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Zambia: Musician Pilato flees home country amid fresh crackdown on dissent

Zambian authorities must immediately take steps to guarantee right to freedom of expression for artists, Amnesty International said today, after...

Mexico: Migration authorities unlawfully turning back thousands of Central Americans to possible death

Mexican migration authorities are routinely turning back thousands of people from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to their countries without...

DRC: Brutal crackdown on anti-government protests must be investigated

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must promptly and thoroughly investigate and hold to account those suspected to...

Honduras: State must Ensure Right to Peaceful Assembly

Ahead of massive popular mobilization and protests announced to take place as of 20 January, Amnesty International calls on the...

Somalia: Satellite imagery reveals devastation amid forced evictions of thousands who fled conflict and drought

New satellite imagery analysis by Amnesty International gives the first comprehensive view of how thousands of structures, including several schools,...

Uganda: President’s misguided death penalty vow threatens a decade of progress

Responding to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s threat to “hang” death row prisoners as a crime deterrent after more than a...

Iran: Authorities amputate a man’s hand in shocking act of cruelty

Amnesty International is outraged by reports that Iranian authorities have amputated the hand of a man convicted of theft. The...

Guatemala: The killing of another community leader underscores the urgent need for a policy for the protection of human rights defenders

Ronal David Barillas Díaz, a community leader and human rights defender was killed on the morning of 9 January in...

Myanmar: Investigate police killings of Rakhine State protesters

Reacting to the police shooting dead at least eight protesters in Mrauk-U in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s...

At Last, Communities Impacted by Canadian Corporations Overseas will be Heard: Government Creates Human Rights Watchdog

OTTAWA – The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) is greatly encouraged by the Minister of International Trade’s announcement of...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Hassan Diab Back in Canada; Press Conference with Diab on Wednesday January 17

16 January 2018, Ottawa — Dr. Hassan Diab arrived in Canada and was reunited yesterday with his family in Ottawa....

Attempts to shut down media outlet a blatant attack on free press

Reacting to the news that the Philippines authorities have ordered the closure of the independent media outlet Rappler, James Gomez,...

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