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Killings, Corruption and Censorship Besiege Media Freedom in Somalia

A surge in violent attacks, threats, harassment and intimidation of media workers is entrenching Somalia as one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, Amnesty…

February 12, 2020
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 12 : A demonstrator from Somalia poses with a Somalian flag during a protest as thousands of people march from Pieter Roos Park to Hillbrow during a protest against xenophobia in the street of Johannesburg in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 12, 2015. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffeje/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Efforts to Revive the Muslim Ban are Atrocious

Responding to reports that the Trump administration is expanding what has become known as the Muslim ban, which President Trump signed during his first week in office, Margaret Huang, Amnesty…

January 29, 2020
TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/03/24: Muslim leaders and allies across New York City held a rally and march against Islamophobia, white supremacy, and anti-immigrant bigotry in Times Square. The rally and march showcased the solidarity of New Yorkers against the ideology of hatred most recently manifested in the New Zealand terror attacks that left 50 fatalities. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Turkey’s Prosecution Call for Jail Term of Up to 15 Years for Six Human Rights Defenders, Including Amnesty’s Honorary Chair and Former Director, Defies Logic

“Today’s vindictive request by the State Prosecutor for jail terms of up to 15 years ignores the evidence and defies all logic."

November 27, 2019
Amnesty International staff stand in Solidarity with Idil Eser, Taner Kiliç, and other activists detained in Turkey. London, England, 18 July, 2017. Amnesty International Turkey’s Chair and Director as well as other prominent human rights defenders behind bars amid a spiralling crackdown. Amnesty Turkey's Chair, Taner Kiliç, was remanded in prison on baseless charges in early June 2017, and the Director of Amnesty Turkey, Idil Eser, was detained alongside seven other prominent human rights activists in July, 2017. They all face criminal investigations on the absurd suspicion of being members of an ‘armed terrorist organisation’.

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Decision to Re-Arrest Writer Ahmet Altan in Turkey a Scandalous Injustice

Following a court decision to re-arrest writer Ahmet Altan just a week after he was released from jail following more than three years in pre-trial detention, Amnesty International’s Europe Director,…

November 12, 2019
Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan (L) speaks to journalists after being realised on November 4, 2019. - A Turkish court ordered journalist Ahmet Altan to be released on November 4, 2019, under judicial supervision despite sentencing him to more than 10 years in prison, state news agency Anadolu reported. He was accused of links to the group blamed for the country's failed coup in 2016. Journalist Nazli Ilicak was also to be released after having her own life sentence overturned, Anadolu said. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP) (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)

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A Dark Day for Press Freedom in Turkey After Politically Motivated Trial Injustice

Following trial court’s decision to sentence Nazlı Ilıcak and Ahmet Altan to 10-and-a-half, and 8 years and 9 months in prison, on ludicrous charges of “knowingly and willingly assisting a…

November 4, 2019
A journalist poses with a portrait of Turkish journalist Ahmet Altan on June 19, 2017 in front of the Istanbul courthouse, where his trial is to take place. 17 suspects, including jailed journalists Nazli Ilicak, Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, will appear before an Istanbul court on June 19 for the first time in a case into the media leg of the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO). / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hundreds in Turkey Arrested in Crackdown on Critics of Military Offensive in Syria

Hundreds of people have been detained in Turkey for commenting or reporting on Turkey’s recent military offensive in northeast Syria and are facing absurd criminal charges as the government intensifies…

November 1, 2019
Turkish anti-riot police officers run as Kurds protest against Turkish military operation in Syria, in Istanbul, on October 13, 2019. - Fighting has engulfed the border area in northeastern Syria since Turkey launched an offensive on October 9 to push back the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), displacing 130,000 people so far according to the United Nations, amidst warnings from aid groups of another humanitarian disaster in Syria's eight-year-old war if the offensive is not halted. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)