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GAZA CITY, GAZA - OCTOBER 20: People carry a dead body pulled from rubble as civil defense teams and residents continue search and rescue efforts in the historical Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, where civilians took shelter, after Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Gaza on October 20, 2023. At least eight people were killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza city, which was sheltering hundreds of Palestinians, local media reported on Friday. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel/OPT: ‘Nowhere safe in Gaza’: Unlawful Israeli strikes illustrate callous disregard for Palestinian lives

Israeli forces have demonstrated – yet again – a chilling indifference to the catastrophic toll on civilians of their ongoing...

December 17, 2019: construction workers at the stands of Qatar's new al-Bayt Stadium in the capital Doha, which will host matches of the FIFA football World Cup 2022. Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images

Inaction by Qatar and FIFA a year on from the World Cup puts legacy for workers in peril

Qatar’s continuing failure to remedy abuses faced by migrant workers and adequately protect them from labour exploitation is tainting the...

UNSC Resolution on ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza presents vital opportunity to stop massive suffering © Marie-Anne Photography

Global: UNSC Resolution on ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza presents vital opportunity to stop massive suffering

In response to the United Nations Security Council adoption of a resolution calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and...

A fireball erupts from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images.

Israel/OPT: Another blackout in Gaza imminent if sufficient fuel is not restored

The occupied Gaza Strip will likely plunge into another total communications blackout on Thursday if appropriate fuel supplies are not...

A woman holds a sign that says: "You what's offensive: Fossil Fuels"

Agreement at COP28 to phase out fossil fuels is vital to prevent a climate and human rights catastrophe

November 13, 2023 An agreement at the COP28 summit to end the production and use of fossil fuels is vital...

NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 06: Crowds continue to gather at Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossings following the Pakistani government's decision to send back irregular Afghan migrants, at Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar, Afghanistan on November 06, 2023. (Photo by Hussain Ali/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Pakistan: Halt mass detentions and deportations of Afghan refugees

The Government of Pakistan must immediately halt the continued detentions, deportations and widespread harassment of Afghan refugees, said Amnesty International...

A man wearing a blue suit jacket and a red tie speaks into a microphone while seated while two women beside him look on

Canada extols its human rights record at United Nations while criminalizing Indigenous land defenders at home

A delegation from Amnesty International Canada attended Canada’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations in Geneva on Friday....
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Israel/OPT: Amnesty petition demanding ceasefire to end civilian suffering backed by more than one million signatures

More than a million signatures from people around the world have been gathered for an Amnesty International petition demanding an...

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Peaceful protest against injustice in Israel/OPT is not a threat to security

Speaking out against injustice or joining a solidarity march are some of the few tools we – as peoples around...

A boat with five people in it navigates a grassy swamp

Colombia: Human rights defenders remain at risk; government must guarantee their protection

A new Amnesty International report explores the government's inadequate response to the dangers facing human rights defenders in Colombia....
A fireball erupts from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images.

Open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel

On the afternoon of Wednesday, November 8, 2023, Amnesty International Canada issued an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

States must call for an immediate ceasefire at Paris Humanitarian Conference to ensure safe delivery of aid in Gaza' > Palestinians evacuate the area following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

States must call for an immediate ceasefire at Paris Humanitarian Conference to ensure safe delivery of aid in Gaza

As heads of state prepare to gather on 9 November 2023 for an international humanitarian conference in France, hosted by...

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