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AMNESTY ACCUSES PRESIDENT TRUMP OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Human rights group Amnesty International has accused Donald Trump of hateful politics and of being a threat to human rights... READ MORE›
APPLE TURNS TO MINERS TO LOCK IN COBALT SUPPLIES
The iPhone maker is seeking contracts to buy several thousand metric tons of cobalt for five years or longer, Bloomberg reported, citing an anonymous source... READ MORE›
EGYPT: NOTORIOUS FORMER SECURITY CHIEF CLEARED BY COURT
Adly was Egypt's top security official under former president Hosni Mubarak from 1997 until the regime's fall during the Arab Spring in 2011... READ MORE›
'BEYOND COMPREHENSION': MYANMAR ADMITS KILLING ROHINGYA
As part of an ongoing campaign against the group, Myanmar also rejects many peaceful Rohingya citizens as terrorists ... READ MORE›
IRAN DRUG LAW CHANGE COULD SPARE THOUSANDS ON DEATH ROW
Prior to the law change, human rights group Amnesty International called on Iran to abolish the death penalty for drug offences... READ MORE›
EASING OF DRUG LAWS COULD HALT EXECUTION OF 5000 PRISONERS
Iran is second only to China in the number of prisoners executed in recent years, the majority put to death for drug offences... READ MORE›
UN RIGHTS OFFICE RAISES ALARM OVER EGYPT EXECUTIONS
The United Nations human rights office has expressed deep shock and concern over the reported executions of 20 people in Egypt over the past two weeks... READ MORE›
HOPES RAISED FOR RELEASE OF BRITISH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST JAILED IN ETHIOPIA
The Ethopian government claims he is a terrorist, while human rights campaigners say the father-of-three was illegally detained on politically motivated charges... READ MORE›
NETANYAHU ASKS IF AFRICAN INFILTRATORS CAN BE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM ISRAEL
Earlier this week Israel's Knesset voted to prevent Jerusalem being divided, despite similar legislation already being on the statute books... READ MORE›
EGYPT HANGS 15 FOR SINAI PENINSULA VIOLENCE
ISIL-affiliated fighters have ramped up deadly attacks in Sinai in recent years, inflicting heavy losses on the Egyptian military as well as civilians... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIVIST TO HEAD AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Renowned international rights group Amnesty International has chosen South African civil society leader, anti-apartheid campaigner and life-long activist Kumi Naidoo as the organisation's next Secretary General... READ MORE›
DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA HAS NO CLEAR GUIDELINES, NEW RESEARCH REVEALS
Most of the judges felt that since there are very few executions, retaining capital punishment is justified... READ MORE›
AMNESTY: SHELL INVOLVED IN NIGERIA ABUSES IN 1990S
Amnesty International has obtained internal documents pointing to complicity by Royal Dutch Shell in crimes committed by the Nigerian military during the 1990s... READ MORE›
ANGER OVER GREEK PLAN TO SELL WEAPONS TO SAUDI ARABIA
Greece plans to sell 66m euros worth of surplus bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia amid ongoing war in Yemen... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Amnesty International.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JUST WENT THERE: NEW REPORT COMPARES POLITICS TODAY TO THE 1930S
In its latest report, Amnesty International just compared the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment and populist rhetoric in 2016 to the 1930s, singling out President Trump in particular... READ MORE›
U.S. LAUNCHES STRIKE ON SYRIAN MILITARY AIRFIELD
The US attacked a Syrian air base with roughly 60 cruise missiles in response to a chemical weapons attack it blames on President Bashar Assad... READ MORE›
ONE OF SYRIA'S BEST-KNOWN DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS HAS BEEN EXECUTED
His death is a grim reminder of the horrors that take place in Syrian prisons every day... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES SENATOR WHO BRANDED PRESIDENT DUTERTE 'SERIAL KILLER' ARRESTED
I will face all these charges, a tearful De Lima told reporters at the Senate on Thursday evening after a Manila court issued the arrest warrant... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS HANGED AT SAYDNAYA PRISON, AMNESTY SAYS
As many as 13,000 people, most of them civilian opposition supporters, have been executed in secret at a prison in Syria, Amnesty International says... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE POLICE 'DUMPING BODIES' OF DRUG WAR VICTIMS
Human rights organisations cast doubt over the police reporting, saying more than 7,000 people have been killed in connection to the drug war... READ MORE›
ISRAEL MAINTAINS ROBUST ARMS TRADE WITH ROGUE REGIMES
Efforts by human rights groups to shed light on Israel's collusion with Myanmar have so far been frustrated by Israeli authorities and the courts... READ MORE›
MICHAEL FALLON: CRITICISING SAUDI ARABIA 'NOT HELPFUL' FOR UK ARMS SALES
It's important that we work with Saudi Arabia including co-operation on defence contracts, which are vitally important to sustain jobs here too, she said... READ MORE›
JOKO WIDODO: POLICE SHOULD SHOOT SUSPECTED DRUG DEALERS
Joko Jokowi Widodo, Indonesia's president, has instructed police to shoot suspected drug dealers to combat what he considers a narcotics emergency facing the country... READ MORE›
'AMERICANS ARE WELCOME IN SYRIA IF THEY COME HERE TO WORK WITH US' - ASSAD
'Americans are welcome in Syria if they come here to work with us' - Assad... READ MORE›
WOMAN CONVICTED AS JUVENILE FACES DEATH IN IRAN
On October 2014, a criminal judge sentenced the once child bride to death by hanging, Amnesty International says... READ MORE›
MOSCOW SLAMS WEST FOR STAYING SILENT ON RUSSIAN HOSPITAL BOMBING
Moscow slams West for staying silent on Russian hospital bombing -- RT News... READ MORE›
EGYPT COURT OVERTURNS MOHAMED MORSI'S LIFE SENTENCE
PROFILE Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi He was also accused of sharing state secrets with foreign powers, including Qatar... READ MORE›
ISIL EXECUTES CIVILIANS EN MASSE IN IRAQ
ISIL executed scores of people around Mosul and are stockpiling chemicals in civilian areas, according to the UN... READ MORE›
MIRIAM RODRIGUEZ WHO PROBED DAUGHTER'S DEATH IS KILLED
On Twitter, Tamaulipas Governor Francisco Cabeza de Vaca said the government will not allow the death of Miriam Rodriguez to be another statistic ... READ MORE›
UK FIRMS MAKE HUGE PROFITS ON ARM SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA
British companies selling weapons have earned hundreds of millions of dollars by selling arms to Saudi Arabia during the ongoing war in Yemen, a report says... READ MORE›
S SUDAN: GANG-RAPE VICTIM TESTIFIES AGAINST 12 SOLDIERS
Human rights workers monitoring the trial have praised the woman's decision to return to South Sudan to give her testimony... READ MORE›
WORLD LEADERS ACCUSED OF SHAMEFUL FAILURE OVER REFUGEE CRISIS
Almost 4 million people displaced from Syria have registered with the UN high commissioner for refugees... READ MORE›
EGYPT: FEARS GROW FOR 'DISAPPEARED' STUDENT OMAR KHALED
Omar Khaled, 22, last seen being dragged away from Cairo metro station by suspected security officers in plain clothes... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES ACCUSED OF KILLING CIVILIANS NEAR MOSUL
Iraqi denial Later on Thursday, Iraq's federal police issued a statement denying its forces had been involved in extrajudicial killings... READ MORE›
AMNESTY: HOUTHI REBELS RECRUIT FIGHTERS AS YOUNG AS 15
UN and Amnesty International demand immediate release of child soldiers in war-torn Yemen... READ MORE›
AMNESTY: SAUDI SHOULD STOP 'BLOODY EXECUTION SPREE'
Amnesty International has urged Saudi Arabia to abandon what it termed a bloody execution spree after 14 more men are set to be executed... READ MORE›
AMNESTY URGES PROBE INTO REPORT OF UAE TORTURE IN YEMEN
Rights group calls on UN to investigate AP report that hundreds were arbitrarily detained and tortured in Yemen... READ MORE›
CANADA OPPOSITION DEMANDS END TO SAUDI ARABIA ARMS SALES
Canada investigates reports of Saudi Arabia using armoured trucks made near Toronto against civilians... READ MORE›
DUTERTE SUPPORT TUMBLES AS MINORS DIE IN PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR
Duterte's son has denied involvement in drug smuggling as part of a Senate probe... READ MORE›
DEADLY AIR STRIKES HIT TWO ALEPPO HOSPITALS
On Wednesday, Syrian government forces battled rebel fighters on several fronts in ground attacks in Aleppo, rebel officers said... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES ONE OF ITS OWN YOUNG PRINCES FOR MURDER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1975
Prince Turki was arrested after killing Abdul Karim Mohaimeed in December 2012, according to Saudi media reports... READ MORE›
JEREMY CORBYN ACCUSES THERESA MAY OF SACRIFICING HUMAN RIGHTS TO SELL WEAPONS TO SAUDI ARABIA
Corbyn will accused Saudi Arabia of committing what have all the hallmarks of crimes against humanity in its war in Yemen ... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARMS DEAL BACKED BY US SENATORS WHO GOT CASH FROM WEAPONS CONTRACTOR THAT WILL BENEFIT
Murphy, who objected to the weapons deal because of Saudi Arabia's poor human rights record and its indiscriminate bombardment of Yemen... READ MORE›
GIRLS FREED FROM BOKO HARAM NOT ALLOWED TO SPEND CHRISTMAS AT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES
The government tried to appease them, saying it would fly their parents to Abuja, human rights lawyer Emmanuel Ogebe said... READ MORE›