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UN: Nuclear powers must sign historic treaty making nuclear weapons illegal

Today is an historic milestone in the campaign to rid the world of nuclear weapons, Amnesty International said, as the...

Australia: Refugees released from cruel and arbitrary detention

Amnesty International Australia today welcomed the further release of refugees from the Park Hotel, Alternative Place of Detention (APOD), in...

Uganda: End politically motivated detention of Robert Kyagulanyi and his wife

The Ugandan authorities must immediately lift the police and military siege of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s home and release him...

DRC: Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 10 youth activists

Democratic Republic of Congo’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 10 youth activists who are facing malicious charges solely for...

Thailand: 87-year prison sentence handed in harshest lèse majesté conviction

Responding to the record prison sentence handed to Anchan P. by a Thai court today after conviction for lèse majesté...

Russia: Authorities use farcical surprise ‘hearing’ to keep Aleksei Navalny behind bars

Reacting to news that prominent Russian opposition activist Aleksei Navalny has been remanded in custody for 30 days, following an...

Russia: Aleksei Navalny becomes prisoner of conscience after arrest on arrival in Moscow

Russian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release prominent Kremlin critic, Aleksei Navalny, detained minutes after he arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo...

Amnesty International extends deadline for 26th annual Media Awards

OTTAWA – Canadian journalists have an extra week to submit their stories to Amnesty International’s Media Awards in Canada, the...

Azerbaijan/Armenia: Scores of civilians killed by indiscriminate use of weapons in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh

Field investigators visited dozens of strike sites in Azerbaijan and Armenia Evidence refutes both sides’ denials they launched indiscriminate strikes,...

Tunisia: Struggle for justice and reparation continues for victims 10 years after the revolution

Ten years after Tunisia’s Revolution, which sparked a wave of uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa, victims are...

Mayors and Governors Must Protect People from Armed Groups, Denounce White Supremacy

In response to the events of last week and in anticipation of more gatherings by white supremacists ahead of the...

Sri Lanka: Collapse of Joseph Pararajasingham murder case a failure of justice

Responding to the acquittal today of MP Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan and four others in the 2005 assassination of Tamil MP Joseph...

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