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Myanmar security forces using scorched-earth tactics to drive out Rohingya - new satellite evidence

More than 80 large-scale burning sites detected in Rakhine State in past three weeks Testimonies show attacks were planned, deliberate and systematic, with army using petrol or rocket launchers...

Chad: 'sinister' and 'brutal' crackdown on government critics - new report

65 peaceful protests blocked in two years and more than 10 critical websites banned “Sinister role” of the Chadian security forces must be stopped Documented use of threatening anonymous phone calls...

Peru: Government neglecting Indigenous Peoples exposed to water containing toxic metals - new investigation

The Peruvian government is neglecting the health of hundreds of Indigenous people whose only sources of water are contaminated by toxic metals and who lack access to adequate healthcare, Amnesty...

Israel: reports of financial action against Amnesty are 'alarming'

Media reports suggest government intends to strip tax benefit from Amnesty as punishment for its settlement goods campaign ‘Taking punitive action against Amnesty International over its settlements...

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Last chance for justice for over 20,000 wartime sexual violence survivors

A quarter of a century after the start of the conflict, more than 20,000, survivors of wartime sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still being denied justice, said Amnesty International in a...

Saudi Arabia: another young Shia man faces execution after 'grossly unfair' trial

Execution of Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, only 16 at time of alleged crime, would be in clear contravention of international law 83 already executed this year, with political dissidents and Shia minority...

USA: Decision to temporarily reinstate refugee ban is 'nonsensical and heartless'

Responding to the decision by the US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to grant the Trump administration’s request to temporarily reinstate a portion of the ban on refugees. Margaret Huang...

Crimean Tatar leader jailed for eight years after 'sham' trial

‘Akhtem Chiygoz is a prisoner of conscience jailed solely for peacefully exercising his human rights’ - Oksana Pokalchuk The Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz a should be immediately released, said...

Burma: man's leg blown off in new landmine blast

Two new landmine incidents today point to deliberate targeting of Rohingya Brings number of sites where Burmese authorities have planted banned landmines to three “This a cruel and callous way of...

Burmese army landmines along Bangladeshi border 'kill fleeing Rohingya'

Military landmines along border of Rakhine State are putting thousands at risk Civilians - including children - have already been injured, with one man reportedly killed “What is unfolding in front of...