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Americas: Proposed laws would severely restrict civil society’s work in region
Amnesty International· 10 hours agoAmnesty International is raising an alarm about the proliferation of legal initiatives to curtail...
Escalating attacks on minority Ahmadiyya community must end in Pakistan
Amnesty International· 16 hours agoThe human rights organization documented 36 cases of arbitrary arrests and detention in addition to...
Anger after protester shot dead at Kenya anti-tax demos
BBC via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoPolice fired tear gas and water cannons at largely peaceful protesters near parliament as lawmakers...
UN-hosted Doha meeting on Afghanistan faces a credibility test
Amnesty International· 17 hours agoRights of women and girls in Afghanistan must be non-negotiable.
UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar - The...
The Boston Globe· 3 hours agoAmnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard said, “The credibility of this meeting will...
Thailand becomes first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage
Semafor via Yahoo News· 4 days agoInsights from Al Jazeera, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International The News Thailand’s Senate...
Americas: On World Refugee Day, states must prioritize the human rights of those seeking protection...
Amnesty International· 3 days agoOn the occasion of World Refugee Day, Amnesty International has issued an open letter to the States...
Probe begins into police conduct during Kenya's anti-government protests
San Francisco Chronicle· 21 hours agoAn investigation began Friday in Kenya into police conduct during protests against a government plan...
One person killed, over 200 injured in Kenya tax protests
Reuters via AOL· 1 day agoPolice fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters in the capital Nairobi, the five...
Egypt unlawfully deported Sudanese refugees, rights group says
StreetInsider· 3 days agoThe rights group said it had documented 12 incidents in which Egyptian authorities returned an estimated total of 800 Sudanese nationals between January and March this year without giving them ...