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Sri Lanka: Protesters must not be detained under the draconian anti-terror law
Responding to reports that Wasantha Mudalige, the convener of Inter University Students’ Federation, Galwewa Siridhamma Thero, the convener of Inter University Bhikku Federation, and Hashantha Jawan…
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Saudi Arabia: Quash 34-year prison sentence for student Salma al-Shehab
The Saudi Arabian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University PhD student who has been sentenced to 34 years in prison solely for her writing and pea…
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Let’s raise our voices #UntilWeAreHeard
The investigations carried out by the authorities into these feminicides are lacking because: ● They lose evidence and do not look into different lines of investigation. ● They do not apply a gend…
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Equatorial Guinea: ‘Cleaning Operation’ tramples on human rights, not crime
The Equatorial Guinean authorities must immediately stop arbitrarily and indiscriminately arresting young men in their fight against gang crime, said Amnesty International today after documenting nu…
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Tunisia: Drop all charges against journalist Salah Attia
The Tunisian authorities should immediately drop all charges against Salah Attia, a detained journalist who is on trial before a military court in connection with public remarks he made about Presid…
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Angola: Unlawful killings, arbitrary arrests and hunger set election tone
Angola has faced an unprecedented crackdown on human rights, including unlawful killings and arbitrary arrests, in the lead up to the 24 August election, Amnesty International said today. Angola h…
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UN Security Council must prioritize accountability for Russian war crimes in Ukraine
A UN Security Council session due to take place today must urgently prioritize civilian protection and accountability for the litany of war crimes committed by Russian forces and call for an end to …
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Guinea: Further attacks on freedom of expression and association.
As a reaction to the dissolution of the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) and the summoning of a journalist to a military camp, Habibatou Gologo, Deputy Director of Amnesty I…
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Amnesty International Statement
On Monday 8 August, the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security made a series of false allegations about how Amnesty International had obtained evidence used in our 4 August p…
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Myanmar: ASEAN approach requires a reboot to end horrific crimes by the Myanmar military
As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) marks its 55 th anniversary today, Amnesty International urges the regional bloc to acknowledge the failure of its five-point plan published in…
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Iran: Robust international action needed to end cycles of protest bloodshed
The international community must hold the Iranian authorities to account for the torrent of violence which their security forces unleashed on protesters in the south-west of Iran in May 2022 with co…
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Israel/OPT: End solitary confinement of Palestinian prisoner jailed as a child
Responding to today’s decision by the Israeli Prison Service to renew the solitary confinement of Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian prisoner who has developed serious mental health problems since his arr…
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Ukraine: Ukrainian fighting tactics endanger civilians
Military bases set up in residential areas including schools and hospitals Attacks launched from populated civilian areas Such violations in no way justify Russia’s indiscriminate attacks, which…
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Guinea: Amnesty denounces further arbitrary arrests and excessive use of force
In response to the arbitrary arrests and detentions of members of the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) and the wave of police violence during the demonstrations in Conakry o…
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Myanmar: Detainees tortured to crush opposition to coup
Beatings, gender-based violence and arbitrary arrests documented Myanmar must immediately free all those unjustly detained Profound psychological trauma experienced upon release Authorities in …
Yemen: Detained journalist denied urgent health care must be released
Yemen: Detained journalist denied urgent health care must be released
Responding to the news that Tawfiq al-Mansouri, one of four journalists detained since 2015 and sentenced to death in April 2020 by the Huthi de facto authorities, is being denied health care despit…
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Belarus: Sham “conspiracy to seize power” trial against prominent political activists starts
Responding to news that a court in Belarus has begun a “conspiracy to seize power” trial against prominent political activists, including the leader of the Belarusian Popular Front party, Ryhor Kast…
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Iranian officials must be held accountable for amputating the fingers of two men
Iranian authorities used a guillotine machine to amputate the fingers of a man convicted of theft on 27 July 2022, Amnesty International can confirm. Pouya Torabi, who is in his late thirties, was t…
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Iran: Horrific wave of executions must be stopped
The Iranian authorities have embarked on an execution spree, killing at least 251 people between 1 January and 30 June 2022, according to research by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Right…
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