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Iran: Authorities refuse to release Canadian-Iranian academic’s body for independent autopsy in “callous cover-up”

12 February 2018 In response to reports that the Iranian authorities have said they will refuse to release the body...

Israel/OPT: Israeli authorities must release teenage Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi

The Israeli authorities must immediately release teenage activist Ahed Tamimi whose continued detention is a desperate attempt to intimidate Palestinian...

Pakistan: Asma Jahangir leaves behind a powerful human rights legacy

Asma Jahangir was a brave champion of human rights who leaves behind a powerful legacy, Amnesty International said today, mourning...

Egypt: Opposition member Mohamed al-Kassas at risk of enforced disappearance and torture

Responding to last night’s raid by security forces at the house of Mohamed al-Kassas, the deputy head of Egyptian opposition...

Freeland Appears Before Foreign Affairs Committee: Disappointment on Saudi Arms Deal, Welcome Progress on ATT Implementation

In response to remarks today by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland before the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs...

Cambodia: Supreme Court upholds deeply flawed conviction against land activist Tep Vanny

Reacting to the news that the Cambodian Supreme Court today upheld the conviction and a 30 months’ prison sentence for...

Syria: Witness testimony reveals details of illegal chemical attack on Saraqeb

The Syrian government’s use of internationally banned chemical weapons was laid bare once again on 4 February when a chlorine...

Maldives: Release Supreme Court judges and opposition politicians

The Maldivian government must immediately release judges and opposition politicians it has arbitrarily detained through emergency powers, Amnesty International said...

Hong Kong: Court overturns unjust jail terms for young pro-democracy activists

In response to Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal overturning the jail sentences for three prominent pro-democracy activists, Mabel Au,...

China: Government’s claims on Gui Minhai “ludicrous”

Responding to the Chinese authorities’ admission on Tuesday that Gui Minhai, a bookseller with Swedish nationality, is again being detained...

Amnesty International’s Human Rights Report Card and 2018 Agenda for Canada:

As Parliament resumes and MPs and Senators set to work tackling numerous and wide-ranging challenges, Amnesty International’s 2018 Human Rights...

Maldives: State of emergency must not become a licence for further repression

Amnesty International has warned that the 15-day declaration of the state of emergency in the Maldives must not become a...

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