Press Release
President Bukele Engulfs El Salvador in a Human Rights Crisis After Three Years in Government
Under the current state of emergency, the Salvadoran authorities have committed massive human rights violations, including thousands of arbitrary detentions and violations of due process, as well as torture and…
Press Release
Proposed Emergency Powers in Cambodia Would Obliterate Human Rights
The Cambodian authorities must urgently withdraw or substantially redraft the egregious State of Emergency Law which poses a grave threat to human rights in Cambodia, said Amnesty International today.
Report
Amnesty International USA Asks States, President Trump to Prioritize Human Rights in their Responses to COVID-19, Particularly in Regards to Marginalized Populations
This week, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released a briefing paper detailing preliminary observations of states’ responses to the COVID-19 outbreak in the context of their human rights obligations. The World…
Update
Is Egypt’s “State of Emergency” Finally Over?
Egypt's 31-year "Emergency Law" has come to an end. Will this mark a break from human rights abuses and a return to the rule of law?
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Election Day in Egypt: Celebrations and Concerns
Cairo protests may not lead to a repeat performance of the January uprising. Unless Egyptian rulers heed international calls for peace, the outcome may be violent.
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Broken Promises in Egypt
Egypt's military rulers have crushed the hopes of the Jan. 25 uprising, but the Egyptian people are proving more resilient than the generals imagined.
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Egypt Returns to Bad Old Days of Repression
The new expansion of 'emergency laws' in Egypt is the biggest threat to human rights since the January revolution. Fair elections cannot be held in 2011 with these laws in…
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Egypt: The Change Has to Be Institutional, Has to Be Now
Change in Egypt needs to be institutional, the root causes of three decades of human rights abuses must be addressed.
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Copt Blast Aftermath: When Will the State of Emergency Protect Egyptians?
A week after a New Year's Day attack on a Copt church left 21 Egyptians dead and 79 wounded, it’s still hard to express in words the kind of madness…
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Why Is Kareem Amer Still in an Egyptian Detention Center?
It’s hard not to speculate that certain Egyptian security officials decided to use Amer to send a message that nobody in the US, in the West or even in Egypt…