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Russia/Ukraine: Prisoners of war must be protected from public curiosity under Geneva Convention

Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine must have their rights respected under the Third Geneva Convention, Amnesty...

EU: Temporary protection is needed for everyone fleeing Ukraine

Reacting to the Council of the European Union’s activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), which will grant immediate protection...

Russia/Ukraine: Invasion of Ukraine is an act of aggression and human rights catastrophe

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a manifest violation of the United Nations Charter and an act of aggression that is...

Protect civilians in Ukraine

On February 24th, people in Ukraine woke to the terrifying sound of Russian missile strikes and reports of troop movements...

Ukraine: Cluster munitions kill child and two other civilians taking shelter at a preschool

27 February 2022  A preschool in north-eastern Ukraine was hit on the morning of 25 February with widely-banned cluster munitions...

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...

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...

Crisis and Tactical Round Up: Free The Five in China, WHRDs in Afghanistan and more

China: Free The Five When China agreed to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the authorities promised that...

A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan women shout slogans during an anti-Pakistan protest rally, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul on September 7, 2021. - The Taliban on September 7, 2021 fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who had gathered for an anti-Pakistan rally in the capital, the latest protest since the hardline Islamist movement swept to power last month. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi / AFP) (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

Crisis and Tactical Round-Up Fall 2021: Focus on Afghanistan

Afghanistan Afghanistan is at risk of losing the human rights gains made in the last 20 years. Amnesty was among...

Russia: Anniversary of Navalny poisoning marks one year of shameful injustice

The anniversary of Aleksei Navalny poisoning and attempted killing marks one year of shameful injustice, says Amnesty International. The Russian...

Russia: Release prominent lawyer defending Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation from arbitrary detention

Responding to news that Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers have detained Ivan Pavlov, a human rights lawyer defending the...

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