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Riyadh · RiyadhSaudi Arabia’ s authorities must immediately release all those arbitrarily detained solely for expressing their views online ahead of the upcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, said 40 NGOs and human rights organizations including Amnesty International in a joint statement published today. One of the key themes of the annual forum on digital public policy, which is due to take place from 15 to 19 December 2024, is advancing human ri…See the Story
Saudi Arabia: Authorities hosting Internet Governance Forum while imprisoning online critics exposes deep hypocrisy
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Hong Kong City · Hong KongGovernment has one year left to deliver alternative legal framework for same-sex couples Same-sex couples in Hong Kong currently denied numerous rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples One year after a landmark ruling on LGBTI rights in Hong Kong, authorities should provide a progress update on their plans to recognize same-sex partnerships in the city, Amnesty International said today. On 5 September 2023, Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal rule…See the Story
Hong Kong: Government must show progress on same-sex partnership legislation after landmark ruling
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Beijing · BeijingChinese authorities must end their persecution of the citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, Amnesty International said after the activist was re-detained less than four months after being freed from prison. Zhang Zhan, who is being held at the Pudong New District Detention Center in Shanghai, appears to have been targeted because she has continued to advocate for human rights since her release from jail on 13 May. “The depressingly predictable re-dete…See the Story
China: Re-detention of activist Zhang Zhan highlights Beijing’s intolerance of dissent
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Guatemala · GuatemalaBy Tania Briseño Oliveros Virginia Laparra is a Guatemalan lawyer who spent two years in prison through an unfair conviction and with whom Amnesty International has maintained a close relationship, having followed her case for several years. In May of this year, a small Amnesty International delegation visited Virginia in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Our encounter took place before the start of a second trial, at a time when there was still hope f…See the Story
The collective resilience of justice in Guatemala
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Death Penalty · West BengalResponding to the Aprajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill adopted today by the West Bengal state government that introduces the death penalty for the offence of rape when it results in the victim’s death or leaves them “in a vegetative state”, Aakar Patel, Chair of Board at Amnesty International said: “The authorities must deliver justice and accountability for the horrific rape and murder of the woman doctor at the R…See the Story
India: Death penalty never the solution to crime and violence against women
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Azerbaijan · AzerbaijanAmnesty International has condemned as "alarming" a wave of preelection detentions and harassment by Azerbaijani authorities of critics, and it has urged the immediate release of political analyst Bahruz Samadov, who is accused of high treason, and others.See the Story
Rights Group Demands Azerbaijan Release Samadov, Other Critics
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Racism · Santo DomingoIn response to statements made by the Dominican Republic’s vice president, Raquel Peña, on concerns raised by Amnesty International regarding the responsibility of Luis Abinader’s government to investigate, punish and redress human rights violations occurring in the context of the implementation of the Dominican Republic’s migration policies, Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International said: “We appreciate the attention that the Offic…See the Story
Denials of racism do not exempt the Dominican government from its human rights responsibilities
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Conakry, Guinea · ConakryThe Guinean authorities must immediately carry out an impartial, independent and transparent investigation into the enforced disappearance of civil society activists Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah, who have now been missing for more than seven weeks, said Amnesty International and 17 Guinean human rights organizations on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Since the arrest of the two National Front for the Defence…See the Story
Guinea: Urgent investigation needed into enforced disappearance of two FNDC activists missing since 9 July
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