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Amnesty International calls for attacks on SA journos to end
It's Media Freedom Day and Amnesty International in South Africa has called on government to shield journalists from harassment and intimidation.
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7 years on, more than 100 Chibok girls still missing
Several more mass kidnappings of schoolchildren have occurred in northern Nigeria since Chibok, resulting in hundreds of schools being shut in a region where the literacy rate and school enrolment are already very low.
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Shelters for abused women in SA exceeded capacity during lockdown: study
The report is titled ‘Treated like Furniture’ and covers five countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Madagascar.
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Facebook, Google becoming 'human rights-free zones' in Vietnam: Amnesty
Communist Vietnam has long jailed its critics but has come under fire in recent years for targeting users on Facebook, a popular forum for activists in the country where all independent media is banned.
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Tanzania repressing opponents as election looms: Amnesty
Amnesty said opposition parties were facing harassment, arbitrary arrest and intimidation from authorities ahead of nationwide voting on 28 October.
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Amnesty denounces Guinea's lethal protest crackdown
At least 50 people were killed during protests against President Alpha Conde between October 2019 and July 2020 in the West African state, the rights group said in a report.
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Amnesty International: Construction of Polihali dam could violate human rights
The Polihali Dam, which is part of phase 2 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is meant to provide water to South Africa.
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Botswana defies outcry to execute murderer
In 2017, Mooketsi Kgosibodiba received a death sentence for the 2012 murder of his employer and his appeal was dismissed last year.
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Tanzania backsliding on freedoms under Magufuli: Amnesty, HRW
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tanzania was backsliding under Magufuli, whose administration has been accused of jailing journalists, kidnapping activists and assaulting political opponents.
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Amnesty accuses Hong Kong police of abuses, torture of protesters
Anti-government protesters, many masked and wearing black, have thrown petrol bombs at police and central government offices, stormed the Legislative Council, blocked roads to the airport, trashed metro stations and lit fires on the streets of the Chinese-ruled city.
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Greta Thunberg wins Amnesty's highest human rights award
The 16-year-old, who is taking a year out of school, received a standing ovation from students at The George Washington University in the US capital where the ceremony was held.
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Lebanon 'forcibly deported' nearly 2,500 Syrian refugees: Amnesty
Amnesty cited data from Lebanon's General Security agency and the Lebanese government showing that some 2,447 Syrians had been expelled between mid-May and August 9.
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Zim reflects on a year since Mngangagwa took oath of office
In a statement to mark the anniversary, Amnesty International said Zimbabwe has experienced a concerted attack on the rights of freedom of expression and assembly.
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Executions 'rampant' in Philippine drug war, UN probe needed - report
A vote on the resolution by the 47-member council is expected later this week.
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Amnesty urges Nigeria to stop torture by security forces
In a statement marking International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty said it continued to receive regular reports of torture and other human rights abuses in military and police custody.
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Amnesty International: Forces responsible for Khartoum killings must be confined
The human rights watchdog called what happened in the Sudanese capital barbaric and a bloodbath.
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More than 100 workers at Amnesty International could face job cuts
Unite released a statement on Tuesday night, saying Amnesty is already understaffed because only 670 of the 740 positions required are filled.
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Amnesty asks Mauritania's presidential candidates to end slavery
Six candidates are in the running in the 22 June election to choose a successor to President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is stepping down after his second and final term in office.
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Amnesty to cull managers after probe into 'toxic' workplace
Amnesty initiated a probe last August after a well-known researcher and a paid intern took their own lives within three months of each other.
