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“Just Tell Me What to Confess To” Torture and Ill-Treatment by Burundi’s Police and Intelligence Service Since April 2015

Beatings with iron bars and acid burns are among an array of torture techniques used by Burundian security forces to…

August 24, 2015

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‘Nowhere Safe for Civilians’: Airstrikes and Ground Attacks in Yemen

Civilians in Yemen are bearing the brunt in the conflict raging between Huthi militias (and army units loyal to former…

August 18, 2015

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‘Left To Die Under Siege’: War Crimes and Human Rights Abuses in Eastern Ghouta

Thousands of civilians remain trapped in Eastern Ghouta, an area to the north and east of Damascus that has been…

August 14, 2015

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Don’t We Matter? Four Years of Unrelenting Attacks Against Civilians of Sudan’s South Kordofan State

Government forces in Sudan have committed war crimes against the civilian population of South Kordofan, Amnesty International has definitively confirmed…

August 4, 2015

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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…

July 31, 2015

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‘Black Friday’: Carnage in Rafah During 2014 Israel/Gaza Conflict

New evidence showing that Israeli forces carried out war crimes in retaliation for the capture of an Israeli soldier has…

July 24, 2015

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Braving Bullets – Excessive force in policing demonstrations in Burundi

Burundian authorities repressed demonstrations as if they were an insurrection, and now the country appears to be on the verge…

July 22, 2015

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Europe’s Borderlands: Violations Against Migrants and Refugees in Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary

Thousands of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants – including children – making dangerous journeys across the Balkans are suffering violent abuse…

July 6, 2015

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Operation Mbata ya Bakolo: mass expulsions of foreign nationals in the Republic of Congo

Police violence, persecution, arbitrary detentions and rape amid a security operation to deport tens of thousands of DR Congo nationals…

July 1, 2015

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Denied: Failures in Accountability for Human Rights Violations by Security Force Personnel in Jammu and Kashmir

Twenty-five years after the introduction of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu and Kashmir, the law continues to…

June 30, 2015

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Generation Jail: Egypt’s Youth Go From Protest to Prison

A continuing onslaught against young activists by the Egyptian authorities is a blatant attempt to crush the spirit of the…

June 29, 2015

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Deadly Force: Police Use of Lethal Force In The United States

All 50 states and the District of Columbia fail to comply with international standards on the use of lethal force…

June 17, 2015