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Tunisia: Arbitrary and abusive travel restrictions breach human rights
Travel restrictions introduced by the Tunisian authorities in the name of security are being imposed in an often arbitrary, sweeping and discriminatory manner flouting basic human rights, said Amnesty International in a report today. Since 2013, Tunisia’s Ministry of Interior has restricted the...
Tunisia: Arbitrary and abusive travel restrictions breach human rights
Travel restrictions introduced by the Tunisian authorities in the name of security are being imposed in an often arbitrary, sweeping and discriminatory manner flouting basic human rights, said Amnesty International in a report today. Since 2013, Tunisia’s Ministry of Interior has restricted the...
Tunisia: ‘They never tell me why’: Arbitrary restrictions on movement in Tunisia
In the context of their “national plan to combat terrorism”, the Tunisian authorities have implemented since 2013 a set of border control measures known as S17 to monitor the movements of individuals it suspects of affiliation with “jihadi groups” and have prevented thousands from travelling...
Nicaragua: Instilling terror: from lethal force to persecution in Nicaragua
This report documents several human rights violations committed between 30 May and 18 September 2018 and details the different elements that make up the state strategy of repression to suppress the protests. Amnesty International believes that these violations were carried out not only with the...
Nicaragua: Government maintains strategy of repression and criminalizes the right to protest
Dozens of people were arbitrarily detained in Managua this Sunday 14 October as they were preparing to march under the slogan “United for Freedom”, in a clear example of the threats of President Daniel Ortega being put into practice – threats to criminalize anyone who dares to express opposition to...
Nicaragua: Government maintains strategy of repression and criminalizes the right to protest
Dozens of people were arbitrarily detained in Managua this Sunday 14 October as they were preparing to march under the slogan “United for Freedom”, in a clear example of the threats of President Daniel Ortega being put into practice – threats to criminalize anyone who dares to express opposition to...
DRC: Open letter re: Creating a dedicated country-wide human rights monitoring and reporting mechanism on the Democratic Republic of Congo at the UN Human Rights Council
In this open letter Congolese, regional, and international organizations write to urge the delegation to support the creation of a country-wide human rights monitoring and reporting mechanism. The ongoing human rights violations committed by Congolese security forces and armed groups throughout the...
DRC: Authorities must halt crackdown on peaceful protests
At least 23 peaceful protesters were injured today in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), six of them severely, while another 89 were arrested in the capital Kinshasa, and in Goma, Lubumbashi, Bukavu, Mbandaka, Mbuji-Mayi and Tshikapa as police violently dispersed peaceful protests on the use...
DRC: Authorities must halt crackdown on peaceful protests
At least 23 peaceful protesters were injured today in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), six of them severely, while another 89 were arrested in the capital Kinshasa, and in Goma, Lubumbashi, Bukavu, Mbandaka, Mbuji-Mayi and Tshikapa as police violently dispersed peaceful protests on the use...
Ecuador: International coalition calls on President Moreno to protect ‘Nature’s Guardians’ after attacks
Today, 9 August 2018, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, an international coalition has launched a campaign and sent an open letter to President Lenin Moreno, proposing three concrete actions for Ecuador to protect “Nature’s Guardians”: those who dedicate their lives to...
Cuba: 100 days in, new administration has yet to dismantle repressive state machinery
On the 100th day of Miguel Díaz-Canel’s term as president of Cuba, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said: “The news that Cuba’s National Assembly has signed off on a new constitution that, among other things, opens the path to legalize same-sex marriage if approved...