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Nigeria: 1000 days since Chibok girls abduction, government must redouble efforts to secure freedom of all abductees

Released 8 January 2017 00.01GMT One thousand days after the chilling abduction of 276 school girls in Chibok, the Nigerian...

Iraq: End irresponsible arms transfers fuelling militia war crimes

Militias allied to the Iraqi government have access to arms from at least 16 countries Recent arms transfers have fuelled...

Conviction of Israeli solider must pave the way for justice for unlawful killings

The conviction of an Israeli soldier who shot dead a Palestinian man involved in a knife attack in Hebron as...

Iran’s authorities endangering life of critically ill imprisoned activist by refusing hospital transfer

The Iranian authorities must immediately transfer Arash Sadeghi, an imprisoned human rights defender who ended his 71-day hunger strike yesterday,...

Iraq: IS bombings in Baghdad demonstrate an appalling disregard for civilian life

The armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for Monday’s bombings, that targeted civilians in the...

Update:Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee Iranian writer and human rights activist released on bail today

Update January 3, 2017 Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee an Iranian writer and human rights activist who was imprisoned for writing a...

UN Security Council: Historic resolution calls on Israel to cease settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories

Following the United Nations Security Council’s adoption of a resolution calling on Israel to cease all settlement activities in the...

South Sudan: Arms embargo, sanctions fail at UN Security Council

The United Nations Security Council’s failure to approve a 23 December, 2016, resolution that would have imposed an arms embargo...

UN resolution paves way for accountability on Syria war crimes

In response to the United Nations General Assembly resolution establishing an independent international mechanism to ensure accountability for war crimes...

Iraq: Children caught in the crossfire of the battle for Mosul suffer horrific injuries and trauma

Released 22 December 2016 00:00 GMT The desperate plight of a generation of children is in the balance as the...

Response to Berlin Christmas market attack

Following the attack in Berlin yesterday, Markus N. Beeko, Amnesty International Germany’s Secretary General said: “Amnesty International condemns the dreadful...

Saudi Arabia: Immediately abandon all use of cluster munitions

Saudi Arabia should immediately abandon all use of cluster munitions, destroy its stockpile and accede to the international Convention on...

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