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Hong Kong: Mask ban for unauthorized protests is absurd and dangerous

Responding to a Hong Kong appeal court ruling that partially reinstates the government’s mask ban, Director of Amnesty International Hong...

USA: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, authorities must release immigration detainees

The Trump administration is failing to protect people in immigration detention during the COVID-19 public health emergency, Amnesty International said...

Bangladesh: COVID-19 response flaws put older Rohingya refugees in imminent danger

Older refugees are both the most at risk from the pandemic and the least included in the humanitarian response Dangerous...

Americas: Governments must halt dangerous and discriminatory detention of migrants and asylum seekers

Authorities in a number of countries across the Americas, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Curaçao, and Trinidad and Tobago,...

Digital surveillance to fight COVID-19 can only be justified if it respects human rights

More than 100 civil society groups sign joint statement setting out conditions that must be met before the use of...

Refugee, Human Rights, and Legal Organizations Call for Border to be Reopened to Refugees in Lead Up to Refugee Rights Day

April 2, 2020 – In the lead up to Refugee Rights Day, refugee, human rights, legal and civil liberties organizations...

Europe: Amnesty International highlights human rights priorities for state responses to COVID-19

Amnesty International has published recommendations today for states in Europe urging them to ensure that their responses to COVID-19 are...

US military pledges to report publicly on civilian casualties in Somalia

Reacting to a statement from US Africa Command (AFRICOM) pledging to begin, by the end of April, public reporting on...

Somalia: Zero accountability as civilian deaths mount from US air strikes

Civilian casualties continue to mount from the US military’s secret air war in Somalia, with no justice or reparation for...

Syria: Vulnerable prisoners should be released to prevent spread of COVID-19

The Syrian authorities must cooperate fully with UN agencies and humanitarian organizations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the...

Closing Canada’s border to refugee claimants is dangerous and illegal, and must be reversed

Toronto, March 30, 2020 — Canada’s decision to shut the border to refugee claimants puts those individuals in danger, is...

Cambodia: Overcrowded detention centres a ‘ticking time bomb’ for COVID-19 amid raft of ‘fake news’ arrests

At least 22 arrested, 7 charged amid crackdown on alleged “false information” about outbreak Authorities claim they are ‘working with...

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