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Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights, warned…
Report
Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights, warned…
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Will Progressives in the U.S. Congress Support Palestinian Children’s Human Rights?
With just hours left before today’s deadline, 13 Members of Congress have now joined the call for Palestinian children’s human rights. Led by U.S. Representative Betty McCollum, these elected officials…
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MTV World and Art for Amnesty Announce Season Two of Acclaimed ‘Rebel Music’ Series on YouTube April 30
Partnership & Contest with Amnesty International’s Art for Amnesty Program to Bring Inspiring Young Activists to a Global Audience
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The Roar of A Thousand Activists
By Ann Burroughs, Amnesty International USA board chair, and Steven W. Hawkins, Amnesty International USA executive director Last week, over 1,100 human rights activists gathered in Brooklyn, New York. What…
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Four Questions for Prime Minister Netanyahu
[caption id="attachment_57911" align="alignleft" width="5184"] (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)[/caption] This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to give two major speeches in Washington, DC. Â The first is Monday…
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Retaliation Against Palestine’s Welcome Accession to ICC Must Stop
Israel, the USA and EU member states must refrain from punishing or threatening Palestine for taking the positive step of granting the International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over crimes under…
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Israel/Palestine Conflict: Why now is the time to change to a human rights approach
The same day Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General, visited the Gaza Strip saying, “a restrictive occupation that has lasted almost half a century, the continued denial of Palestinian rights and the…
Update
‘We Are All Gaza’ – Palestinian Anger in the West Bank
The pain, suffering and loss due to decades of Israeli military occupation are shared by Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza alike.
Report
Syria: Squeezing the life out of Yarmouk: War crimes against besieged civilians
Three years after popular pro-reform then anti-government protests drew a brutal response from the Syrian authorities, leading to the internal armed conflict that continues to rage, around a quarter of…
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Egypt Must End Deplorable Detention and Deportation of Syrian Refugees
The Egyptian authorities must end their appalling policy of unlawfully detaining and forcibly returning hundreds of refugees who have fled the armed conflict in Syria.
Report
Annual Report: Palestinian Authority 2013
Palestinian Authority Head of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas Head of government Salam Fayyad Arbitrary arrests and detentions by both the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and the Hamas…