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January 14, 2021

Amnesty letter to 3,500 mayors and governors calls for tighter security ahead of inauguration

Amnesty International has called upon US mayors and governors to protect people from armed groups and to denounce white supremacy ahead of next week's Presidential Inauguration.
January 13, 2021

A global stockpile of the Ebola vaccine has been established

Ebola vaccines have made one of the most feared diseases on earth preventable, says the World Health Organisation.
January 13, 2021

Majority of carbon capture plants used to extract more fossil fuels

New research finds that the world cannot meet climate targets by relying on carbon capture and storage.
January 12, 2021

Biden must close Guantánamo, says new Amnesty report

Eleven years ago Vice-President Joe Biden said the Obama adminstration would close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay.
January 11, 2021

UN concern at violations of civil and political rights in Viet Nam

An increasing number of independent journalists, bloggers, online commentators and human rights defenders are being arbitrarily detained.
January 10, 2021

Call for 'clear, unambiguous standards' to protect aircraft over conflict zones

The call from a UN expert came on the first-year anniversary of the strike against Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, which killed all 176 people on board.
January 9, 2021

Amnesty condemns assault on Capitol as 'moment of reckoning' for the US.

Amnesty Interntional has condemned President Trump for having "fanned the flames of the chaos and violence" following the breach of the US Capitol.
January 8, 2021

UN calls for release of 53 arrested under Hong Kong's National Security Law

The arrests indicate that the offence of subversion under the National Security Law is being used to detain individuals for exercising legitimate rights to participate in political and public life, says a spokeswoman for the OHCHR.
January 7, 2021

World Bank expects global economy to expand by 4% in 2021

The World Bank Group has issued a guarded growth forecast for the global economy this year.
January 6, 2021

Palestinian activist faces long jail sentence

Amnesty International believes all the charges against Issa Amro are politically-motivated and linked to his peaceful work in exposing Israel’s human rights violations.

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