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Honduras: Historic opportunity to decriminalize abortion

Ahead of a debate in the Honduran congress today over the country’s criminalization of abortion, Amnesty International’s Americas Director Erika...

Bahrain: 32 dissidents rounded up within days in clampdown ahead of UN human rights session

Bahrain’s authorities have dramatically escalated their crackdown against perceived critics with 32 people summoned for questioning by the Public Prosecution...

Turkey: Council of Europe takes Turkey to task over human rights crackdown

Reacting to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe vote to reintroduce full monitoring of the ‘functioning of democratic...

ASEAN Summit: Leaders must take a stand against Philippines bloodshed

With mounting evidence of government involvement in thousands of extrajudicial executions in Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’, Amnesty...

Yemen: Mounting fears for civilian safety as Hodeidah offensive looms

Reports Saudi Arabia-led coalition is gearing up for major military offensive Key port city of Hodeidah is a major entry...

USA: 100 ways Trump has threatened human rights in first 100 days

“These first 100 days show how dangerous Trump’s agenda is, and they’re also a roadmap for how to stop it...

USA: Arkansas Scheduled Double Execution is “Heinous” and “Shameful”

Amnesty International USA Release NEW YORK – Arkansas executed Jack Jones today, the second of four prisoners scheduled to be...

Cameroon: Conviction and sentence of Radio France Internationale journalist a travesty of justice

The conviction and sentencing of a journalist by a military court in Cameroon to 10 years in prison after an...

Amnesty International applauds Citizens’ Assembly’s momentous call for human rights compliant abortion laws

Amnesty International Ireland Release Overwhelming vote for complete constitutional and legal reform an important vindication of women’s and girls’ human...

Nigeria: Gallows preparation in Lagos prison suggests spate of executions imminent

The Nigerian authorities must immediately scrap plans to execute death row inmates in Kirikiri prison in Lagos, Amnesty International said...

Arkansas Kills Prisoner in First of Horrific Spate of Executions

Amnesty International USA Release NEW YORK – Arkansas executed Ledell Lee today, the first of four prisoners scheduled to be...

Turkey: Journalists around the world demand release of 120+ jailed colleagues

#FreeAJStaff support new #FreeTurkeyMedia campaign The three former Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt for more than 400 days have...

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