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This aerial photo shows heavily damaged buildings following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 10, 2023. (Photo by BELAL AL SABBAGH / AFP) (Photo by BELAL AL SABBAGH/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel/OPT: Israel must lift illegal and inhumane blockade on Gaza as power plant runs out of fuel

The shutdown of Gaza’s only power plant will exacerbate an already desperate humanitarian crisis for more than 2.2 million people...

GAN HAIM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 11: Family and friends of May Naim, 24, who was murdered by Palestinian armed groups at the "Supernova" festival, near the Israeli border with Gaza strip, react during her funeral on October 11, 2023 in Gan Haim, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Palestinian armed groups must be held accountable for deliberate civilian killings, abductions and indiscriminate attacks

Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups flagrantly violated international law and displayed a chilling disregard for human life by carrying out cruel...

10/08/2023 Herat, Afghanistan. Afghan men comb through the rubble to collect belongings and recover bodies in the aftermath of a devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Herat, resulting in the loss of 2,000 lives and leaving 10,000 injured. © MUHAMMAD BALABULUKI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Afghanistan: Urgent action critical after devastating earthquake

Responding to the catastrophic earthquake that struck western province of Herat in Afghanistan over the weekend, Zaman Sultani, Amnesty International’s...

Predator spyware scandal reveals brazen targeting of civil society, politicians and officials  © Colin Foo 2023

Predator spyware scandal reveals brazen targeting of civil society, politicians and officials 

Shocking spyware attacks have been attempted against civil society, journalists, politicians and academics in the European Union (EU), USA and Asia, according...

Clouds of smoke billow toward the sky above cream-coloured apartment buildings.

Civilians paying the price of escalating hostilities between Israel, Gaza: Amnesty International

Amnesty urges Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups to make every effort to protect civilians' lives in Israel, Gaza and...
Independent investigation into Armita Garawand’s critical injuries needed (photo: Amnesty International)

Armita Garawand: Independent investigation into schoolgirl’s critical injuries needed amid mounting evidence of a cover up in Iran

The international community must demand that the Iranian authorities allow the UN Fact-Finding Mission and other independent monitors to enter the country...

Human rights defender Narges Mohammadi © private

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi must be released immediately and unconditionally 

Reacting to the news that unjustly imprisoned Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,...

A hand holds an Amnesty Media Awards statue with a wooden base and rectangular, clear glass body with a silhouette of a candle etched into it

Amnesty International Canada announces 2022/2023 Media Awards winners

Amnesty International Canada will hand out the honours on October 19 at the organization’s first in-person Media Awards ceremony since...
European parliament building, Brussels, Belgium © Getty Images/Image Source. The European Union (EU) must ban dangerous, AI-powered technologies in the AI Act.

EU must ban dangerous, AI-powered technologies in historic AI Act 

The European Union (EU) must ban dangerous, AI-powered technologies in the AI Act, Amnesty International said today, as the bloc...

Amnesty International members and supporters demonstrate against the presence of the NSO Group at the International Security Expo in London, 28 September 2021. The NSO Group's Pegasus spyware has been used to target human rights defenders, journalists and Amnesty staff. © Amnesty International

Spyware: Governments can hack into your phone while you sleep

Since Amnesty Tech created an innovative Security Lab in 2019, the team has been putting a stop to spyware hacks...

Schoolgirls in Iran have also participated through peaceful protests, including by removing their mandatory hijabs (compulsory veiling) while in their school uniforms. (c) private

Compulsory veiling bill a despicable assault on rights of women and girls in Iran

Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s...

Thousand Of Climate Activists Protest in Turin July 29, 2022. (Photo by Mauro Ujetto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Interactive digital map reveals state-sanctioned violence worldwide

Authorities across the world are increasingly resorting to unlawful use of force and repressive legislation to crush protests. Amnesty International...

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