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Turkey: “When I am released I want to carry on” says jailed Amnesty Chair

Amnesty Secretary General meets Taner Kılıç in jail for first time Trial resumes in Istanbul on 21 June Amnesty Secretary...

USA LEAVES UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Following the announcement that the United States will leave the United Nations Human Rights Council, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary...

USA: Policy of separating children from parents is nothing short of torture

The sickening images of children cruelly separated from their parents and held in cages as a result of Attorney General...

Colombia: President elect must strengthen state’s commitment to human rights

The new government of president elect Iván Duque, who is due to take up office on 7 August, has an...

Turkey: Case against Amnesty Chair must be dismissed after long-awaited police report finds no evidence of wrongdoing

• Police report finds nothing to suggest Taner Kılıç ever had the controversial ByLock app on his phone • Trial...

Iran: Sufi bus driver at risk of imminent execution amid grave unfair trial concerns

Iranian authorities must urgently stop the imminent execution of Mohammad Salas, a 51-year-old man from one of Iran’s largest Sufi...

Kyrgyzstan: New rape case highlights need for immediate action to end appalling “bride kidnapping” practice

The Kyrgyzstani authorities must ramp up their efforts to put an immediate end to the appalling practice of “bride kidnapping”,...

Colombia: Authorities must guarantee the safety of threatened communities

In the face of the serious situation of confinement of communities of people who live in the Naya river basin...

Yemen: Prominent human rights defender arrested

Responding to reports that Abdulrasheed al-Faqih, the Executive Director of Mwatana Organization for Human Rights, was arrested this morning while...

Argentina: First step to decriminalize abortion is historic for human rights

The bill to decriminalize abortion in Argentina, approved today by the Chamber of Deputies, is a fundamental step for the...

Pakistan: Alarming crackdown ahead of elections

The Pakistani authorities must end the current crackdown on human rights defenders, activists, journalists and other members of the civil...

Iran: Arrest of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is an outrage

The arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, is an outrageous attack on a brave and prolific...

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