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Mexico: Fifth journalist killed this year in sickening assault on freedom of expression

The killing of a journalist in Mexico – the fifth such incident this year -highlights the alarming situation of freedom...

Attacks on human rights activists reach crisis point globally

Amnesty International launches new global campaign to stop the wave of attacks against those defending human rights 281 people killed...

Papua New Guinea: Officers responsible for prisoner killings must meet justice

Responding to the killing by Papua New Guinea security forces of 17 prisoners who escaped Buimo jail as part of...

Ukraine: The glitter of Eurovision should not eclipse human rights abuses

The Grand Finale of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv on 13 May is a key opportunity to shine...

Turkey: Detention of Cumhuriyet editor another dark day for country’s media

Responding to the ongoing detention of Oğuz Güven, the web editor of the prominent Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet after he was...

Iran: Release of prominent human rights defender after a decade in prison

In response to today’s release of Iranian Kurdish human rights defender and journalist Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director...

Malaysia: Extradition puts three Turkish men at risk of torture

Responding to the extradition of three Turkish men suspected of links to Turkey’s Gülen movement, who had been arbitrarily detained...

USA: Return to bigoted anti-Muslim travel ban would cause immeasurable harm

The Trump administration’s executive order on travel, scheduled for federal appeals court review on Monday, would harm both immigrants and...

Mexico: Killing of activist in Tamaulipas highlights government negligence

The killing of an activist leading the search for her daughter and thousands of others in Tamaulipas, Mexico, reveals the...

Russia: Knee-jerk repression as LGBTI activists arrested over Chechnya petition

In response to today’s detention of five LGBTI activists as they were trying to deliver a petition to the Office...

Central African Republic: New campaign urges justice for crimes committed during the armed conflict

Members of armed groups who committed rapes and killings remain at large CAR public demands accountability for crimes Amnesty International...

Russian YouTuber convicted of blasphemy after playing Pokémon Go in a church

Russian authorities have blatantly misused the criminal justice system, including draconian anti-extremist legislation, in a show trial against blogger Ruslan...

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