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Russian attacks on Kyiv and cities across Ukraine are an escalation of aggression and apparent violations of laws of war

Reacting to reported Russian mass strikes on Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said:...

Russia: Vladimir Kara-Murza, jailed prisoner of conscience, awarded Václav Havel Prize

Responding to the news that Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent Russian political activist and journalist who has been detained since April...

Ethiopia: UNHRC decision underscores critical need to continue monitoring human rights abuses

In response to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNRC) decision to extend the mandate of the International Commission of...

Russia: UNHRC’s monitoring mechanism on Russia a ‘long overdue breakthrough’

Responding to the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) decision to establish an independent monitoring mechanism on the human rights situation...

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Americas: Military monitoring of civil society organizations shows deteriorating respect for human rights

October 6, 2022 The leaks obtained by the Guacamaya collective from various servers belonging to the armed forces in different...

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China: Xinjiang vote failure betrays core mission of UN Human Rights Council

Responding to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s rejection – by 19 votes to 17 with 11 abstentions – of...

Iran: At least 82 Baluchi protesters and bystanders killed in bloody crackdown 

Iranian security forces unlawfully killed at least 66 people, including children, and injured hundreds of others after firing live ammunition,...

Afghanistan: The denial of human rights to women and girls by the Taliban is an attempt to erase them from Afghan society

Since the return of the Taliban to Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban’s systematic attacks on the rights of women...

Canada: Supreme Court hears arguments in challenge to Safe Third Country Agreement

The Safe Third Country Agreement prevents most people arriving at Canada’s land ports of entry from claiming refugee protection....

Canada: Construction of pipeline on Indigenous territory endangers land defenders

Land defenders are at risk of serious human rights violations as the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline has reportedly...

Afghanistan: Kabul blasts signal utter failure of Taliban to protect minorities

Responding to the reports of a suicide bomb attack that has left dozens dead and many more injured at an...

Iran: Leaked documents reveal top-level orders to armed forces to ‘mercilessly confront’ protesters

Iran’s highest military body instructed the commanders of armed forces in all provinces to “severely confront” protesters who took to...

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