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A Sudanese rebel fighter from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) sombrely watches the abandoned village of Chero Kasi burn less than an hour after Janjaweed militiamen set it ablaze in the violence plagued Darfur region September 7, 2004. Photo by Scott Nelson/Getty Images.

Sudan: Give UN Fact-Finding Mission a Chance

By Sarah Jackson In October 2023, the UN rights body voted to establish a much-needed independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan, yet...

Lai Ke (also known as Xiran) © Private

Hong Kong: Transgender activist Lai Ke must not be deported to mainland China  

A Chinese transgender activist due to be released tomorrow after serving a prison sentence in Hong Kong will be at...

Ahmed Salem, the director of the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, has been under an aggressive smear campaign after the rights group issued a report on Egypt's construction of a fortified zone on the border with Gaza and Israel. ©Private

Egypt: Human Rights Group and its Director Threatened and Smeared Following Reports on Gaza Border Activity

The Egyptian authorities and affiliated groups have responded to recent reporting by the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, an Egyptian...

Palestinians hold out their empty containers to be filled with food, distributed by charity organizations, behind bars since they are unable to obtain basic food supplies due to the embargo imposed by Israeli forces in Rafah, Gaza on February 25, 2024. Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images.

Israel defying ICJ ruling to prevent genocide by failing to allow adequate humanitarian aid to reach Gaza

One month after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered “immediate and effective measures” to protect Palestinians in the occupied...

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Ethiopia: End extrajudicial Executions in Amhara region, bring perpetrators to justice

Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) extrajudicially executed civilians in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara regional state, and in some...

Activist holding placard No to Death Penalty. Photo by Matteo Nardone/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Afghanistan: Taliban must halt all executions and abolish death penalty

Responding to the double public executions by the Taliban yesterday, Livia Saccardi, Amnesty International’s interim Deputy Regional Director for South...

Aleksei Navalny © Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Russia: Authorities must release Aleksei Navalny’s body and allow access for an independent investigation into the cause of his death

Responding to the reports that Aleksei Navalny’s mother has been told her son’s body will not be released except for...

Feminist organizations oppose Premier Smith’s reckless proposed restrictions on the rights, freedoms, and medical care of trans youth and their families

February 15, 2024 – We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the Government of Alberta’s planned changes to gender-affirming care, education, and...

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Pierre Poilievre’s comments about trans women ‘a dangerous distraction,’ Amnesty International Canada says

Pierre Poilievre, the federal Opposition leader, made comments targeting the rights of trans women at a press event in Kitchener,...
Farmers seek cover during a demonstration as they try to move towards Delhi on February 21, 2024 in Shambhu border area, India. Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images

India: The price of protest must not be death

Responding to the death of the 22- year-old farmer Shubhkaran Singh during the ‘Dilli Chalo’ Farmers’ march, Aakar Patel, chair...

A woman reacts in front of pictures displayed at a Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Kyiv on February 24, 2023 on the first anniversary of the war. Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images.

Justice for Ukraine means accountability for all crimes committed by Russia since 2014

There can be no justice for Ukrainians without full accountability for all crimes committed by Russia since its military intervention...

Thousands flee the IDP site and surrounding area in Kibati, north Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in November 2008. Photo by Amnesty International.

DRC: Authorities must protect and assist civilians as fighting intensifies

Following intensified fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between the Congolese army and fighters of the Movement...

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