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CONTINUING HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN GUATEMALA

AMR 34/0128/2019 Amnesty International is concerned that the authorities are continuing to impose unjustified obstacles and restrictions on the work...

Bahrain: Grim human rights violations behind the glamour of the Grand Prix

Ahead of the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix this weekend (Friday 29 to Sunday 31 March), Amnesty International has highlighted...

Israel/OPT: Rocket assault on family home must not lead to further ‘unlawful attacks’

Responding to reports that at least seven people were injured after a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into...

Tunisia: Truth Commission findings must lead to justice for thousands of victims of human rights violations

Tunisia’s authorities must not squander the opportunity to ensure justice for thousands of victims of historic human rights violations, said...

Amnesty International welcomes the arrival of two of the “Snowden Refugees” to Canada, urges government to expedite resettlement of remaining five

Amnesty International joins others here today in welcoming Vanessa Rodel and her daughter to Canada as refugees resettled through private...

Two of the Snowden Refugees to Arrive in Canada

TORONTO, March 25, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – This evening a plane carrying Vanessa Rodel and her 7-year-old daughter Keana will...

Amnesty International welcomes ruling that Omar Khadr has served his sentence, urges federal government to refrain from appeal

Amnesty International welcomes today’s Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench decision that Omar Khadr’s sentence has been served. The decision gives...

Saudi sisters leave Hong Kong to start new life

Responding to news that two sisters from Saudi Arabia, known as Reem and Rawan, whose lives would have been in...

Yemen: Four years on, fears of further violations with no end in sight to brutal conflict

All warring parties in Yemen continue to inflict unimaginable suffering on the civilian population, Amnesty International said today on the...

Amnesty urges Canada to respect Federal Court decision striking down PRRA bar for DCO claimants, refrain from launching appeal

Amnesty International welcomes the Federal Court decision on 20 March 2019 striking down the 36-month Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) bar...

Vietnamese and Thai authorities must come clean about journalist’s disappearance

Reliable reports that independent journalist and former prisoner of conscience Truong Duy Nhat is being detained in Viet Nam raise...

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Karadžić life sentence sends powerful message to the world

Responding to the decision by the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanisms for Criminal Tribunals to increase Radovan Karadžić’s...

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