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Nine months later, still no review: Civil society groups press PM on Saudi Arabia military exports

A coalition of 12 Canadian civil society organizations (CSO) has written an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, expressing...

Saudi Arabia: Women’s rights reforms must be followed by release of detained activists

Saudi Arabia must follow up on crucial reforms announced today to address women’s rights by ending its persecution of women’s...

Amnesty International response to US government decision to resume federal executions

The US government has announced it plans to resume federal executions for the first time since 2003. Five people have...

ICE Raids Encourage Hate and Discrimination Toward Immigrants and Communities of Color

Responding to the announcement of thousands of raids planned for Sunday by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Charanya...

European Union/Libya: Act Now to Save Lives

Release, Evacuate Detained Refugees and Migrants European Union foreign ministers gathering in Brussels on 15 July 2019, should issue a...

AMNESTY WELCOMES STATEMENT AT HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADDRESSING CHINA’S APPALLING VIOLATIONS IN XINJIANG

This week, a group of 22 countries issued a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council expressing concern over...

Government of Canada turns back on communities harmed by Canadian mining overseas, loses trust of Canadian civil society

Ottawa, July 11, 2019 –Today all fourteen civil society and labour union representatives of the government’s Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Body on...

Philippines: UN resolution builds pressure on architects of deadly ‘war on drugs’

Responding to the UN Human Rights Council voting in favour of a resolution to monitor and report on the critical...

Egypt: Detainees trapped in ‘revolving doors’ of prison system as authorities bypass release orders

The Egyptian authorities’ growing trend of re-imprisoning people who have been arbitrarily detained, instead of complying with court orders to...

Malawi: Civil society leaders targeted in post-election clampdown

In response to the arbitrary arrest on allegations of fraud of two of the key figures involved in organizing post-election...

Indonesia: Sentenced to jail for an abortion, teenage rape survivor is cleared by Supreme Court

Responding to the decision by the Supreme Court of Indonesia to clear a teenager sentenced to prison for terminating a...

DRC: ICC conviction of Ntaganda provides long awaited justice for victims of grotesque crimes

Spokespersons available to take media interviews Following today’s International Criminal Court (ICC) conviction of Bosco Ntaganda, former leader of a...

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