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Relentless harassment, intimidation and censorship of journalists must end in Sudan
Sudanese authorities have this year been unrelenting in their quest to silence independent media by arresting and harassing journalists, and censoring both print and broadcast media, Amnesty International said today.…
Report
Tunisia: Arbitrary and abusive travel restrictions breach human rights
Travel restrictions introduced by the Tunisian authorities in the name of security are being imposed in an often arbitrary, sweeping and discriminatory manner flouting basic human rights, said Amnesty International…
Report
France flouts international law by continuing to export arms used in deadly crackdowns in Egypt
An Amnesty International investigation published today reveals that armored personnel carriers supplied by France were used with deadly effect by the Egyptian security forces to violently and repeatedly disperse protests and…
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Italy: A new underhand tactic for ending work of NGO rescue ship will cost lives
Responding to news that the Panama Maritime Authority revoked the registration of the search and rescue ship, Aquarius, operated by SOS Mediterranée and Médecins Sans Frontières, reportedly after pressure from the…
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Italy/Malta: Stop playing with refugee and migrants’ lives by closing ports
Responding to news that the authorities in Italy and Malta have closed their ports to Aquarius MV, a rescue ship run by SOS Mediterranee, with 141 people aboard, including 73…
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Surging death toll in Central Mediterranean laid squarely at Europe’s door
The number of people drowning in the Central Mediterranean or being taken back to squalid detention centres in Libya has surged as a result of European policies aimed at closing…
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Australia: EU countries must not repeat human rights failures of cruel Australian refugee policy
Australia’s notorious policy of detaining refugees and people seeking asylum in horrific offshore detention centres is in danger of being replicated by other countries, including some EU member states which…
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Libya: Protect Civilians under siege in Derna
Amid reports of an escalating humanitarian crisis in the besieged Libyan city of Derna, Amnesty International is calling on the leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA), General Khalifa Haftar,…
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Italy/Malta: Stranded refugees and migrants must be immediately allowed to dock
As the SOS Mediterranee rescue ship, MV Aquarius remains stranded between Malta and Sicily with 629 people aboard including 123 unaccompanied minors, 11 children and seven pregnant women, Elisa De…
Update
Amnesty Statement to HFAC: EU Governments are Complicit in Refugee Suffering
Since 2016, European governments implemented a series of measures designed to shut down the Mediterranean Sea routes used by refugees, and outsource their border controls to neighboring countries, most notably…
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Israel: Deportation of African asylum-seekers is a cruel and misguided abandonment of responsibility
Israel’s policy of deporting African asylum-seekers to two unnamed African countries is an abdication of its responsibility to refugees and an example of the vicious political measures feeding the “global…
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Egypt: Cluster bomb video highlights human rights concerns in North Sinai
The Egyptian military’s use of cluster bombs must cease immediately, Amnesty international said today, following the military’s release of an official video showing cluster bombs as part of their recent…