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Israel/OPT: Horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees amid spike in arbitrary arrests ©Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Israel/OPT: Horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees amid spike in arbitrary arrests  

Israeli authorities have dramatically increased their use of administrative detention, a form of arbitrary detention, of Palestinians across the occupied...

A thick layer of grey smog blankets an arch and street lamps on a street being used by cyclists and pedestrians

India: Prolonged smog emergency must be addressed immediately

India's repeated failure to protect Delhi residents from hazardous smog risks violating their human rights to life and health....
Family and friends of May Naim, 24, who was murdered by Palestinians militants at the "Supernova" festival, near the Israeli border with Gaza strip, react during her funeral on October 11, 2023 in Gan Haim, Israel. Israel has sealed off Gaza and conducted airstrikes on Palestinian territory after an attack by Hamas killed hundreds and took more than 200 hostages. © Amir Levy/Getty Images

Israel/OPT: Hamas and other armed groups must release civilian hostages and treat all captives humanely

Amnesty International reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of all civilian hostages, some of them children, who...

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Amnesty International Canada in Geneva for Canada’s Universal Periodic Review

Amnesty International Canada will present to the Universal Periodic Review about the poor state of Canada’s relations with Indigenous Peoples....
TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed risks pushing children and young people towards harmful mental health content © Amnesty International

TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed risks pushing children and young people towards harmful mental health content

Some might find information in this Press Release about TikTok triggering. TikTok’s content recommender system and its invasive data collection practicespose a...

Afghan refugees arrive in trucks to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on October 31, 2023. More than 10,000 Afghans living in Pakistan rushed to the borders on October 31, just hours before a deadline for 1.7 million people to leave Pakistan voluntarily or face arrest and deportation. (Photo by ABDUL BASIT/AFP via Getty Images)

Pakistan: Decision on forced returns of Afghan refugees must be reversed immediately

Ahead of the Pakistan Government’s deadline on 1 November 2023 for forced deportations of unregistered Afghan refugees, Deprose Muchena, Amnesty...

Ethiopia: Meta’s failures contributed to abuses against Tigrayan community during conflict in northern Ethiopia @Amnesty International

Ethiopia: Meta’s failures contributed to abuses against Tigrayan community during conflict in northern Ethiopia

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, contributed to serious human rights abuses against Ethiopia’s Tigrayan community, Amnesty International said in...

A shell from Israeli artillery explodes over Dahaira, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says its fighters have targeted five Israeli posts along the border in the country’s south. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon: Evidence of Israel’s unlawful use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon as cross-border hostilities escalate

The Israeli army fired artillery shells containing white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon, in military operations along Lebanon’s southern border between...

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FIFA should secure human rights protections for 2030 and 2034 World Cups as bidding deadline passes

FIFA needs to secure clear and binding commitments to improve human rights in countries likely to host the 2030 and...

A sign that reads "Do Not Enter" located on the side of a dirt road near a riverbank.

Canada: Charges must be dropped against Wet’suwet’en land defenders, their supporters

Amnesty International calls on British Columbia to drop the charges facing Wet'suwet'en land defenders after a series of brazen RCMP...
Civilians in Gaza at unprecedented risk as Israel imposes communication black-out during bombardment and expanding ground attacks. A man carries a propane gas cylinder on his back while walking through debris and destruction littering a street in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City on October 11, 2023. Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images.

Civilians in Gaza at unprecedented risk as Israel imposes communication black-out during bombardment and expanding ground attacks

Responding to reports of a total communications blackout in the occupied Gaza Strip, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Senior Director of Research, Advocacy,...

Social media companies must step up crisis response on Israel-Palestine as online hate and censorship proliferate. An image of phones being charged by portable charging stations at Palestinian Red Crescent center as people experience electricity shortages after Israeli attacks in Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 20, 2023. Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images.

Global: Social media companies must step up crisis response on Israel-Palestine as online hate and censorship proliferate

Social media companies must urgently address the fanning of online hate and racism against Palestinian and Jewish communities, Amnesty International...

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