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Bahrain: Postponement of Nabeel Rajab’s trial for sixth time is blatant harassment

In response to the news today that the Bahraini authorities have postponed the verdict in the case of prominent human...

New African Union head must stand up for human rights

Spokespeople available for interviews The next head of the African Union (AU) Commission must place human rights at the centre...

Amnesty International calls on Trudeau to ensure #Canada2017 is a ‘year for human rights’

Amnesty International is pressing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take decisive action on human rights at home and on the...

Cameroon: Arrests and civil society bans risk inflaming tensions in English-speaking regions

The Cameroonian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two civil society leaders arrested in the English-speaking part of the country,...

Russia: Lawmakers must halt alarming plans to decriminalize domestic violence

Ahead of the second reading of a bill to decriminalize some forms of domestic violence in the Russian State Duma,...

Gambia: State of Emergency No License for Repression

Soldiers Arbitrarily Detained as Political Crisis Deepens (Dakar, January 18, 2017) –President Yahya Jammeh’s declared state of emergency in Gambia...

Bahrain: Human rights on the brink of crisis

Bahraini authorities must immediately commute the death sentences of two men at imminent risk of execution, Amnesty International said today,...

USA: Commutation for Chelsea Manning, long overdue positive step for human rights Organization Demands Full Investigation into Information Exposed and Stronger Protections for Whistleblowers

Amnesty International USA Release With less than a week left in his term, President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea...

Sudan must end politically-motivated attacks on Darfuri students

The Sudanese government must end politically-motivated and sometimes deadly attacks on Darfuri students at universities across the country, said...

EU: Orwellian counter-terrorism laws stripping rights under guise of defending them

Released: 10:01 GMT 17 January 2017 Sweeping new laws are driving Europe into a deep and dangerous state of permanent...

Brazil: More than 120 killings in 16 days signals national prison crisis

Brazil’s chaotic prison system is facing crisis with more than 120 inmate deaths reported since 1 January 2017, Amnesty International...

Iran: Wave of floggings, amputations and other vicious punishments

Released 09:00 GMT Wednesday 18 January 2017 Iran’s persistent use of cruel and inhuman punishments, including floggings, amputations and forced...

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