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Egypt: Lawyer and human rights defender Ezzat Ghonim at risk of enforced disappearance

Responding to the overnight suspected enforced disappearance of human rights lawyer and director of the NGO Egyptian Coordination for Rights...

Ethiopia: MPs’ decision to approve state of emergency disappointing and irresponsible

Commenting shortly after the Ethiopian parliament approved the state of emergency declaration in full this morning, Amnesty International’s Secretary General...

Ethiopia: MPs must put human rights at heart of state of emergency debate

The Ethiopian parliament must ensure the new state of emergency does not further constrict the already narrowing freedom of expression,...

Egypt: Use of banned cluster bombs in North Sinai confirmed by Amnesty International

Analysis of a Video released by the Egyptian Armed Forces proves beyond doubt that banned cluster munitions have been used...

Afghanistan: Civilian lives must be at the heart of the Kabul Process

The Kabul Process conference must put the protection of Afghan civilians and accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity...

Syria: Alleged chemical weapons pact with North Korea would represent ‘a betrayal of humanity’

Reacting to a New York Times article alleging that an unpublished United Nations report reveals that from 2012 to 2017...

Syria: Hundreds of civilian lives at risk as Afrin offensive escalates

Turkish military, and to a lesser extent Kurdish forces, are carrying out indiscriminate attacks in the embattled Syrian towns of...

Iran: Dozens of women ill-treated and at risk of long jail terms for peacefully protesting compulsory veiling

A warning by Iranian police that women could be jailed for up to a decade for joining protests against compulsory...

Maldives: Release peaceful protestors immediately and unconditionally

The Maldivian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release all people who have been arbitrarily detained under the state of emergency...

Philippines: Detained Duterte critic must be freed immediately

The Philippines authorities must immediately drop all charges and release prisoner of conscience Senator Leila de Lima, an outspoken critic...

Zimbabwe: Investigate police role in the killing of two people during minibus violence

In response to allegations that Zimbabwean police shot and killed two people during clashes that were sparked by a government...

South Sudan: UN probe team’s findings should be world’s wake-up call to address human rights catastrophe

Responding to today’s UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan report detailing horrific human rights violations committed by soldiers...

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