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Venezuela: Decisive Action by UN Human Rights Council Supports Victims and Signals at Perpetrators that the World is Watching Them
Brave human rights defenders who face ever-growing risks to their work and fundamental rights must be protected.
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Haiti: Children Victims of Gang Violence Amid Impunity
The violence in Haiti is devastating, and Haitian children are paying the price.
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Iraq: Reject Changes to Personal Status Law Which Would Allow Child Marriage and Further Entrench Discrimination
Iraqi lawmakers must drop amendments to the Personal Status Law, which would violate women and girls’ rights,
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Lebanon/Israel: Israel’s Evacuation ‘Warnings’ for Civilians Misleading and Inadequate
These 'warnings' do not absolve Israel of its obligations under international humanitarian law to never target civilians and to take all possible measures to minimize harm to them.
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Geneva: UN HRC Resolution on Afghanistan Fails to Deliver an Adequate Response to the Escalating Human Rights Crisis
The HRC has again shied away from sufficiently supporting justice for the people of Afghanistan who have placed their hopes in the international community.
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Africa: Countries on the Cusp of Abolition Must Take a Stand Against the Death Penalty
The majority of countries in the world have abolished the death penalty for all crimes. It’s time for all countries to move away from this cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment…
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Global: UN General Assembly Must Open Formal Negotiations on Crimes Against Humanity Convention
Crimes against humanity are a worldwide phenomenon. In the past 10 years alone, Amnesty International has found evidence of such crimes in at least 18 countries all over the planet.
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COP29: States Must Press Azerbaijani Authorities to End Assault on Civil Society
Azerbaijan is hosting an international conference on climate justice while actively undermining the main pillars of climate activism – repressing all forms of critical expression and protests and dismantling local…
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Pakistan: Authorities Must Immediately Revoke Ban on Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement
Targeting activists and peaceful protesters is an affront on the rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly.
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Angola: President Biden Must Demand Immediate Release of Five Arbitrarily Detained Government Critics Â
President Biden must demand Angolan President João Lourenço and his government immediately release five government critics arbitrarily detained for more than a year.
