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Mali: Mass grave discovered as security crisis deepens

214,000 students affected as schools close due to insecurity 65 people killed already in 2018 by improvised explosives Mass grave...

Malaysia: “Fake news” bill hastily approved amid outcry

Reacting to the news that the Malaysian lawmakers approved the “fake news” bill on Monday, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director...

Israel/OPT: Stop the use of lethal and other excessive force and investigate deaths of Palestinian protesters

Following the deaths of 17 Palestinians during protests that started yesterday in the Gaza Strip and the injuring of hundreds...

Israel/OPT: Authorities must refrain from using excessive force in response to Palestine Land Day protests

Ahead of tomorrow’s planned protests marking Palestine Land Day, and amid reports that Israeli forces have warned that they will...

Guinea: Ensure Security Forces Show Restraint

End to hate speech also key to curbing post-election violence Guinea’s government should ensure that its security forces act with...

Venezuela: Fatal police station fire must spur change in authorities’ treatment of prisoners

In response to the news that at least 68 people, 66 men and two women, died in a fire at...

Ethiopia: New prime minister must address the country’s deep-rooted human rights crisis

March 28, 2018 – Ethiopia’s incoming prime minister must prioritize addressing the deep-rooted human rights crisis in the country, said...

Iraq: Violence against protesters and journalists in Kurdistan Region shows blatant disregard for freedom of expression

Responding to eyewitness accounts of journalists and demonstrators being subjected to physical and verbal attacks by security forces in the...

Kenya: Allow Miguna Miguna in to attend his judicial proceedings

Reacting to the Kenyan authorities’ refusal to let pro-opposition lawyer Miguna Miguna into the country to participate in a judicial...

Ethiopia: Eskinder Nega among those re-arrested in alarming abuse of emergency powers

Reacting to news that journalist and Amnesty International prisoner of conscience Eskinder Nega was re-arrested yesterday, along with 10 other...

Israel: Deportation of African asylum-seekers is a cruel and misguided abandonment of responsibility

Israel’s policy of deporting African asylum-seekers to two unnamed African countries is an abdication of its responsibility to refugees and...

DRC: Failure to deliver justice a year after the murder of two UN experts

The international community must ensure justice for the deaths of two UN experts killed while investigating human rights abuses in...

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