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The Trump Administration is returning copies of the Senate’s 2014 full report on the CIA’s secret detention and torture program to the Senate Intelligence Committee, effectively keeping it buried indefinitely. Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, made the following statement in reaction:

Responding to the Afghan security forces opening fire today on crowds protesting insecurity in the wake of the May 31 bombing in Kabul, Biraj Patnaik, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director, said:

The increased deployment of military forces to repress protests, the rise in excessive use of force against protesters and others, and the use of military courts to try to silence dissenting voices illustrates a terrifying shift of the Venezuelan authorities’ approach to the human rights crisis wreaking havoc across the country, Amnesty International said after at least 60 people were killed in protests in the past 60 days.