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Brazil: Police repression mars peaceful protest in São Paulo
Military police in São Paulo violently repressed peaceful protests in the city yet again last night in what Amnesty International is calling a threat to constitutional guarantees of freedom of…
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Police repression mars peaceful protest in São Paulo, Brazil
Military police in São Paulo violently repressed peaceful protests in the city yet again last night in what Amnesty International is calling a threat to constitutional guarantees of freedom of…
Update
2015 Has Seen the Worst Refugee Crisis Since WWII
2015 has seen the worst refugee crisis in recent history with over 19.5 million refugees across the globe. Unprecedented numbers of refugees have arrived on Europe’s shores, while countries in…
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Brazil: Fresh hope for justice for 10-year-old boy shot dead in military police operation
The decision by Rio de Janeiro State Public Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute the killing of a 10-year-old boy in a favela earlier this year is a positive sign towards ensuring…
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Brazilian cluster munitions suspected in Saudi Arabia led coalition attack in Yemen
Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces appear to have used a Brazilian variant of internationally banned cluster munitions on a residential neighborhood in Ahma in Sa’da, northern Yemen, this week, wounding at…
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Amnesty International USA
Last November, we decided to send our sixth delegation of organizers and human rights observers to Ferguson. In response to requests from community members, AIUSA staff and members chose to…
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Indonesia: Report reveals endemic judicial flaws in death penalty cases
Death row prisoners in Indonesia are routinely denied access to lawyers and are coerced into “confessions” through severe beatings, while foreign nationals facing the death penalty had to deal with…
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Use of Force – Guidelines for Implementation of the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by law enforcement officials
From the streets of Ferguson, Missouri to the favelas of Brazil, the police use of force and firearms makes global headlines when it turns fatal.
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Dispatch from Ferguson: One Year Later and The Work Ahead
As we tick past the one-year anniversary of Mike Brown’s death, we find ourselves in the midst of yet another state of emergency in St. Louis, protestors again lining the…
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Lucky To Be Alive – Despite Paraguay’s Restrictive Abortion Laws
Mainumby is lucky to be alive. But unfortunately, this issue is far from being isolated to Paraguay – Chile and the Dominican Republic are two of a handful of countries…
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From US to Brazil: Say Their Names
[caption id="attachment_63141" align="aligncenter" width="584"] Demonstrators march through the Manguinhos favela to protest against police killings of blacks on August 22, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Every year, Brazil's police…
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You Killed My Son: Killings by Military Police in Rio de Janeiro
Military police in Rio de Janeiro who seem to follow a “shoot first, ask questions later” strategy are contributing to a soaring homicide rate but are rarely investigated and brought…
