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Canada: Arms Control and Human Rights Advocates Call for Law Reform to Ensure Oversight, Transparency on Arms Deals

The government of Canada must establish parliamentary oversight to ensure Canadian-made weapons will not be transferred to countries like Saudi...

Afghanistan: Horrific Kabul bomb attack underlines growing threat to civilian lives

Responding to the deaths of at least 40 people and the wounding of at least 60 in a bomb attack...

Egypt: Children face shocking violations including torture and enforced disappearance

Update: On 22 November 2018, Egypt’s State Information Service issued a press release in response to Amnesty International’s findings denying...

Amnesty International USA: Court Grants Temporary Relief to Desperate Families Seeking Asylum

In response to a court decision temporarily blocking the Trump administration from denying asylum to people seeking protection arriving between...

Turkey: European Court decision on detained opposition leader exposes broken judicial system

Responding to today’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that Turkey’s repeated extensions to the pre-trial detention of...

Saudi Arabia: Reports of torture and sexual harassment of detained activists

Several Saudi Arabian activists, including a number of women, who have been arbitrarily detained without charge since May 2018 in...

Italy: Latest effort to discredit Aquarius rescue ship “shameless”

Responding to reports that Médecins Sans Frontiers have today that Italy has ordered the seizure of the search and rescue...

Amnesty International Highlights Concerns Regarding Canada’s Record of Preventing Torture at UN Review

On November 20, Amnesty International will appear before the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) in Geneva, highlighting ongoing and...

Syria: Thousands of digital activists to track how US-led air strikes destroyed Raqqa

Thousands of digital activists around the world will take part in an innovative new crowdsourcing data project Amnesty International is...

Azerbaijan: Right to freedom of peaceful assembly must be protected and detained peaceful demonstrators released

The 17 November 2018 detention of Azerbaijani opposition leaders and activists as they were attempting to organize a peaceful rally...

This World Children’s Day, Children Must be Safe and Free from Detention

Ahead of World Children’s Day on November 20, Amnesty International is calling for all children currently being held at the...

UAE: End relentless crackdown on critics ahead of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Ahead of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand-Prix, which is set to take place between 23 and 25 November, the...

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