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Activists of Amnesty International stage a protest against the detention of the head of Amnesty International in Turkey, Taner Kilic, in front of the Turkish Embassy in Berlin on June 15, 2017. Taner Kilic was arrested in the Turkish province of Izmir along with 22 other lawyers on June 6, 2017 and has been charged with membership of a terrorist organisation and remanded in custody pending trial / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)

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Turkey: When I am released I want to carry on says jailed Amnesty Chair

On the eve of the resumption of his trial, jailed Amnesty International Turkey’s Honorary Chair, Taner Kılıç, has made an impassioned…

June 20, 2018

A young migrant boy waits in front of the Hungarian border fence at the Tompa border station transit zone on April 6, 2017 as the Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter (not pictured) presents the camp to the media. The migrant transit complex on the Hungarian side of the border has been expanded to become one of two new detention centers for asylum seekers in the Hungarian transit zone and contains shipping containers that are used to automatically detain migrants in the transit zone while their claims are investigated. / AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK (Photo credit should read ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images)

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Hungary: Draconian anti-NGO law will be resisted every step of the way

Following the passing in Hungary of a package of punitive laws, including one criminalizing lawful migration-related work by activists and…

June 20, 2018

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Protesters holding placards listen to speakers in Parliament Square during a demonstration, organised by Amnesty International, to show support for refugees on September 17, 2016 in London, England. Thousands of demonstrators, joined by refugees, actors and musicians took part in a march today calling on the British government to resettle more refugees in the United Kingdom and to protest the government's handling of the refugee crisis. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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Welcoming Refugees and Asylum-Seekers: Every Person Can Make A Difference This World Refugee Day

This World Refugee Day, Amnesty International USA is calling on all people living in the United States to welcome refugees…

June 20, 2018

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (R) delivers a speech during a session entitled ?Human Rights and Democracy in Venezuela? on the sideline of the United Nations Human Rights Council on June 6, 2017 in Geneva. The United Nations Human Rights Council opens a new session, with a speech from US envoy Nikki Haley following threats from Washington to quit the council over its treatment of Israel. / AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

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USA Leaves the UN Human Rights Council

Following the announcement that the United States will leave the United Nations Human Rights Council, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary…

June 19, 2018

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City of Rutland Passes Refugees Welcome Resolution

The Rutland Board of Aldermen in Vermont unanimously voted to approve a resolution declaring that refugees are welcome in their…

June 19, 2018

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Amnesty International USA Endorses Keep Families Together Act

Amnesty International USA is endorsing the Keep Families Together Act as introduced today in the House of Representatives by Representative…

June 19, 2018

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USA: Policy of separating children from parents is nothing short of torture

The sickening images of children cruelly separated from their parents and held in cages as a result of Attorney General…

June 18, 2018

Participants attend a gay pride march in central Kiev on June 17, 2018. — (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)

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Ukraine: &8220;March of equality&8221; in Kyiv is a new human rights triumph

This year’s Kyiv Pride demonstration, which brought together thousands of people in a display of solidarity with the lesbian, gay,…

June 18, 2018

BARSKOON, KYRGYZSTAN: A Kyrgyz rides to catch a woman wearing a traditional bridal gown 07 November 2005 during a folk festival in the village of Barskoon, some 300 kms from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. AFP PHOTO / VAYCHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Kyrgyzstan: New rape case highlights need for immediate action to end appalling bride kidnapping practice

The Kyrgyzstani authorities must ramp up their efforts to put an immediate end to the appalling practice of “bride kidnapping”,…

June 15, 2018

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Japan: Investigate brewer Kirin over payments to Myanmar military amid ethnic cleansing of Rohingya

Japanese authorities must urgently launch an investigation into payments that a subsidiary of the multinational brewing giant Kirin made to…

June 14, 2018

People chant slogans during a protest calling on President Mahmoud Abbas to end financial sanctions on Palestinians in Gaza, in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on June 14, 2018. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

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State of Palestine: Amnesty staff member arbitrarily detained and tortured by Palestinian security officers

Responding to the arbitrary detention and beating during arrest of scores of demonstrators and bystanders, including an Amnesty International staff…

June 14, 2018

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 02: Campaigner Peter Tatchell (2nd right) joins members of the LGBT community and Amnesty International campaigners stage a protest over LGBT rights in Chechnya, outside the Russian Embassy on June 2, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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RUSSIA: ARREST OF CAMPAIGNER PETER TATCHELL FOR GAY RIGHTS PROTEST IS ‘OUTRAGEOUS’

Responding to news that the prominent British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has been arrested and charged with a criminal…

June 14, 2018