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Indonesian authorities are failing to protect the transgender women who were appallingly ill-treated and humiliated by police in North Aceh on January 27, some of whom have since had to go into hiding due to fears for their safety, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International interviewed some of the victims in a location near Aceh, …
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Iranian authorities must ensure the right to peaceful protest, investigate reports that security forces have unlawfully used firearms against unarmed protesters and protect hundreds of detainees from torture and other ill-treatment, Amnesty International said amid concerns that the crackdown against demonstrations that have spread across Iran in the past week is intensifying. Official statements have …
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A new report published by Amnesty International today casts a rare light on the torture and other harrowing treatment of prisoners of conscience locked up in Viet Nam’s secretive network of prisons and detention centres. The organisation has urged Australia to press Viet Nam to protect these prisoners’ rights. Prisons within Prisons Prisons within Prisons: Torture …
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How do people cope when a family member is locked up and tortured? “When your brother is detained and tortured you have two options: fight, or abandon him.” Farida Aarrass decided to fight. Farida is an impressive woman: a mother of seven who works with a local organisation for homeless people in Brussels, Belgium. She …
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