirls

Nigerian security forces failed to act on advance warnings that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters was heading towards a...

Online abuse of women thrives as Twitter fails to respect women’s rights

On the day Twitter celebrates 12 years since the first tweet, Amnesty launches a new campaign challenging the company’s failure...

Colombia: Killing of the son of a murdered human rights defender denotes a lack of comprehensive protection of rights defenders and their families

Amnesty International condemns the murder of Javier Bernardo Cuero Ortíz, son of Bernardo Cuero Bravo, on 19 March 2018 in...

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