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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...

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  Death penalty not solution to violence against women: AI

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:36am on October 14, 2020

  Amnesty International on Tuesday said that death penalty was not the solution to violence against women. According to the international human rights watchdog’s website, AI’s...

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  Amnesty’s peril

  AG Noorani | Updated at 12:00am on October 12, 2020

  ON SEPTEMBER 29, Amnesty International India announced that it was forced to shut down operations. Executive director Avinash Kumar said, ‘The continuing crackdown on AI...

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  2,000 displaced inside Rohingya camps: AI 

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:12pm on October 09, 2020

  At least 2,000 Rohingyas have been forced to flee their shelters to other camps since violence broke out between two rival factions over taking the...