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Turkey: Failure to free Osman Kavala and Selahattin Demirtaş makes mockery of Erdogan’s “Human Rights Action Plan”

Responding to the calls by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers on the Turkish government to implement binding European Court...

Ten years on justice for Syrians more important than ever

It’s time for the UN Security Council to overcome its veto-paralysis and push for accountability for ongoing violations to ensure...

COVID-19: Pharmaceutical companies and rich states put lives at risk as vaccine inequality soars

Amnesty launches global campaign calling for universal access to COVID-19 vaccines Rich countries have bought up over half the world’s...

Myanmar: Vast arsenal and notorious troops deployed during nationwide ‘killing spree’ protest crackdown – new research

Analysis of more than 50 videos show systematic and premeditated killings amid extensive deployment of battlefield weaponry Soldiers implicated in...

Sri Lanka: Government suffocating dissent and obstructing justice for historic crimes says Amnesty report

The Sri Lankan Government has launched a renewed crackdown on dissent that is severely curtailing civil society freedom and obstructing...

Venezuela: International Criminal Court Prosecutor must include new mass extrajudicial executions in preliminary examination

In a new open-source investigation, Venezuela: Impunity in the face of lethal policy of social control, that collected evidence verified...

Canada’s declaration on arbitrary detention welcome step, but must go further to protect prisoners abroad: Amnesty International

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 – Amnesty International welcomes the Canadian government’s initiative endorsed by 57 countries to condemn the arbitrary...

Libya: Ten years after uprising abusive militias evade justice and instead reap rewards

A decade after the overthrow of Muammar al-Gaddafi, justice has yet to be delivered to victims of war crimes and...

Amnesty International joins civil liberties groups to ask Biden to drop case against Julian Assange

Ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for the US to submit their appeal against the UK decision not to extradite Julian Assange,...

Southern Africa: Homes become dangerous place for women and girls during COVID-19 lockdown

During the COVID-19 lockdowns imposed by Southern African countries, some homes across the region became enclaves of cruelty, rape and...

Russia: Aleksei Navalny given prison term while mass detention of his supporters leads to severe overcrowding and cruel and inhuman detention conditions

A court in Moscow has sentenced opposition activist and Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny to two years and eight months in...

Global: Fresh evidence of police misuse of tear gas leading to protesters’ deaths and injuries – updated investigative website

Amnesty International today published new evidence of the misuse of tear gas by security forces in several countries in the...

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