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Russian military commits indiscriminate attacks during the invasion of Ukraine

25 February 2022 •         Amnesty International research verifies violations in international humanitarian law  •         Russian attacks could constitute war crimes ...

Soaring concern for human rights and human lives as Russia invades Ukraine

24 February 2022 Amnesty International calls for unerring respect for international human rights and humanitarian law, following Russia’s multi-pronged attack...

Ethiopia: Tigrayan forces murder, rape and pillage in attacks on civilians in Amhara towns

Fighters affiliated with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) deliberately killed dozens of people, gang-raped dozens of women and girls...

USA: Facial recognition technology reinforcing racist stop-and-frisk policing in New York – new research

Non-white neighbourhoods in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens live with more CCTV surveillance New interactive website details exposure to invasive...

Covid-19: Pharmaceutical companies’ failure on equal vaccine access contributed human rights catastrophe in 2021

Despite urgent calls to ensure the equal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in 2021, pharmaceutical companies tragically failed to rise to...

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Amnesty International Canada Statement on “Freedom Convoy 2022” Blockade

OTTAWA – Amnesty International has been following with great concern the developments relating to the Ottawa protests’ “Freedom Convoy 2022”...

Honduras: Amnesty International condemns conviction of six of the ‘Guapinol eight’

February 9, 2022 Today the sentencing court in Trujillo, in the department of Colón, northern Honduras, found six of the...

Americas: Amnesty International sounds alert over killings of human rights defenders and journalists in first month of 2022

February 2, 2022 With at least 20 human rights defenders and four journalists killed across the region in January, the...

Honduras: Amnesty International demands justice for the Guapinol eight

February 3, 2022 After two months on trial in Tocoa, northern Honduras, against the eight prisoners of conscience, José Daniel...

Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity

Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, Amnesty International said today in a...

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Dignified justice for women human rights defenders in Mexico

By Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Americas Director 31 January 2021 On 19 October 2001, the human rights defender Digna Ochoa...

Further armed conflict in Ukraine would have devastating consequences for the human rights of millions

With the threat of Russia using military force looming, Amnesty International warns that another escalation of the armed conflict in...

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