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Malaysia: Release of prisoner of conscience Anwar Ibrahim a momentous day for human rights

The release of long-time Malaysian opposition leader and Amnesty International prisoner of conscience Anwar Ibrahim is a landmark moment for...

Acclaimed Writers and Artists Call on China to Free Poet and Artist Liu Xia

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL & PEN AMERICA JOINT PRESS RELEASE Troubling Reports of Liu Xia’s Worsening Health Condition Stir Immediate Action from...

Pakistan: Campaign of hacking, spyware and surveillance targets human rights defenders

Human rights defenders in Pakistan are under threat from a targeted campaign of digital attacks, which has seen social media...

Libya: Shameful EU policies fuel surge in detention of migrants and refugees

A surge in migrants and refugees intercepted at sea by the Libyan authorities has seen at least 2,600 people transferred,...

UN human rights review of Canada wraps up: now time for transparency, dialogue and implementation

Reacting to the adoption today of the draft outcome document of an important UN review of Canada’s human rights record,...

Advocacy groups call on Premier Horgan to follow federal lead on Site C injunction

Indigenous peoples’ organizations and social justice groups are welcoming the news that the federal government will not oppose a First...

Israel/OPT: Gaza Strip shootings ‘another horrific example of Israeli military using excessive force’

*Spokespeople available for interview* Responding to reports that dozens of Palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured by the Israeli...

Indonesia: Bring to justice those behind church bombings in Surabaya

Responding to suicide bombings in three churches in Indonesia’s second largest city of Surabaya, East Java, that killed at least...

State of Palestine: Free engineer jailed for Facebook post

The Palestinian authorities must immediately drop criminal defamation charges against Ahmad Awartani, a 25-year-old mechanical engineer from the Palestinian village...

Turkey: Banned Pride march must be allowed to take place in peace

Ahead of tomorrow’s planned student Pride march at the Middle East Technical University – cancelled by the university’s rector under...

Sudan: Death sentence for raped teenager is an intolerable cruelty

A Sudanese court’s sentencing today of a 19-year-old woman to death for killing her rapist husband in self-defence highlights the...

Niger: More than a hundred Sudanese nationals deported to Libya in critical situation and at risk of serious abuses including torture

More than a hundred Sudanese nationals arrested in Niger are at risk of serious abuses including unlawful detention in harsh...

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