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Nigerian police squad torture and bribe detainees in exchange for freedom

September 22, 2016

Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters By Amnesty International A Nigerian police unit

Obama should pardon Edward Snowden before he leaves office

September 15, 2016

Frederick Florin/AFP By Amnesty International ‘It will be

Amnesty India closes offices, postpones events after sedition accusation

August 18, 2016

Abhishek Chinnappa/Reuters By Nita Bhalla Amnesty International India has

Iranian women’s rights activists treated as ‘enemies of the state’ in renewed crackdown

August 11, 2016

By Amnesty International The Iranian authorities have intensified their repression

Dozens killed in Ethiopia as police use excessive force against peaceful protesters

August 9, 2016

Reuters photo By Amnesty International At least 97 people

Australia: Appalling abuse and neglect of refugees on Nauru

August 3, 2016

Angela Wylie By Amnesty International Around 1,200 men, women,

Police Brutality… from Cairo to Minneapolis

July 19, 2016

Shannon Stapleton/Reuters By Ahmed Tharwat You know the situation

Nepal: Investigate police torture of Tharu community members

July 19, 2016

By Amnesty International A new report published today

Egypt: Hundreds disappeared and tortured amid wave of brutal repression

July 14, 2016

AFP photo By Amnesty International Egypt’s National Security Agency

Amnesty International respond to Chilcot report on Iraq war

July 7, 2016

By Amnesty International Following yesterday’s publication of the

Philippines: President Duterte must break the cycle of human rights violations

July 1, 2016

By Amnesty International The Philippines’ new President Rodrigo Duterte must

Zambia must release detained newspaper owner and staff

June 29, 2016

AFP photo By Amnesty International Authorities must immediately and

Bangladesh urged to drop charges against Journalist

June 28, 2016

By Amnesty International Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally drop

Zambia: Closure of independent newspaper ploy to crackdown on freedom of press

June 23, 2016

By Amnesty International The decision to shut down the independent

Eritrea must immediately and unconditionally release prisoners of conscience

June 22, 2016

By Amnesty International The Eritrean foreign minister’s confirmation that all

Haiti/Dominican Republic: Reckless Deportations Leaving Thousands In Limbo

June 16, 2016

Patrick Witty By Amnesty International The Dominican Republic has

EU risks fuelling horrific abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya

June 15, 2016

By Amnesty International The EU’s plans to cooperate more closely

Gambia: Crackdown and brutal repression in run up to elections

June 2, 2016

By Amnesty International Authorities in Gambia must free dozens of

Afghanistan: Number of internally displaced by conflict doubled to 1.2 million in just 3 years

May 30, 2016

Janus Engel By Amnesty International The number of Afghans

Angélique Kidjo & African youth activists honoured with international award

May 4, 2016

By Amnesty International World-renowned musician Angélique Kidjo and three inspirational

Brazil: Surge in killings by police sparks fear ahead of Rio Olympics

April 28, 2016

By Amnesty International Residents in many of Rio de Janeiro’s

Burundi: One year on, Burundians pay the price of entrenched human rights crisis

April 27, 2016

Stringer/AFP/Getty Images By Amnesty International One year on from

Nigerian military cover up of mass slaughter at Zaria exposed

April 22, 2016

By Amnesty International Mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women

Amnesty calls on Sudan to investigate student killing

April 21, 2016

By Michael Organ The human rights NGO Amnesty

Parents of missing Nigeria schoolgirls hope 2 year event reminds world of their fate

April 6, 2016

REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

The day Egypt lost its virginity

February 26, 2016

By Ahmed Tharwat Last week two events took place

“More than Just a Welcome Mat”: Protecting and Promoting Human Rights in Post Conflict Societies

February 10, 2016

By Anant Mishra “The recognition of victims as individuals and

Children as young as seven working in perilous conditions in Democratic Republic of Congo mines

January 25, 2016

By Byobe Malenga Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung, Sony,

Amnesty mourns colleagues killed in Burkina Faso attacks

January 20, 2016

By Adisa Amanor Wilks Leila Alaoui (photographer) and Mahamadi Ouédraogo

The plight of the Hazara people

October 15, 2015

By Sattar Rind Hazara is the third largest ethnic group