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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm: - Funds Egypt is one of the world's best markets this year, up about 25 percent in US dollars. Right now, the Egyptian stock market is attracting large amounts of foreign capital following several major reforms launched after the devaluation in 2016.The major reform package is the basis of foreign capital's interest in the Egyptian market. According to Reuters, foreigners account for about 35 percent of trading on the Cairo stock exchange. | ||||
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| Israel Discriminatory measures undermine Palestinian representation in Knesset | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Palestinians elected to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, are being targeted by discriminatory regulations and legislation that undermine their ability to represent and defend the rights of the Palestinian minority population in Israel, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today, ahead of upcoming Israeli elections on 17 September.Elected but restricted: Shrinking space for Palestinian parliamentarians in Israel’s Knesset,... | ||||
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| Egypt: Calls for investigation into death in custody of al-Aqrab prisoner | ||||
Egyptian authorities must urgently carry out a thorough, prompt, independent and impartial investigation into the death in custody of 30-year-old Hossam Hamed, a prisoner at al-Aqrab prison who has been in solitary confinement since at least 3 August 2019, amid allegations that he was tortured said Amnesty International.Testimony from three sources close to the incident indicate that Hossam Hamed was repeatedly physically assaulted by prison guards while being held in solitary confinement... | ||||
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| Hong Kong: Hundreds of thousands march peacefully against proposed extradition bill | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-In response to another march this afternoon where hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets, Man-Kei Tam, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong said:“The people of Hong Kong have once again demonstrated their resolve by taking part in a peaceful demonstration against a proposed extradition bill. The Hong Kong government must immediately withdraw the extradition law amendments, ensure the right to freedom of peaceful... | ||||
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| Zimbabwe: Police must be held accountable for appalling assault on protesters | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-In response to the brutal assault on peaceful protesters who gathered in the Harare CBD earlier today in anticipation of the “16 August” national protests, Muleya Mwananyanda, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Southern Africa, said:“The scenes in Harare today demonstrate just how far the authorities will go to repress dissent. Baton-wielding police unleashed a brutal assault on protesters, who had gathered... | ||||
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| UK must refuse extradition of Julian Assange to the United States | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Following the formal extradition request by the United States to the United Kingdom for Julian Assange and ahead of tomorrow’s extradition hearing in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Massimo Moratti, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Europe, said:“The British government must not accede to the US extradition request for Julian Assange as he faces a real risk of serious human rights violations if sent there. The UK must comply... | ||||
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| Sudan: Former president Omar al-Bashir must not escape international trial | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir must face justice for crimes under international law, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, that he allegedly committed in Darfur while in power, Amnesty International said ahead of the start of his trial on corruption charges on 18 August in Khartoum.While this trial is a positive step towards accountability for some of his alleged crimes, he remains wanted for heinous crimes committed... | ||||
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| Egypt: Peaceful activists among hundreds subjected to arbitrary overnight probation measures | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Egyptian authorities are continuing their use of arbitrary and excessive overnight probation measures to further punish peaceful activists by forcing them to overnight in crowded police cells after their release from prison, said Amnesty International today.The Egyptian authorities are relying on arbitrary and excessive probation measures as a repressive tactic to intimidate peaceful activists into silence after their release from prison Magdalena... | ||||
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| Egypt: Mass hunger strike at al-Aqrab prison over denial of family visits and dire conditions | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The Egyptian authorities must immediately end cruel and inhumane detention conditions and allow regular family visits at al-Aqrab maximum security prison in Tora where approximately 130 detainees have gone on a mass hunger strike for more than six weeks, said Amnesty International today. Many of those on strike were arrested more than two years ago and have not been allowed a single visit from their families or lawyers.In response to the hunger... | ||||
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| Lebanon: Decision to cancel Mashrou’ Leila concert an alarming indicator of the state of freedom of expression | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Responding to a statement issued by the organizers of the Byblos International Festival stating they were forced to cancel a performance by the band Mashrou’ Leila, that was due to take place on 9 August, “to prevent bloodshed and maintain security and stability”, following a hate campaign targeting the group, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director Lynn Maalouf said:“This decision is a devastating blow for the right to... | ||||
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| Google must fully commit to never censor search in China | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Responding to the statement by a senior Google executive that the company has “terminated” plans to launch Project Dragonfly, its censored search engine for China, Joe Westby, researcher on technology and human rights at Amnesty Tech, said:Google must now go one step further and commit to never aid China’s large-scale censorship and surveillance. The company’s past evasiveness on this issue leaves the door open to future abuses. | ||||
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| South Sudan: Authorities crackdown on critics in cross-border campaign of intimidation | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- The South Sudanese authorities have in recent months escalated their crackdown on peaceful dissent by conducting a cross-border campaign of harassment, intimidation and attacks against critics to prevent a series of global protests on the country’s leadership from taking place, reveals a new briefing by Amnesty International.The protests organized by the Red Card Movement (RCM), a nascent South Sudanese youth movement open to any individual... | ||||
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| Turkey: Outlandish charges against Osman Kavala and 15 others must be dropped | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Ahead of the second hearing tomorrow in the trial of civil society leader Osman Kavala and 15 others on trumped up charges of ‘attempting to overthrow the government’, Amnesty International’s Andrew Gardner said:“Osman Kavala has spent 625 days behind bars in pre-trial detention despite the complete absence of any evidence for the outlandish charges against him. With this case it is Turkey’s deeply flawed justice system that is in the... | ||||
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| Saudi Arabia, Russia express support for China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Saudi Arabia, Russia and 35 other states have written to the United Nations supporting China's policies in its western region of Xinjiang, in contrast to strong Western criticism.China has been accused of detaining a million Muslims and persecuting ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and 22 ambassadors signed a letter to the UN Human Rights Council this week criticising its policies. Countries including Australia, Britain, Germany and Japan... | ||||
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| Aircraft have crashed outside Umeå - nine people dead | ||||
The Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm: -The accident must have happened at Storsandskär in Umeälven.A smaller aircraft with parachutists aboard has crashed on an island outside Umeå. All nine people on board have died. This confirms Region Västerbotten for Aftonbladet. - We have an ongoing effort and it is hectic right now, says Lina Buurstra, assistant flight rescue manager at the Naval and Aviation Rescue Center. Shortly after 2 pm the... | ||||
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| Announcing the first ever global summit on human rights and climate change | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The People’s Summit on Climate, Rights and Human Survival – the first ever global summit on human rights and climate change – will be hosted by leading civil society groups and the UN Human Rights Office in New York on 18-19 September. The Summit aims to galvanize the human rights community to urgently scale-up its efforts on climate justice, creating the most diverse movement ever assembled to tackle the climate crisis.Amnesty International,... | ||||
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| TripAdvisor staff urged to speak out against firm’s role in sustaining illegal Israeli settlements | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Amnesty International has called on TripAdvisor employees to use their power to demand that their company stops profiting from war crimes by listing tourist attractions and properties in illegal Israeli settlements across the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).In an open letter addressed to TripAdvisor staff, the organization said the settlements have had a devastating impact on the human rights of Palestinians, with tens of thousands of homes... | ||||
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| South Korea: Criminalization of sex between men in military fuels violence, abuse and discrimination | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Gay and trans soldiers in South Korea face violence, harassment and pervasive discrimination due to the criminalization of consensual sex between men in the military, Amnesty International said as it released a new report outlining why this unjust law must be abolished.Serving in Silence: LGBTI People in South Korea’s Military reveals the destructive impact criminalizing consensual same-sex activity in South Korea’s military has on LGBTI people.... | ||||
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| Philippines. L’ONU doit enquêter sur la «guerre contre la drogue» meurtrière que mène le gouvernement de Rodrigo Duterte | ||||
Extrajudicial executions by police remain rampantScale of abuses reaches the threshold of crimes against humanity Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The wave of police killings triggered by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s murderous anti-drugs campaign continues to rage on, destroying lives and devastating communities, a report by Amnesty International reveals today. The UN must immediately open an investigation into gross human rights violations and possible... | ||||
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| Nauru: Deterring essential medical transfers risks deadly consequences | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- Responding to news that the government of Nauru has passed a law severely restricting medical transfers to Australia for refugees and asylum seekers, Meghna Abraham, Director of Global Thematic Issues at Amnesty International, said:“This move by the Nauru government is a dangerous and callous act that could have deadly consequences for the women, men and children whom Australia has exiled there. “Nauru has failed to provide refugees... | ||||
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| Sri Lanka: Death row prisoners win a temporary reprieve | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- Responding to a court decision to hold off all executions until petitions are heard after October, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director, Biraj Patnaik, said:“No one should have to fear that they will be hanged. The temporary reprieve given to these death row prisoners should become permanent and their death sentences should be commuted immediately. “The court decision comes against the backdrop of widespread opposition... | ||||
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| Libya: Abhorrent attack on migrant detention centre must be investigated as a war crime | ||||
The International Criminal Court must order an urgent investigation into an abhorrent attack on the Tajoura immigration detention centre in eastern Tripoli, Libya, in which at least 40 refugees and migrants were killed and more than 80 injured, said Amnesty International.“This deadly attack which struck a detention centre where at least 600 refugees and migrants were trapped in detention with no means of escape, and whose location was known to all warring parties, must be independently... | ||||
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| Italy: Sea-Watch 3’s captain must not be prosecuted for saving lives | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Following a decision by a preliminary investigations judge in Italy to release the Sea-Watch 3 captain, Carola Rackete, Elisa De Pieri, Amnesty International’s researcher on southern Europe said:“This decision brings welcome relief to people standing for human rights. Carola Rackete put her freedom on the line to ensure the safety of others. Her actions should be celebrated rather than criminalized and it is a bitter irony that she was the... | ||||
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| Lebanon is failing torture survivors by delaying implementation of crucial reforms | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The Lebanese authorities must stop dragging their feet over implementing key reforms in order to ensure that perpetrators of torture and other ill-treatment do not escape justice, said Amnesty International marking the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.Lebanese authorities have consistently failed to implement the national anti-torture law (Law 65) since it came into force in October 2017; and the government has not yet issued... | ||||
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| Syria: Families left alone to find answers about disappeared relatives | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The families of tens of thousands of people who have been forcibly disappeared or abducted since the onset of the crisis in Syria in 2011 have suffered years of agony in the face of government denials and insufficient support from the international community, Amnesty International said today.On International Day of the Disappeared, the organization called for unified international action to support the families who have spent years left alone... | ||||
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| Egypt's Sisi makes first public remarks on viral videos accusing him of corruption | ||||
President confirms new palaces being built using public money, but says they do not belong to him but rather to the peopleMiddle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi responded on Saturday for the first time to a series of videos by an Egyptian whistleblower who accused him of misappropriating millions of dollars of public funds on personal projects. The video testimonies by Egyptian film star and property tycoon Mohamed Ali have gone... | ||||
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| Israeli spyware firm NSO must match words with action | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- NSO needs to demonstrate this is more than an attempt to whitewash its tarnished reputation. It doesn’t get to pick and choose when it should respect human rights.Danna Ingleton, Deputy Director of Amnesty Tech. Responding to news that Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, whose malicious technology has been used by governments to target activists, has announced it will respect human rights and take steps to prevent its tools being used... | ||||
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| TURKEY: END POST ELECTION CRACKDOWN ON PEACEFUL DISSENT | ||||
Peaceful protests against the government’s arbitrary decision to remove from office mayors elected in March in three provinces in eastern Turkey have been met with excessive and abusive force by police in several cities and towns across the country. Amnesty International calls on the authorities in Turkey to end this politically motivated crackdown and bring the country’s laws and their use in line with international human rights law and standards; for the immediate and unconditional release... | ||||
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| Fresh wave of phishing attacks targeting journalists and human rights activists in MENA | ||||
Attackers who use phishing scams to target human rights defenders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are developing increasingly sophisticated techniques to infiltrate their accounts and evade digital security tools, according to new research published by Amnesty Tech. The organization highlighted three key tactics attackers are employing to ensnare people who take extra steps to secure their accounts online. These include asking users to reset the password on their Google accounts;... | ||||
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| El Salvador: Acquittal of Evelyn Hernández is a victory for human rights | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-In response to a ruling by a court today in El Salvador under which Evelyn Hernández was acquitted of charges for aggravated homicide, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said:“This is a resounding victory for the rights of women in El Salvador. It reaffirms that no woman should be wrongly accused of homicide for the simple fact of suffering an obstetric emergency. Now that Evelyn has been acquitted, Amnesty International... | ||||
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| Italy/Malta/Spain: 121 people including babies and children stranded at sea in searing heat must be allowed to dock | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-More than 30 children, including two babies, and nearly 90 men and women stranded at sea in searing temperatures, must be immediately allowed to dock, said Amnesty International, as the stand-off between the Italian, Maltese and Spanish authorities and a NGO rescue ship enters its second week.Despite mounting concerns for their well-being, Italian and Maltese authorities are refusing a port where they could safely be disembarked. Spanish authorities... | ||||
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| Hong Kong: Police should exercise restraint to avoid escalating violence | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-In response to police operations on Aug 11, where rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets were fired, Man-Kei Tam, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong said: “Hong Kong police have once again used tear gas and rubber bullets in a way that have fallen short of international standards. Firing at retreating protesters in confined areas where they had little time to leave goes against the purported objective of dispersing a crowd.” | ||||
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| Egypt: Five ways the legacy of the Rabaa dispersal still haunts Egyptians today | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Six years ago, Egyptian security forces killed at least 900 individuals and injured more than a thousand during the dispersal of sit-ins in Rabaa al-Adawiya and al-Nahda squares in Greater Cairo. According to official statistics, eight security officers were also killed that day. For many of those directly affected and their families, the legacy of that dark day still lingers.Death sentences: 75 men have been sentenced to death in relation to... | ||||
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| Egypt: Bitter legacy of Rabaa massacre continues to haunt Egyptians | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The bloody events of 14 August 2013, when Egyptian security forces killed at least 900 people during the violent dispersal of mass anti-government sit-ins in Rabaa al-Adawiya and al-Nahda squares, has cast a shadow over Egyptian society that lingers to this day, said Amnesty International today.More than 650 people who participated in the sit-in were given prison sentences of up to 25 years and 75 others were sentenced to death after a grossly... | ||||
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| Tanzania: Free arrested journalist immediately and unconditionally | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Following the arrest and detention of Tanzanian investigative journalist Erick Kabendera, Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, Joan Nyanyuki, said:The arrest of Erick Kabendera is an assault on press freedom and further underlines the rising repression of journalists and perceived government critics in Tanzania. Joan Nyanyuki, Amnesty International's Director for East Africa, the Horn and the... | ||||
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| "I am 15. I’m blocking your commute so my generation has jobs to go to, and a planet to live on." | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- “I am going to be late for work because of you! You lot don’t have jobs to go to!” a red-faced woman yelled at last month’s youth climate march in London. Admittedly, by occupying Westminster Bridge, the schoolchildren I was with had caused some disruption, but that was the point. Commuters might be late for work, but we will not have jobs to go to or even have a healthy planet to live on unless our governments take immediate action on climate change. | ||||
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| Israel/OPT: Amnesty joins legal challenge to punitive expulsion of HRW country director | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- Amnesty International has joined a legal case brought by Human Rights Watch (HRW) to challenge the legality of the Israeli government’s decision to revoke the work permit of its Israel and Palestine Director, the organization said today.The Israeli authorities’ decision to deport Omar Shakir is a crushing blow to freedom of expression in the country and sends an alarming signal to human rights activists and civil society in general of... | ||||
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| USA: Trump’s racist slurs translates into degrading, dehumanizing policies | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Responding to President Trump’s toxic tweets accusing four Democrat Congresswomen of hating the United States and suggesting they go back to the “totally broken and crime infested places from which they came”, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Kumi Naidoo, said: As President of the United States, Trump has demonized minority groups, whipped up hatred, fear and sowed division. Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International... | ||||
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| Help Muslims in Xinjiang, China, observe Ramadan | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Write to the organisation representing Muslim countries and demand it speaks up for Muslims being denied the right to practice their religion in Xinjiang.Until she left China, journalist Gulchehra Hoja, a minority ethnic Uyghur, had never been able to practice her religion freely. Now, she is living in the USA and even though she cannot return Xinjiang because of her journalism, she prays that her family and all Uyghur peoples can choose to freely... | ||||
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| Want To Boost Your Financial Planning Knowledge? Try These 14 Resources | ||||
As an investor, you’ve likely been advised to take a more active role in overseeing your finances. However, doing so can be intimidating—especially if you’re new to financial planning.Before diving in and making important financial decisions for yourself, you’ll first want to learn the basics. We asked members of Forbes Finance Council for some solid resources to help you develop a better understanding of the best strategies and tips for handling your personal finances. Here... | ||||
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| Tell TripAdvisor to pull out of illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Learn to shoot like a soldier, ride a camel or take a tour of historic sites – all on stolen land! Thanks to help from TripAdvisor, these are all activities you can do when visiting one of the many illegal Israeli settlements.TripAdvisor lists more than 70 different properties, activities and attractions in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). By doing so, TripAdvisor is boosting the settlement economy and... | ||||
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| Iran: Release eight wildlife conservationists following unfair trial on trumped-up spying charges | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Wildlife conservationists in Iran who have been accused of espionage after using cameras to track endangered species could face the death penalty or more than a decade in prison, said Amnesty International, ahead of a verdict in their case in the coming days.The eight scientists, who are linked to the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, were arrested at the end of January 2018. They had been conducting research into Iran’s endangered animals,... | ||||
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| DRC: ICC conviction of Ntaganda provides long awaited justice for victims of grotesque crimes | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Following today’s International Criminal Court (ICC) conviction of Bosco Ntaganda, former leader of a rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Joan Nyanyuki, Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa welcomed the conviction, saying:We can only hope that today’s verdict provides some consolation to those affected by the grotesque crimes perpetrated by Ntaganda and paves the... | ||||
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| Italy: Council of Europe Committee takes important steps to protect Roma from forced evictions | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- Responding to the decision by European Committee of Social Rights to request the Italian state to take immediate measures to protect the housing rights of Roma, Lucy Claridge, Director of Strategic Litigation at Amnesty International said:“We wholeheartedly welcome this important step by the Committee and urge the Italian government to comply and end the ongoing and discriminatory destruction of Roma camps and forced evictions which trample... | ||||
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| Hong Kong: Evidence of police violence against protesters verified | ||
-Amnesty International examined incidents of unnecessary and excessive use of force during 12 June protest-Restraint urged in policing of upcoming protests -Police must be held to account for unlawful use of force Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- Hong Kong police must end the unlawful use of force against peaceful protesters who have once again taken to the streets on Friday, Amnesty International said as it published details of verified instances of unnecessary... | ||
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| Sudan: Agreement must be judged by actions of those in power | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Responding to the news that a power-sharing deal has been reached between Sudan’s military leaders and the opposition party, Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said:We know that this agreement is clearly not the end of the terrible ordeal Sudanese people have experienced. But the fact that it has happened at all is a testament to the extraordinary determination and resilience of ordinary people who chose to stand up... | ||||
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| USA: Authorities are misusing justice system to harass migrant human rights defenders | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Since 2018, the US government has conducted an unlawful and discriminatory campaign of intimidation, threats, harassment, and criminal investigations against people who defend the human rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on the US–Mexico border, Amnesty International said in a new report released today.‘Saving lives is not a crime’: Politically motivated legal harassment of migrant human rights defenders by the USA reveals how... | ||||
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| Egypt: Series of draconian laws ‘legalizes’ unprecedented repression six years since fall of Morsi | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The Egyptian authorities are attempting to normalize human rights violations by passing a series of laws to “legalize” their escalating crackdown on freedom of expression, association and assembly, said Amnesty International, six years since recently deceased former President Mohamed Morsi was ousted from power on 3 July 2013.The organization has today published a damning overview of human rights in Egypt since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s... | ||||
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| Egypt must not sentence to death a young man forcibly disappeared and tortured at 17 | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- The Egyptian authorities must not resort to the use of the death penalty to punish a young man who was arrested while under the age of 18, said Amnesty International, ahead of an expected verdict in his case on 22 June.Karim Hemada was arrested aged 17 during a raid on his home in Giza in January 2016. He was forcibly disappeared for 42 days, and during this time, he reported being tortured with electric shocks to extract a forced confession... | ||||
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