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The United States should act on its recent condemnation of Syria’s use of antipersonnel landmines by joining the international ban on these weapons.

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The trial of the two surviving leaders of the September 12, 1980 military coup in Turkey should focus not only on the illegality of the coup but also on the evidence of gross human right…Continue Reading

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Argentine human rights secretary Eduardo Luis Duhalde, who was a prominent voice in denouncing abuses during the country's military dictatorship in the 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 72.Continue Reading

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Police beat close to 30 demonstrators at a police station this week, two of whom fainted from the ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today after interviewing six witnesses to the Mar…Continue Reading

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Max Tucker, adjunto de investigación y acción de Amnistía Internacional para el Cáucaso Meridional y Ucrania
Hace un año, las autoridades hicieron frente a una serie de manifestaciones pacíficas en contra de la represión del gobierno en Azerb…Continue Reading

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The new government in Senegal of President Macky Sall should promptly address longstanding human rights concerns. Sall was inaugurated on April 2, 2012, after defeating the incumbent pre…Continue Reading

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The Angolan government should immediately end its use of unnecessary force against peaceful anti-government protesters, human rights activists, journalists, and opposition politicians. E…Continue Reading

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CEBU CITY – Three parents filed a complaint against St. Theresa’s College (STC) on Monday at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Central Visayas, after the school kept their children from joining their graduation ceremony, as a penalty.Meanwhile, …Continue Reading

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The government of Sierra Leone should urgently pass the pending Freedom of Information Bill (FOI). The legislation would allow members of the public to obtain access to information held …Continue Reading

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Aumenta la represión de la disidencia por las autoridades cubanas en el contexto de la visita del papa a la isla esta semana.
De James Burke, adjunto de investigación y acción sobre Cuba de Amnistía Internacional
“El número de móvil al que lla…Continue Reading

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By Max Tucker,  Amnesty International’s Campaigner on South Caucasus and Ukraine,

One year ago, a series of peaceful protests against government repression in Azerbaijan were met with brute force by the authorities. The clampdown that follo…Continue Reading