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Celebrities join call on Turkey to release human rights defenders, still in jail after 100 days

Stars of stage and screen have added their voices to the global demand for the immediate and unconditional release of...

CAR: Fresh evidence UN peacekeepers drugged and raped young woman

The United Nations must take firm action in response to credible new evidence that UN peacekeepers drugged and raped a...

Singapore: Executions continue in flawed attempt to tackle drug crime, despite limited reforms

Singapore’s continued reliance on mandatory death sentences, which violate international law, has meant that dozens of low level drug offenders...

Nigeria: Justice impossible unless Boko Haram terror suspects get fair trials

As the mass trial of Boko Haram suspects on terrorism-related charges continues in Nigeria, Amnesty International Nigeria Director Osai Ojigho...

40 years on from landmark death penalty declaration, executing States now an increasingly isolated minority

States that retain and use the death penalty are increasingly isolated and should take steps to join the global trend,...

OPEN LETTER: Amnesty International Calls on Prime Minister Trudeau to Raise Human Rights During Meetings in USA and Mexico

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, We are writing this Open Letter to you on behalf of the 400,000 supporters of Amnesty...

Greece: Vote on legal gender recognition is an historic step forward for transgender rights

The passing of a new law reforming the legal recognition of gender identity, is an historical step forward for transgender...

Colombia: Amnesty unveils first ever Botero tapestry Bogotá airport

Amnesty International has unveiled the first ever, monumental ‘Aubusson’ tapestry designed by Colombian artist and sculptor Fernando Botero at Bogota’s...

British-Iranian Prisoner Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Faces Fresh Criminal Proceedings

‘The new criminal proceedings against Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe are as baseless as the original ones’ – Kerry Moscogiuri Responding to news...

Myanmar: Rohingya boat drowning shows no let-up in Rakhine state desperation

Reacting to the news that a boat has capsized in the Naf river separating Bangladesh and Myanmar today, killing at...

Turkey: Charges filed against jailed Amnesty staff and rights defenders must be rejected

· Taner Kiliç added to indictment of Istanbul 10 · Charges against the 10 increased to include “membership of a...

Myanmar: ASEAN must do more to tackle Rohingya crisis

Southeast Asian leaders must take urgent steps to address grave human rights violations against the Rohingya in Myanmar, Amnesty International...

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