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Pakistan: Release Pashtun human rights defender immediately and unconditionally

Pakistan’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Gulalai Ismail, a Pashtun human rights defender, who was detained on her arrival...

Syria: Civilians in Idlib still at risk as the “de-militarized” zone deadline approaches

On his return from a field visit to Raqqa in Syria, Amnesty International’s new Secretary General Kumi Naidoo has described...

Egypt: Mass death sentence and unfair military trials will not deliver justice for victims of church bombings

Responding to the news that 17 people accused of carrying out three deadly church bombings in 2017, as well as...

Kazakhstan: Persons with mental disabilities denied equal rights under repressive ‘guardianship’ system

Persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities in Kazakhstan face stigmatization and isolation from society and are prevented from exercising their...

Washington Becomes the 20th State to Abolish the Death Penalty

Reacting to news that the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled the death penalty violates its Constitution, Kristina Roth, Senior...

Sudan: Brutal beating that led to hospitalization of imprisoned student must be investigated

The brutal beating of 24-year-old student activist Asim Omar Hassan by prison guards in Kober prison must be independently and...

USA: Catastrophic immigration policies resulted in more family separations than previously disclosed

The US government has deliberately adopted immigration policies and practices that caused catastrophic harm to thousands of people seeking safety...

Nauru: MSF ousting must spur Australia to evacuate refugees

In response to the urgent call made by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today for all refugees and asylum seekers to...

Burkina Faso: Urgent need to protect girls from FGM and forced marriage

48 girls suffered medical complications following female genital mutilation last month More than half of girls marry before their eighteenth...

Grassy Narrows Land Declaration: Federal and provincial governments owe the First Nation a debt of justice

The Grassy Narrows First Nation has declared that it will exercise self-determination over its traditional territory and not allow any...

Governments must put an end to death penalty cruelty and take steps towards full abolition

Prisoners under sentence of death must be treated with humanity and dignity and held in conditions that meet international human...

Failure to act swiftly on climate change risks human rights violation on massive scale

Amnesty warns that most carbon removal options will also likely violate human rights With countless people worldwide already suffering the...

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