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G20 summit: Trump-Putin meeting, a matter of life and death for the people of Syria

The lives of millions of Syrian civilians hang in the balance as the Presidents of Russia and the USA...

ICC rules against South Africa on shameful failure to arrest President Bashir

In response to today’s finding by the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber that South Africa should have executed the...

Tanzania: Stop Threatening Rights Groups International Organizations Urge Respect for Free Expression, Association

The government of Tanzania should end its hostile rhetoric toward civil society groups and threats to obstruct their work, 18...

Egypt: Investigate allegations of disappearance, torture and extrajudicial execution of four men

Evidence gathered by Amnesty International suggests that Egyptian police extrajudicially executed four men who had been forcibly disappeared and...

Director of Amnesty International Turkey must be released from incommunicado detention

Responding to the news that Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey, was detained on Wednesday along with seven...

Central Mediterranean: Death toll soars as EU turns its back on refugees and migrants

Cynical deals with Libya consign thousands to risk of drowning, rape and torture 2017 set to become the deadliest year...

China must release critically ill Liu Xiaobo

The Chinese authorities are demonstrating new-depths of cruelty by preventing Liu Xiaobo from leaving the country to receive urgent medical...

India must ask Israel to end mass human rights violations against Palestinians

During his official visit to Israel, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi must ask Israel to immediately lift the illegal...

Cambodia: NGO ban a blatant attempt to silence debate

Responding to the Cambodian government’s decision to ban the NGO coalition called the Situation Room from monitoring next year’s elections,...

Bangladesh: Prominent writer abducted

The Bangladesh authorities must make every effort to trace the whereabouts of and recover a prominent writer who has been...

South Sudan: Ongoing atrocities turn country’s breadbasket into a killing field

· Close to one million people forcibly displaced in Equatoria region, fuelling world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis · Civilians shot, hacked...

Redress for Omar Khadr is welcome and long overdue

Amnesty International welcomes the news that the Canadian government has apologized to Omar Khadr and compensated him for Canada’s role...

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