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Honduras: Exercising the right to protest has a high cost for those who dare take to the streets

The government of President Juan Orlando Hernández has embarked on a policy of repression against those who protest in the...

Libya: Abhorrent attack on migrant detention centre must be investigated as a war crime

The International Criminal Court must order an urgent investigation into an abhorrent attack on the Tajoura immigration detention centre in...

Egypt: Series of draconian laws ‘legalizes’ unprecedented repression six years since fall of Morsi

The Egyptian authorities are attempting to normalize human rights violations by passing a series of laws to “legalize” their escalating...

USA: Authorities are misusing justice system to harass migrant human rights defenders 

Since 2018, the US government has conducted an unlawful and discriminatory campaign of intimidation, threats, harassment, and criminal investigations against...

UN must seize historic opportunity to stop equipping torturers

Spiked batons, stun belts and leg irons are among the gruesome tools of torture which should be banned outright, Amnesty...

Sri Lanka: President Maithripala Sirisena Signs Execution Warrants for Four Prisoners, Plans Shrouded in Secrecy

Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena must immediately halt his plans to execute four prisoners, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International...

Sierra Leone: Amnesty International joins legal challenge against government ban on pregnant girls attending school

Amnesty International has joined a legal case brought by two non-governmental organizations, Equality Now and WAVES, to challenge the Sierra...

Sri Lanka: Halt plans for executions, once and for all

Sri Lanka’s President, Maithripala Sirisena, must immediately halt his plans to resume executions for at least 13 prisoners convicted of...

El Salvador: President Bukele pledges to respect human rights

El Salvador’s new government must promote and implement transformative human rights changes that fulfill the nation’s international commitments, said Amnesty...

Ten Presidential Candidates Respond to Amnesty International USA with Positions on Major Human Rights Issues

AI USA Release Ten candidates in the 2020 presidential race – including the president– responded to a questionnaire on human...

Saudi Arabia: Decision to spare teenager’s life must be followed by abolition of death penalty for all juveniles

Responding to the news that Murtaja Qureiris, the young man from Saudi Arabia arrested at the age of 13, will...

Myanmar: Military commits war crimes in latest operation in Rakhine State

New abuses come after government order to “crush” armed group Military units responsible for past atrocities are committing war crimes,...

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