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Fiji: A darker side of paradise

Released 21:01 GMT 4 December 2016 Under the military’s dominance, the Pacific island nation of Fiji has seen an ingrained...

Gambia: Championing human rights and justice for all must be a priority

In response to announcement that President Yahya Jammeh has accepted his defeat following the presidential election, Sabrina Mahtani, Amnesty International’s...

Myanmar: Rakhine investigation must be credible

Responding to the news that the President of Myanmar has established a commission to investigate violence in Rakhine state since...

Uniting for Peace in Syria: Global Civil Society Appeal to UN Member States

The UN Security Council has failed Syrians. In almost six years of conflict, close to half a million people have...

Qatar: Blocking of Doha News website ‘an outright attack’ on media freedom

In response to the news that access to Doha News, Qatar’s leading independent English language daily news site has been...

Saudi Arabia increases ruthless sentence in unfair trial of human rights defender to 11 years

Saudi Arabian human rights defender, Issa al-Hamid, who received a nine year prison term for his work promoting human rights,...

Colombia: Peace agreement must open the door to justice

The ratification of the peace agreement marks the beginning of a new and hopeful chapter in Colombia’s history, but the...

Religious freedom must include protection for Indigenous peoples’ sacred sites: Case before the Supreme Court of Canada could mark important turning point in Canadian law

A case before the Supreme Court today provides a crucial opportunity to bring Canadian law into line with international human...

Belarus: Three executions feared in as many weeks amid ‘sudden and shameful purge’ of death row

As many as three of the four men on death row in the Belarusian capital Minsk have been executed in...

Brazil: Court archives case of killing of young boy during military police operation

An appalling decision by a Court in Brazil to archive the case of the killing of a 10-year-old boy during...

Hungary: Shameful misuse of terrorism provisions as man involved in border clash jailed for 10 years

In response to the sentencing of Ahmed H, to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges for his involvement in...

Supreme Court to hear historic Indigenous rights case tomorrow

Released 29 November 2016 9:00 AM ET Clyde River Solidarity Network 1 29 November 2016 (Ottawa) – Canada’s highest court...

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