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Tunisia must seize opportunity to reboot reforms after UN Human Rights Council review

The Tunisian government must demonstrate its commitment to human rights by accepting recommendations on combating torture, ending discrimination and protecting...

Bangladesh: Dissenting voices trapped between fear and repression

The Bangladeshi government has not only failed to protect dissenting voices or hold accountable the armed groups that threaten them,...

Somalia: Halt execution spree of children in Puntland

The authorities in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region must immediately halt plans to execute two boys sentenced to death by a...

Arkansas Executes Kenneth Williams, Fourth and Final Execution Over the Past 10 Days

Amnesty International USA Release The state of Arkansas executed Kenneth Williams tonight, ending a spate of eight scheduled executions that...

Philippines ‘war on drugs’: Credible and impartial investigations needed after ‘secret jail cell’ revealed

Following today’s suspension of more than a dozen police officers and the announcement of an internal investigation into revelations that...

Chad: Hissène Habré appeal ruling closes dark chapter for victims

Following today’s Extraordinary African Chambers appeal judgment in Senegal upholding the conviction of the former Chadian President Hissène Habré for...

120,000 Canadians call for immediate action to protect the environment and human rights from disastrous impacts of the Site C dam

Citizens’ groups, Indigenous peoples, human rights and environmental organizations are asking British Columbia MPs to take a message to Ottawa....

Afghanistan: Civilian casualties show how unsafe it is for refugees to be returned

Attacks on civilians in the first three months of this year and the inability of the Afghan government to ensure...

Mexico: New torture law, glimmer of hope that must translate into justice

Mexico’s new General Law on Torture is a welcome step forward to tackle the country´s human rights crisis. Authorities must...

Hong Kong: Nine arrested in authorities’ retaliatory campaign against pro-democracy activists

The arrest of nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists is the latest sign the authorities are intent on punishing dissenting voices...

Mexico: Senate’s approval of new law on enforced disappearances is a step forward which must be finalized soon

A bill on enforced disappearances approved today by the Mexican Senate could represent a step forward in the fight to...

Venezuela: Increase in ‘witch-hunt’ of dissidents amidst political crisis

Venezuelan authorities are using the justice system to illegally increase persecution and punishment of those who think differently, says Amnesty...

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