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Somalia: new satellite images - 24,000 people, including 3,000 children, left homeless after 'shocking' demolitionsThousands of structures were demolished over the course of a two-day operation
Press release 19 Jan 2018 -
Uganda: President Museveni's threat to 'hang a few' prisoners condemned'Resorting to the death penalty as some kind of quick-fix is not the answer'
Press release 19 Jan 2018 -
USA: 'resistance' to Trump hailed after year of human rights violationsA ‘galvanising spirit of resistance has swept the world’
Press release 19 Jan 2018 -
Iran: Authorities amputate man's hand in shocking act of crueltyPress release 18 Jan 2018
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Norway: Devastating blow for Afghans as parliament rejects asylum proposal“Life in Afghanistan is fraught with dangers including bombing, kidnapping, and persecution."
Press release 18 Jan 2018 -
UK Government shirking shared responsibility over refugee rights with FrancePress release 18 Jan 2018 -
Israel's continued detention of 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi is 'outrageously excessive'‘It would be a major injustice if a prison sentence were imposed on Ahed Tamimi’
Press release 17 Jan 2018 -
Warning that Brexit must not mean EU arms and surveillance safeguards are abandoned in UK'Brexit mustn’t mean weaker regulation over the UK’s selling of arms and surveillance equipment around the world'
Press release 17 Jan 2018 -
Ethiopia: Release of hundreds of detainees must lead to freedom for all prisoners of conscience"The release of Merera Gudina today and other detainees must not be the last."
Press release 17 Jan 2018 -
Withdrawal Bill: Ministers being given 'blank cheque' to rewrite lawsPress release 17 Jan 2018
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Myanmar: 'Shocking killings' by police in Rakhine State must be investigated“These shocking killings are yet another example of Myanmar security forces’ contempt for human life."
Press release 17 Jan 2018 -
Egypt: release of jailed human rights lawyer is 'rare moment of justice'‘Rare moments of justice like this offer a glimmer of hope to the thousands of other people detained in Egypt’
Press release 16 Jan 2018 -
Yemen: release of well-known blogger Hisham al-Omeisy welcomed'Since 2016, Yemen has witnessed a surge in arbitrary arrests'
Press release 16 Jan 2018 -
Bangladesh: Returning Rohingya to Myanmar 'alarmingly premature'Rohingya fled Myanmar last year amid ‘rape, killing and torture’
Press release 16 Jan 2018 -
Israel should release 16-year-old Palestinian activist, Ahed Tamimi'Her punishment is blatantly disproportionate'
Press release 15 Jan 2018 -
Tunisia: security forces must not 'inflame' tense situation as country prepares for more anti-austerity ralliesThese protests are happening in response to genuine economic hardship
Press release 12 Jan 2018 -
Sentenced journalist latest victim of Azerbaijan’s ‘repressive apparatus of fear’Journalist Afgan Mukhtarli was sentenced to six years in prison today.
Press release 12 Jan 2018 -
USA: renewed call for closure of 'cruel and degrading' Guantánamo on 16-year anniversary‘This abominable detention facility must be shut down once and for all’
Press release 11 Jan 2018 -
Myanmar army's admission over killings is 'only the tip of the iceberg'‘Such behaviour shows a contempt for human life which is simply beyond comprehension’
Press release 10 Jan 2018 -
Pakistan: Attack on journalist Taha Siddiqui this morning must be investigatedPress release 10 Jan 2018