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Musician Angélique Kidjo and African youth activists honored with Amnesty International award
World-renowned musician Angélique Kidjo and three inspirational African youth activist movements have been declared this year’s joint winners of the prestigious Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2016, the organization said…
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Meet the 2016 Ginetta Sagan Award Winner: Julienne Lusenge
“Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor.” -- Ginetta Sagan This year we are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of The Ginetta Sagan Fund (GSF), an Amnesty…
Urgent Action
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Release Bienvenu Matumo, Marcel Heritier Kambale Kapitene, and Victor Tesongo (UA 36/16)
Bienvenu Matumo, Marcel Heritier Kambale Kapitene, members of Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA), and another activist Victor Tesongo were sentenced by the Peace Tribunal of Kinshasa/Gombe to a year…
Urgent Action
Good News! – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Vano Kiboko Released (UA 29/16)
Vano Kiboko, a former Member of Parliament who had been in detention since December 2014, was released from prison on 5 May after completing his sentence. For the…
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What do you know about your batteries?
By Dr. Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt, Director, Human Rights in Business Program, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. They are in your mobile phones,…
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Child Labor Behind Smartphones Exposed
Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung and Sony, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child laborers has not been used in their products, said…
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This is What We Die For: Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Power the Global Trade in Cobalt
Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung and Sony, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child laborers has not been used in their products, said…
Press Release
Child Labor Behind Smart Phone and Electric Car Batteries Exposed
Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung and Sony, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child laborers has not been used in their products, said…
Press Release
DRC: Draconian crackdown on dissent one year ahead of elections
Activists and political leaders who speak out against attempts by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila to stand for a third term in office are being subjected to…
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“Amnesty International members and activists are my heroes “: 12 Reasons to Write for Rights
Every December 10th on International Human Rights Day, I sit down and write letters as part of Amnesty’s annual global Write for Rights campaign. Why? Because in my 10 years…
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Court Should Overturn Decision Limiting Corporate Transparency
Citing First Amendment, court limited government’s ability to require corporate disclosures and ignored positive impact of conflict minerals rule
Victory
Good News! – Democratic Republic of Congo: Bienvenu Matumo Released (UA 177/15)
Bienvenu Matumo, a youth activist from the youth movement Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was released from detention on 12 August without any…