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Haiti: Investigation urged into killing of Haitian President and grave human rights violations under his watch
The armed assault that reportedly killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and injured his wife early Wednesday is a shocking indicator of the serious human rights and political crisis that Haiti has […]
Palestinian security forces escalate brutal campaign of repression
The Palestinian authorities in the occupied West Bank have launched a chilling campaign of repression cracking down on peaceful protests with unlawful force, targeting journalists, civil society activists, and lawyers […]
Hong Kong: National Security Law has created a human rights emergency
Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL) has decimated the city’s freedoms and created a landscape increasingly devoid of human rights protections, Amnesty International said in a new research briefing released […]
Defending Water, Defending Land
The climate crisis is becoming ever more urgent. It is nothing less than a global emergency and the greatest human rights challenge of our time. Indeed, climate change threatens the […]
Israeli police targeted Palestinians with discriminatory arrests, torture and unlawful force
Sweeping arrests targeting Palestinian activists Unlawful use of force against Palestinian protesters Torture of Palestinian detainees Failure to protect Palestinians from planned attacks by groups of Jewish supremacists Israeli police […]
Myanmar: As Aung San Suu Kyi goes on trial, ASEAN indecision enabling military rampage
Aung San Suu Kyi faces seven charges and decades in prison as the UN General Assembly sets to vote on a landmark resolution on Myanmar Since the coup, more than […]
USA: Free Trans Woman from Indefinite Detention
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 67/21 HERE Maura, a 41-year-old transgender woman, has spent half her life living in the United States of America. Years ago, she sought safety in […]
Colombia: The IACHR must listen to the voices of victims of human rights violations
The voices of victims of violence, abuses and police repression must dominate the agenda of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) during its visit to Colombia between 8 and […]
Bangladesh: Engineer Arrested for Facebook Post
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 60/21 HERE Shahnewaz Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi engineer and activist, could face up to 10 years in prison for sharing his personal opinion on Facebook. Expressing […]
Haiti: Human Rights Defender in Danger
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 56/21 HERE Milostène Castin is the coordinator of AREDE and a defender of the rights of subsistence farmers who have suffered land seizures, displacement, corruption, […]
OUTCOME: France: Trade Unionist Acquitted
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 52/21, UPDATE 1 HERE On 20 May, long-standing trade unionist Frédéric Vuillaume was acquitted by the court in Dijon, eastern France. He was tried on […]