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New wave of brutal attacks against Baluchi protesters and worshippers. An image provided by an eyewitness on Friday 20 October 2023 shows a water cannon spraying yellow liquid to disperse protests and facilitate subsequent arrest of marked protesters. ©private

Iran: New wave of brutal attacks against Baluchi protesters and worshippers

The Iranian authorities’ relentless onslaught against weekly peaceful protests by thousands of protesters and worshippers from Iran’s oppressed Baluchi minority...

A girl wearing a teal sweater and dark trousers pours water from a jug into a black plastic basin near a row of white tents at what appears to be a refugee camp.

Israel/OPT: Urgent call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza by all parties to end civilian suffering

Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and...
A leaflet dropped on Gaza on 21 October by the Israeli military reads in Arabic: “Anyone who chooses not to leave from the north of the [Gaza] Strip to south of Wadi Gaza may be determined an accomplice in a terrorist organization." ©private

Israel/OPT: Israeli army leaflets ordering residents of northern Gaza to leave and threatening lives may amount to war crimes

On 21 October 2023, the Israeli army dropped leaflets on northern Gaza ordering residents’ immediate “evacuation”. The leaflets warned residents...

Women and girls in Iran have been at the forefront of protests during the uprising that has swept across the country since September 2022, following the death in custody of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. ©Private

Iranian women and girls face further violations of their rights under compulsory veiling bill

Armita Garawand, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, remains in a coma after falling unconscious on 1 October 2023 at a Tehran metro...

home destroyed by rising sea levels, Comunidad del Bosque, Tabasco

We may be the first people displaced by climate change in Mexico, but we won’t be the last

By Guadalupe Cobos Pacheco As a member of the El Bosque community in Tabasco, Mexico, I face an uncertain future....

A member of the front in resistance against the hydroelectric dam hugs Bernardo Caal Xol just out of the second criminal court of first instance in Cobán, 18/07/2017. Bernardo's case was featured in Write for Rights in 2021. © Simone Dalmasso

Write for Rights – the life-changing power of words

Reading the news can be really depressing. Sometimes there seems to be so much wrong in the world, the idea...

Palestinian emergency services and local citizens search for victims in buildings destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Gazans are evacuating to the south as advised by the Israeli government, ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Damning evidence of war crimes as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza

As Israeli forces continue to intensify their cataclysmic assault on the occupied Gaza Strip, Amnesty International has documented unlawful Israeli...

Smoke plumes billow from a fire at a lumber warehouse in southern Khartoum, Sudan, amidst ongoing fighting on June 7, 2023. © AFP via Getty Images

Sudan: Civilians still being killed and displaced after six months of conflict

As the escalation in the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Sudan reaches...

A woman, two boys, and a man carrying a baby walking on a road in front of a bombed-out apartment building.

Open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on human rights in Gaza

Amnesty International Canada calls on the Canadian government to urge the respect of human rights in Gaza, Israel and the...
Investigating use of white phosphorus: A view of an ammunition as Israel tightens measures by the army, police and other security forces after Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in Sderot, Israel on October 09, 2023. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Israel/OPT: Identifying the Israeli army’s use of white phosphorus in Gaza

Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Programme gathered compelling evidence documenting the use of white phosphorus artillery shells by the Israeli army...

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)

Appalling Gaza “evacuation order” must be rescinded by Israel immediately

The Israeli army’s order to people in northern Gaza and Gaza city to “evacuate” to the south of the Gaza...

Less lethal weapons: Riot police officer fires tear gas to clear pro-democracy protesters amidst clash on May 09, 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Less lethal weapons: Unfettered trade in law enforcement equipment fuelling protest violations – new investigation

Companies selling less lethal weapons to countries that abuse them to suppress protests, and states licensing these exports, are fuelling...

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