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Cambodia: Relentless crackdown on peaceful dissent must end

The Cambodian authorities’ attempts to shut down the main opposition party ahead of next year’s general election is the latest...

Yemen: UN downplays Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s crimes against children

The international community has caved in to political pressure again, underplaying the suffering of hundreds of Yemeni children, by watering...

UN Review Should Urge Canada To Reform Immigration Detention System

Joint Submission to UN by HR Groups Says Treatment of Children and Persons with Mental Health Conditions Violates International Obligations...

European governments return nearly 10,000 Afghans to risk of death and torture

Returns from Europe increase as Afghanistan becomes more dangerous European governments are wrong to claim parts of Afghanistan are safe...

Myanmar / Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees must not be forced home to abuse and discrimination

The international community must help ensure that no Rohingya refugees are forced back to Myanmar as long as they remain...

Russian authorities lock up opposition leaders for organising a peaceful rally

The sentencing of opposition leaders Aleksei Navalny and Leonid Volkov to 20 days in administrative detention is yet further evidence...

1 October referendum: Amnesty International denounces excessive use of force by National Police and Civil Guard in Catalonia

AI observers confirm the dangerous and inappropriate use of riot control equipment, including beating of defenceless people offering no resistance,...

Zimbabwe: Journalist arrest a tactic to intimidate him and others for doing their work

In response to the arrest of Newsday journalist Kenneth Nyangani for reporting that first lady Grace Mugabe and officials from...

Manus Island: Tragic death proves situation increasingly desperate

On learning of the reported death of a refugee who had been held in the Australian-run detention centre on Manus...

Cameroon: Seventeen killed following protests in Anglophone regions

Amnesty International can confirm that at least 17 people have been killed by the security forces following yesterday’s protests in...

Saudi Arabia: Death toll reaches 100 as authorities carry out execution spree

The Saudi Arabian authorities executed a man today, bringing the total number of people put to death so far in...

Egypt escalates LGBTI crackdown with fresh wave of arrests and anal examinations

The Egyptian authorities have arrested 22 people over the past three days alone, stepping up a campaign of persecution against...

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