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Russia: Authorities must allow peaceful protests ahead of Putin inauguration

The Russian authorities must end violent crackdown on opposition protests scheduled for Saturday ahead of the fourth inauguration of Vladimir...

Amnesty International and BCCLA call for Independent Inquiry into Hassan Diab Extradition

In an Open Letter to Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Amnesty International and the BC...

Central African Republic: Those responsible for renewed bloodshed must be brought to justice 

At least 20 civilians killed Two burnt to death in reprisal attacks Witness: ‘There were dead bodies everywhere’ Those...

World Press Freedom Day: Remembering Afghanistan’s brave journalists

Journalists in Afghanistan face threats, intimidation and violence for simply doing their jobs, Amnesty International said on World Press...

World Press Freedom Day – Turkey: “For journalists, Turkey has become a dungeon”

Journalists in Turkey speak about the climate of fear on global day of action for World Press Freedom Day...

Iran: Imminent execution of Kurdish man must be halted

Ahead of the scheduled execution on Thursday of Ramin Hossein Panahi, a 22-year-old man from Iran’s Kurdish minority who was...

Iran: New evidence reveals deliberate desecration and destruction of multiple mass grave sites 

Bulldozing, road construction, mass rubbish dumping and new burial plots used to compromise and destroy mass graves Iranian authorities deliberately...

Israel: Arms embargo needed as military unlawfully kills and maims Gaza protesters

Israel is carrying out a murderous assault against protesting Palestinians, with its armed forces killing and maiming demonstrators who pose...

Ahead of Defense Department Recommendation Deadline, Amnesty International USA Calls for Closure of Guantanamo Bay Prison

An AI USA Press Release Ahead of the April 30 deadline for the Defense Department to comment on President Trump’s...

Americas: Amnesty International monitors treatment of asylum seekers at US-Mexico border

On Thursday 26 April, Amnesty International raised a billboard at the San Ysidro Port of Entry (POE) on the US–Mexico...

Americas: Activists in Peru and Paraguay criminalized for defending the environment

Authorities in Peru and Paraguay are using vicious smear campaigns, forced evictions and unfounded criminal charges against land and environmental...

China: In pre-recorded video human rights lawyer foresaw torture by police

A video in which detained Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng says he would never dismiss his own chosen lawyers...

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