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Viet Nam: Human rights activists jailed for social media posts must be released

Ahead of tomorrow’s appeal hearing for three Vietnamese human rights defenders – Vu Quang Thuan, Nguyen Van Dien and Tran...

Myanmar: Charging of Reuters journalists a black day for press freedom

Responding to today’s decision by a Yangon court to formally charge Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, with...

Civil Society Coalition calls for independent, external review into reports of misuse of Canadian military exports by Saudi Arabia

A coalition of civil society organizations is calling on Canada to commit to an independent, external review following a flawed...

Mexico: Authorities must not criminalize land defenders in Cuetzalan

Mexico’s Federal Attorney General’s office (PGR) must not charge the seven human rights defenders who are being investigated for the...

Israel/OPT: Israel’s demolition of Khan al-Ahmar and transfer of its inhabitants are war crimes 

Israel’s forcible transfer of Palestinians from their homes and settling of Israeli civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories violate the...

South Sudan: UN Security Council must impose arms embargo to help end atrocities

As the UN Security Council meets today to review measures aimed at bringing long-overdue peace and stability to South Sudan,...

UN: Next week, world leaders must take steps to end child migration detention for good

Amnesty International calls for “zero-tolerance” on child migration detention With hundreds of traumatized children still trapped in detention centres in...

Liberia: 76 Groups Seek Justice for War Crimes

Submission to UN Human Rights Committee Focuses on Accountability The Liberian government should undertake fair and credible prosecutions of international...

Thailand: Authorities must drop absurd charges over peaceful university protest

Responding to news that two academics and two students from Chiang Mai University were charged on Wednesday, along with a...

Amnesty International movement to vote on abortion and drug control policy positions

Amnesty International will be debating proposals to tackle the devastating human rights consequences of misguided attempts by countries to criminalise...

Hong Kong moves closer to achieving LGBTI equality with landmark judgment

In response to the ruling by Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal upholding as unlawful the government’s refusal to issue...

The US is less safe than ever for refugees, evidence filed in court challenge shows

The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), Amnesty International (AI) and the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) yesterday completed filing extensive...

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