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  Respect right to peaceful protest, Amnesty urges Bangladesh

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:20pm on March 27, 2021

  International rights organisation Amnesty International urged Bangladesh to respect the right to freedom of assembly and protect peaceful protestors. The organisation made the urge in...

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  AI accuses Lebanon of ‘torture’ of detained Syrians

  Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 10:06pm on March 23, 2021

  Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Lebanese authorities of ‘cruel and abusive’ treatment of more than 20 Syrians it said had been tortured in prison or...

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  Amnesty calls on FIFA to press Qatar on worker rights

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 12:30am on March 23, 2021

  Amnesty International on Monday called on football’s global governing body FIFA to put more pressure on 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar to improve conditions for...

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  Eritrean troops killed ‘hundreds’ in Ethiopia massacre: Amnesty

  Agence France-Presse . Nairobi | Updated at 10:07pm on February 26, 2021

  Eritrean soldiers fighting across the border in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region killed hundreds of people in a massacre last year in a likely crime against...

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  Amnesty calls on Israel to give Palestinians virus vaccine

  Agence France-Presse . Jerusalem | Updated at 10:52am on January 06, 2021

  Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Israel to provide coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, saying the Jewish state...

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  AI renews call for repeal of DSA after Kajol’s release

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 04:15pm on December 25, 2020

  International rights group Amnesty International on Friday renewed its call for the repeal of Digital Security Act following the release of journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol...

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  AI for constitutional amendment to ensure rights in CHT

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:40am on December 12, 2020

  International rights body Amnesty International on Friday recommended an amendment to the Bangladesh Constitution for ensuring human rights and advancement of ethnic minority people in...

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  Rights groups urge Bangladesh to halt Rohingya relocation

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:16am on December 03, 2020

  International rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Bangladesh authorities to immediately halt a plan of relocating the Rohingya refugees to...

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  Amnesty International urges govt to protect Mro people from eviction

  Staff Correspondent   | Updated at 05:22pm on November 22, 2020

  Rights Group Amnesty International on Sunday expressed concern about the construction of a five-star hotel in Chattogram Hill Tracts and urged the government to protect...

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  Drop plan to relocate Rohingyas to Bhashan Char, AI urges govt

  Staff Correspondent   | Updated at 07:40pm on November 20, 2020

  Amnesty International on Friday urged Bangladesh authorities to abandon plans for the relocation of over 100 Rohingya families to Bhashan Char, an island in the...