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Afghan refugees walk at a registration centre, upon their arrival from Pakistan in Takhta Pul district of Kandahar province on December 18, 2023. Photo by SANAULLAH SEIAM/AFP via Getty Images.

Pakistan: Government must stop ignoring global calls to halt unlawful deportation of Afghan refugees

Reacting to the announcement by the newly elected Government of Pakistan to expand and expedite its plans to unlawfully deport...

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Iran executes 853 people in eight-year high amid relentless repression and renewed ‘war on drugs’ 

Robust international action is urgently needed to halt a horrifying surge in executions that saw Iran’s prisons transformed into sites...

Civil defense teams and locals carry out search and rescue efforts after an Israeli attack hits Zorob family building in Rafah, Gaza on April 01, 2024. Photo by Yasser Qudaih/Anadolu via Getty Images.

Time is running out for international action to protect civilians and prevent atrocity crimes in Rafah, as UN Security Council resolution is ignored

A week since the UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, and days since the International Court...

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Torture-Free Trade Treaty: New film highlights devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally

Amnesty International is launching a powerful film showing the devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally, with many...

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Israel/OPT: Palestinian human rights defender is released

Munther Amira, a Palestinian human rights advocate and social worker, was released from administrative detention on February 29. He had...

Palestinian children are walking past the rubble of the al-Bukhari mosque in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on March 2, 2024, following an overnight Israeli air strike amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

UN Special Rapporteur report on Gaza provides crucial evidence that must spur international action to prevent genocide

Amnesty International welcomes the new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian...

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UK: High Court adjournment of appeal leaves Julian Assange and all media workers in limbo

Reacting to the UK High Court’s decision to adjourn Julian Assange’s permission to appeal his extradition to the United States,...

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Russia: Truth and justice for victims of Crocus City Hall attack incompatible with torture of suspects

Reacting to an armed group’s attack on March 22 on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow’s outskirts, which...

A man pulls an elderly Palestinian woman on a wheelchair as displaced families move in Gaza City, on March 25, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.

UN resolution must pave way for enduring ceasefire to alleviate mass suffering in Gaza 

Responding to the UN Security Council’s adoption of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire “for the duration of the...

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Canada: Consideration of UPR Reports at HRC 55

The following oral statement was submitted for Item 6 Consideration of UPR Reports: Canada at the 55th Session of the...

Hong Kong: Article 23 legislation takes repression to ‘next level' © Getty Images

Article 23: 10 things you need to know about Hong Kong’s new security law

The Hong Kong government has passed new national security legislation – known as Article 23 – that will severely undermine...

A list of Canadian provinces that have announced they will stop holding holding in their jails migrants arrested by the Canada Border Services Agency on immigration-only grounds.

Canada: All 10 provinces to end immigration detention in jails

Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest of Canada's provinces to announce it will stop holding migrants detained on immigration-only grounds....
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