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Afghanistan: Taliban authorities must reveal Alia Azizi’s whereabouts

The Taliban authorities must urgently investigate the abduction of Alia Azizi, a senior female prison official who has been missing...

Russia: One year after jailing, Aleksei Navalny and his associates in a “living hell”

Over the course of the last 12 months, the Russian authorities have unleashed an unprecedented campaign of repression and reprisals...

China: World must use Winter Olympics to demand human rights improvements

Games take place amid worsening human rights situation International community must not be complicit in sportswashing exercise IOC should better...

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El Salvador: Amnesty International verifies use of Pegasus spyware for surveillance of journalists

12 January 2021 A joint investigation by Access Now and the Citizen Lab has identified the use of NSO Group’s...

AFTER COUP, MYANMAR MILITARY PUTS CHOKEHOLD ON PEOPLE’S BASIC NEEDS

Food and medical supplies restricted in areas where the military has indiscriminately attacked civilian populations Local aid workers and volunteer...

Honduras: Amnesty International urges authorities to immediately release eight prisoners of conscience

José Daniel Márquez, Kelvin Alejandro Romero, José Abelino Cedillo, Porfirio Sorto Cedillo, Ewer Alexander Cedillo, Orbin Nahún Hernández, Arnol Javier...

Supreme Court decision to hear Safe Third Country Agreement appeal is a promising step for refugee rights

OTTAWA – Amnesty International, The Canadian Council of Churches, and The Canadian Council for Refugees are welcoming the Supreme Court...

Ethiopia: New wave of atrocities in Western Tigray

International investigations, access to detainees key to deter further abuses Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass...

Afghanistan: Government collapse marked by ‘repeated war crimes and relentless bloodshed’ – new report

The Taliban, United States military, and Afghan security forces were all responsible for attacks that resulted in extensive civilian suffering...

Postmedia’s apology further silences young Palestinian journalist

Amnesty International is deeply concerned to learn that Postmedia issued an apology to a pro-Israel organization for publishing an Amnesty...

South Sudan: Survivors describe killings, mass displacement and terror amid fighting in Western Equatoria

First human rights analysis of recent wave of violence in Western Equatoria Dozens of civilians killed and more than 80,000...

Covid-19: Omicron variant must spur world leaders to share vaccines

To mark the one-year anniversary of the first Covid-19 vaccine administered worldwide, Amnesty International’s Health Advisor, Tamaryn Nelson, said: “The...

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