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Key facts about the migrant and refugee caravans making their way to the USA

Groups of families, including many young people and small children escaping violence, poverty and persecution in Central America, are not a new phenomenon. For several years, people have fled Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and other countries to head north towards the USA. Travelling as a group, many make the exhausting and dangerous journey through Mexico. Some travel with their children. Many have the aim of seeking protection as refugees in the USA or in Mexico.

Date:
16 November 2018
  • News
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Censorship and Freedom of Expression

DRC: Investigate student deaths after lethal force used against campus protests

Responding to the deaths of two University of Kinshasa students on Thursday 15 November following the unlawful use of lethal force by Congolese police against campus protestors, Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, Joan Nyanyuki said: “The use of live ammunition to disperse student protests on university campuses in the DRC is abhorrent and illegal. No one should have to die because they exercised their right to freedom of expression or took part in a peaceful protest.

Date:
16 November 2018
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Armed Conflict

UN: Hodeidah’s embattled civilians on a knife-edge as Security Council discusses Yemen

Petrified civilians in Hodeidah face a likely onslaught unless the UN Security Council acts today to press the warring parties in Yemen to protect them and ensure full humanitarian access, Amnesty International said. The Security Council will discuss Yemen’s conflict and humanitarian crisis at 15:00 EST (20:00GMT). “Even with the lull in fighting in recent days, Hodeidah remains on a knife-edge, and the ominous fear of mortal danger looms large.

Date:
16 November 2018
  • News
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • Detention

Turkey's brutal crackdown continues with new wave of detentions of activists and academics

Responding to today’s detention of 13 civil society figures in Turkey in connection with the investigation into jailed civil society leader Osman Kavala, Amnesty International’s Turkey Strategy and Research Manager, Andrew Gardner said: “This latest wave of detentions of academics and activists, on the basis of absurd allegations, shows that the authorities are intent on continuing their brutal crackdown of independent civil society, and shatters any illusion that Turkey is normalizing following the lifting of the state of emergency.

Date:
16 November 2018
  • News
  • Cambodia
  • War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

Cambodia: Genocide verdict is bitter, belated justice

Responding to the guilty verdict handed to Khmer Rouge cadres Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) today, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southeast Asia, said: “Today’s verdict hopefully brings some measure of justice to the victims, forty years after the unspeakable mass atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Date:
16 November 2018
  • News
  • Libya
  • Migrants

Libya: Refugees and migrants refuse to disembark ship in desperate plea to avoid detention and torture

Libyan, European and Panamanian authorities must ensure that at least 79 refugees and migrants who are on board a merchant vessel at the port of Misratah are not forced to disembark to be taken to a Libyan detention centre where they could face torture and other abuse, said Amnesty International today. The refugees and migrants, including a number of children, were found as they attempted to reach Europe by boat across the Mediterranean.

Date:
16 November 2018
  • News
  • Hong Kong
  • Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Hong Kong: Drop “chilling” prosecution of pro-democracy protest leaders

The Hong Kong government must drop the politically motivated prosecution of nine leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement protests, as it amounts to an attack on free speech and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said ahead of the start of their trial on Monday. Among the nine activists facing trial at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts are the co-founders of the “Occupy Central” campaign – legal scholar Professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting, sociologist Professor Chan Kin-man and retired pastor Reverend Chu Yiu-ming – who each face a maximum penalty of seven years’ imprisonment if convicted.

Date:
16 November 2018
  • News
  • Myanmar
  • War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

Why Rohingya refugees shouldn't be sent back to Myanmar

Since August 2017, more than 720,000 Rohingya have fled a vicious campaign of violence by the Myanmar security forces and sought refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. This week some refugees could be returned from Bangladesh to Myanmar under an agreement reached earlier between the two governments that sidestepped safeguards mandated under international law. Here, Amnesty International explains how this situation has come about and why the forcible return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar is unlawful, being premature, and putting their lives, liberty and other key human rights at risk.

Date:
15 November 2018
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  • South Africa
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

South Africa: Minister Motsoaledi must not use refugees and migrants as scapegoats for the failing health system

In response to a statement made by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi that ‘foreign nationals’ are behind the overcrowding of hospitals and the struggling health system, Shenilla Mohamed, Executive Director of Amnesty International South Africa said: “Minister Motsoaledi should stop this shameless scapegoating of refugees and migrants. He has been in charge of the health department for almost a decade and should have been fully aware of the challenges faced by the public health system, including the need for more investment, to address the health needs of the growing population.

Date:
15 November 2018
  • News
  • Honduras
  • Migrants

NoBanNoWall: From the Muslim Ban to the Migrant Caravan

Nearly two years ago I sat in my office late on a Friday and sent frantic emails to a coalition of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian colleagues. We learned that the new president’s campaign rhetoric might be more than ugly posturing, but in fact the putting into policy of the worst prejudices we could expect. On World Holocaust Day, President Trump would ban Muslim travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.

Date:
15 November 2018
  • News
  • Americas
  • Justice Systems

Mexico: The new government’s plan must focus on withdrawing the armed forces from public security roles

In response to the ruling of the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice on legal action 6/2018 and its joint proceedings, which challenged the constitutionality of the Law on Internal Security (Ley de Seguridad Interior), Amnesty International has stated: “The declaration that the Internal Security Law is unconstitutional has opened up an opportunity for President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s government to implement a detailed plan for the prompt and orderly withdrawal of the armed forces from their security duties.

Date:
15 November 2018
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa

Egypt: Repeal draconian NGO law following President’s calls for review

Following  comments by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in which he acknowledged the need for a more” balanced” law governing NGOs, Amnesty International has published an open letter to the government calling for the law to be scrapped and replaced with a version that is in line with Egypt’s constitutional and international commitments to ensure the right to freedom of association. “While President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s decision to order a review of Egypt’s repressive NGO law is encouraging, amending the law is not enough.

Date:
15 November 2018
  • News
  • Bangladesh
  • War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

Myanmar: Rohingya returns plan puts thousands at risk

Bangladesh and Myanmar authorities must immediately halt plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Rakhine State, Amnesty International said today. A first wave of organized returns could begin as soon as 15 November, following the announcement of a bilateral agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar last month which falls short of international obligations. “This is a reckless move which puts lives at risk,” said Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southeast Asia.

Date:
14 November 2018
  • News
  • Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Morocco: Hirak protester jailed over Facebook posts must be released

Responding to the news that a Moroccan court has upheld a five-year prison sentence against El Mortada Iamrachen, a local imam and Hirak protester from the northern Rif region of Morocco, for peacefully expressing his views in two Facebook posts, Amnesty International’s MENA Regional Director Heba Morayef said: “Today’s verdict is another appalling blow for freedom of expression in Morocco and a blatant miscarriage of justice.

Date:
14 November 2018
  • News
  • Colombia
  • Armed Conflict

Colombia: Authorities must respect the rights of the Indigenous Peoples of Chocó

The Embera, Wounaan and Zenú Indigenous Peoples of the department of Chocó have begun a peaceful demonstration in Bogotá, called the Minga* for Life (Minga por la Vida), to demand a high-level roundtable discussion with the national government. In light of their demands, the Colombian authorities must guarantee their right to peaceful protest and undertake to comply fully with the Peace Agreement signed two years ago, Amnesty International said today.

Date:
14 November 2018
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Death Penalty

Iran: Two people executed for corruption after unfair TV show trial

Responding to the news that the Iranian authorities have executed Vahid Mazloumin and Mohammad Esmail Ghasemi, two men convicted of financial crimes after a grossly unfair trial, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Research and Advocacy Director, Philip Luther, said: “With these abhorrent executions the Iranian authorities have flagrantly violated international law and once again displayed their shameless disregard for the right to life.

Date:
14 November 2018