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Sudan: Civilians At Imminent Risk Of Reprisal Attacks As Fighting Rages In Khartoum And Darfur
As the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) escalate their fighting in Khartoum, Amnesty International has received…
February 7, 2025
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Israel/OPT: Release of Palestinian Aid Worker After Nearly Nine Years of Unjust Imprisonment Ends Appalling Miscarriage of Justice
The long overdue release of Palestinian aid worker and prisoner of conscience, Mohammed al-Halabi brings to an end his agonizing…
February 7, 2025
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Why Protecting Human Rights Defenders Must be a Priority for Us All
Human rights defenders risk their lives to shine a light on abuses and fight for justice while governments have failed…
January 23, 2025
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Angola: Five Government Critics Released After More Than A Year Of Arbitrary Imprisonment
At last, Neth Nahara, Adolfo Campos, Gildo das Ruas, Tanaice Neutro and Pensador are free.
January 7, 2025
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Nicaragua: Ortega’s Repressive Machinery Continues to Stifle any Dissent
Amnesty International has designated Brooklyn Rivera, a leader of the Miskito Indigenous people, as a prisoner of conscience and calls…
December 17, 2024
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“If Society is to Change, People with Disabilities Must be Included in the Fight”
In honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we want to highlight disability rights activist Kyung Seok Park, who…
December 3, 2024
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Hong Kong: Prisoner of Conscience Jimmy Lai Must Be Released as National Security Trial Resumes
The years-long pre-trial incarceration of a 76-year-old man simply because his newspaper dared to criticize the government and report public…
November 18, 2024
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Cuba: Amnesty International Designates Four Persons as Prisoners of Conscience in the Midst of a New Wave of State Repression
These designations are a recognition of the dozens of people who remain in prison in Cuba for peacefully exercising their…
October 23, 2024
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Iran: Young Man Arrested as a Child Scheduled to be Executed Within Days
Amnesty International calls on Iranian authorities to stop the scheduled execution of Mohammad Reza Azizi, a 21-year-old man, who was…
October 18, 2024
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Guatemala: International Organizations Demand Due Process Guarantees at Key Hearing for Jose Rubén Zamora’s Release
Jose Rubén Zamora has been unjustly deprived of his liberty for over 800 days in the Mariscal Zavala prison in…
October 18, 2024
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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.
October 11, 2024
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France/Azerbaijan: Killing of President Aliyev’s critic exposes failures to protect exiled activists
The violent death of Vidadi Isgandarli must be effectively and promptly investigated.
October 2, 2024