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After a Decade in Jail for Raising a Flag, Filep Karma is Freed
By Max White, Country Specialist, Indonesia and Timor-Lesté, Amnesty International USA Indonesian authorities this week released Filep Karma from prison more than 10 years after arresting him for simply raising…
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Free my Father, the World’s Longest Imprisoned Journalist
My father is the world’s longest imprisoned journalist, together with his codefendant Yusuf Ruzimuradov from the same paper, jailed at the same time in 1999.
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Civil Society and Human Rights Continue to Disintegrate Under Russia’s Heavy Handed ‘Rule of Law’
There is a clear juxtaposition between Putin’s ambition for Russia to be a superpower in the global arena and the disintegration of human rights and civil society at home.
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Dying for Freedom: Activist on Hunger Strike in Angola
There has been a marked increase in repression of freedom of expression, association and assembly in Angola in recent years. Amnesty has documented arrests and trials that violate international justice…
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Angola: Where Peaceful Protest is a Crime
Police and security forces in Angola use the courts, dogs, batons, torture, and murder to attack citizens exercising rights guaranteed in their constitution and under international law. Journalist Rafael Marques…
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16 Years of Silence: Enforced Disappearances in Belarus Must Be Investigated
By Viachaslau “Slava” Bortnik, Belarus Country Specialist, Amnesty International USA The legal term may be clunky - “enforced disappearance” - but the human story is simple: People literally disappear, from their loved…
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In Turkey, Journalists Targeted Once Again
[caption id="attachment_63836" align="aligncenter" width="4256"] OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] In Turkey, the crackdown on independent journalism continues. Mehmet Baransu remains in jail, apparently a victim of the government’s crackdown on the Gulen Movement. Other journalists…
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Belarus: Political Prisoners Released, but Authorities Need to Do More for Human Rights
By Viachaslau “Slava” Bortnik On August 22, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenka issued an order “based on the principle of humanism” to release six political prisoners, including Mikalai Statkevich and Yury…
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Syrian Human Rights Activist Mazen Darwish Released
[caption id="attachment_63121" align="aligncenter" width="604"] Abd al-Rahman Hamada, Hussein Gharir, Mazen Darwish, Hani al-Zitani and Mansour al-Omari[/caption] From a country where there is little reason to celebrate, here is some good…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Human Rights Jargon
Baffled by technical human rights terms and precise legal definitions? You’re not alone. Here’s a quick glossary of some of the most troublesome words and phrases. Commute: Commute means to replace a…