NEW YORK, 7 July 2019 – “At least seven children are confirmed to have been killed in an attack yest..
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Mosul: Over 300,000 still unable to go back home two years since end of war
More than 300,000 residents of Mosul district are still displaced with no homes to go back to, two y..
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Jamal Khashoggi case: UN’s Agnes Callamard & fiancée Hatice Cengiz at London event
Amnesty International will host a high-profile event in London next week (Tuesday 9 July) on the mur..
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Turkey: call for authorities to lift unlawful ban on Istanbul Pride
Thousands expected to defy the ban on Sunday
There is still time for the authorities to do the righ..
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UN General Assembly set to vote on curbing trade in torture equipment
China is major manufacturer of equipment like spiked batons, spiked electric-shock riot forks, elect..
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FAO targets 3 million people for emergency assistance as looming drought threatens lives in Ethiopia
Following the below-average Belg rainfall in February to May 2019 and the impact of consecutive drou..
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Thousands fleeing new Congo violence, Uganda refugee facilities dangerously stretched
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be..
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Libya: Detained refugees and asylum-seekers die from suspected tuberculosis and other diseases
PARIS/NEW YORK, June 21, 2019—Conditions in two detention centers in Libya are medically catastrophi..
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Hong Kong: ‘Unlawful’ police violence used against protesters – new video analysis
Hong Kong police must end the unlawful use of force against peaceful protesters, Amnesty Internation..
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Iranian Embassy, London: activists to show solidarity with hunger-striking Richard Ratcliffe
Mr Ratcliffes hunger strike in front of the embassy set to enter its eighth day
Those showing solid..