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The French investigative judge in Dr. Hassan Diab’s case issues notification of the end of his investigations. Decision delayed as prosecutor yet to submit written arguments. Diab’s supporters send parliamentary petition and open letter to PM Trudeau.

21 September 2017, Ottawa – On July 28, 2017, the French investigative judge issued a notice about the end of...

Yemen: US-made bomb kills and maims children in deadly strike on residential homes

The bomb that destroyed a residential building in Yemen’s capital last month, killing 16 civilians and injuring 17 more –...

Uganda: Stop clampdown on supporters of presidential age limit

The Ugandan authorities must end their absurd attempts to silence people opposed to scrapping the presidential age limit, said Amnesty...

Iraq: Flawed Security Council resolution on IS threatens to entrench dangerous culture of impunity

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution passed today aimed at holding the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS)...

Canada: Amnesty among 40 Signatories to Joint Letter raising serious concerns with C-59 National Security Reform Bill

September 19, 2017 — Today, 40 organizations and individuals from across Canadian civil society issued a joint letter to government...

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi burying her head in the sand about Rakhine horrors

Reacting to today’s speech by Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto leader, on the crisis in...

UN: Myanmar Rohingya exodus exposes abject failure of world leaders to deliver solution to refugee crisis

More Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh in the space of three weeks than the total number of refugees who...

Saudi Arabia: Wave of arrests targets last vestiges of freedom of expression

In the last week Saudi Arabian authorities have intensified their crackdown on freedom of expression, detaining more than 20 prominent...

Myanmar: Scorched-earth campaign fuels ethnic cleansing of Rohingya from Rakhine State

More than 80 sites set ablaze in orchestrated campaign since 25 August More than 370,000 Rohingya fled across border in...

Chad: Increasing use of repressive laws amid brutal crackdown on human rights activists

65 associations refused authorization for peaceful protests in two years 13 ministerial decrees banning protests in 2016 alone Over 10...

Peru: Authorities neglect Indigenous Peoples exposed to contaminated water

The Peruvian government is neglecting the health of hundreds of Indigenous people whose only sources of water are contaminated by...

10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Canada needs a legislative framework to fulfill the promise of this vital human rights instrument

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides a crucial framework to achieve reconciliation. Such a human...

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