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Colombia: violence against protestors in Buenaventura Civic Strike must stop

The Colombian government must halt its excessive use of force against protestors taking part in the general strike in Buenaventura,...

Morocco: Rif protesters punished with wave of mass arrests

The Moroccan authorities have carried out a chilling wave of arrests rounding up scores of protesters, activists and bloggers in...

DR Congo: UN Should Investigate Kasai Violence 271 Groups Urge Prompt Human Rights Council Action

(Geneva, June 1, 2017) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should urgently establish a commission of inquiry into the...

Iran: Desecrating mass grave site would destroy crucial forensic evidence

The desecration of a mass grave site in Ahvaz, southern Iran that contains the remains of at least 44 people...

Construction of Site C must halt as provincial NDP and Greens vow to refer the project for further study

In reaction to yesterday’s announcement by the British Columbia NDP and Green parties that, if they form an alliance government,...

France: Unchecked clampdown on protests under guise of fighting terrorism

France: Unchecked clampdown on protests under guise of fighting terrorism Powers designed to combat terrorism have been repeatedly misused to...

USA: Trump’s expected decision to leave the global climate deal could result in a human rights catastrophe of epic proportions

Amnesty International USA Release In response to reports that President Donald Trump is expected to pull the USA from the...

Bahrain heading for ‘total suppression’ of human rights as secular opposition group banned

Bahrain’s dissolution of a major political opposition society is the latest troubling move in its blatant campaign to end all...

Afghanistan: Kabul bombing is horrific act of deliberate violence

Responding to today’s bombing in Kabul that has claimed the lives of 80 people and injured at least 350, Amnesty...

China: Release activists detained for investigating abuses at factories making Ivanka Trump shoes

Chinese authorities must release three labour activists who were investigating labour conditions at factories that make shoes for Ivanka Trump’s...

Nigeria: Security forces must avoid repression of Biafra day protests

The Nigerian security forces must exercise restraint when policing demonstrations marking the 50th Anniversary of the end of the Biafra...

Egypt: NGO law threatens to annihilate human rights groups

A new law signed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, imposing unprecedentedly harsh restrictions on NGOs, could be a death...

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