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China: Uyghurs living abroad tell of campaign of intimidation

Spokespeople available for interview China is systematically harassing Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups even after they have left the...

Mexico: Amnesty International once again requests high-level meeting with President López Obrador in light of human rights crisis

Amnesty International sent an open letter to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador today requesting a meeting and expressing its concern...

Turkey: Re-arrest of Osman Kavala smacks of calculated cruelty

The decision to detain Osman Kavala on new charges merely hours after a court ordered his release must be immediately...

Middle East and North Africa: Renewed wave of mass uprisings met with brutality and repression during ‘year of defiance’

Report reviews human rights in 19 MENA states during 2019 Wave of protests across Algeria, Iraq, Iran and Lebanon demonstrates...

Turkey: Osman Kavala release must herald an end to the crackdown on civil society

Following the acquittal of Osman Kavala and eight other defendants in the so-called ‘Gezi trial’, Amnesty International’s Turkey Campaigner, Milena...

Turkey: Human rights activists face up to 15 years in jail as verdict expected in baseless trial

Eyes of the world on Istanbul as verdict expected after two-and-a-half years Celebrities and politicians join two million people to...

China: Detention of activist shows unrelenting assault on freedom of expression

Responding to the arrest of prominent Chinese activist and legal scholar Xu Zhiyong, who has been targeted since attending a...

Nigeria: 2020 could be Shell’s year of reckoning

In 2020 Shell will face unprecedented legal scrutiny over decades of human rights abuses in Nigeria, Amnesty International said today,...

RCMP crackdown on journalists in Wet’suwet’en territory threatens free press

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about reports that RCMP officers threatened to arrest journalists for taking photographs and documenting police...

Saudi Arabia: Specialized Criminal Court a political tool to muzzle critical voices

A new report published by Amnesty International today exposes how despite all their rhetoric of reforms, the Saudi authorities are...

Peru: Unlawfully turning away Venezuelans seeking protection

Peru is betraying its tradition of solidarity with Venezuelans seeking protection and is now deliberately rejecting people at the border,...

USA: Efforts to Revive the Muslim Ban are Atrocious

Spokespeople are available in New York and Washington, D.C. Responding to reports that the Trump administration is expanding what has...

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