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Myanmar: Detainees tortured to crush opposition to coup

Based on 15 interviews carried out in March 2022 with former detainees, lawyers of prisoners and experts, as well as...

Afghanistan: Taliban’s ‘suffocating crackdown’ destroying lives of women and girls – New report

The report, Death in Slow Motion: Women and Girls Under Taliban Rule, also reveals how women who peacefully protested against...
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Myanmar: First executions in decades mark atrocious escalation in state repression

Responding to reports that Myanmar’s military authorities have carried out executions for the first time since the late 1980s, Amnesty...

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Russia: Charging 92 members of Ukraine’s military with ‘crimes against humanity’ brazenly undermines fair trial rights

Responding to the news that 92 members of the Ukrainian armed forces have reportedly been charged with “crimes against humanity”,...

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Sri Lanka: Shameful, brutal assault on peaceful protestors must immediately stop

The new Sri Lankan President must immediately stop the shameful, brutal assault on peaceful protestors, Amnesty International said today after...

Canada: British Columbia to End Immigration Detention in Jails

#WelcomeToCanada Campaign Celebrates First Province to Terminate Federal Contract (British Columbia, July 21, 2022) – In a historic move, British...

Ethiopia: Authorities must investigate massacre of ethnic Amhara in Tole

The Ethiopian authorities must urgently launch an impartial investigation into the summary killing of over 400 Amhara residents of Tole...

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Sri Lanka: Emergency regulations must not lead to further crackdown on human rights

Responding to the government notification for emergency regulations released online as a new President was voted to power today in...

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Myanmar: Military’s use of banned landmines in Kayah State amounts to war crimes

Inherently indiscriminate landmines kill and injure civilians Military laid landmines in homes, on farming lands and on church grounds Myanmar...

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Syria/UN: UN General Assembly must take responsibility for ensuring aid continues to reach civilians in need

Ahead of a United Nations General Assembly meeting on 21 July to discuss the Russian veto of a Security Council...

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Israel/OPT: Immediately halt forced eviction of more than 1,000 West Bank residents and stop demolitions of Bedouin homes in the Negev/Naqab

The Israeli authorities must immediately halt the forcible eviction of more than 1,000 residents from Masafer Yatta, a Palestinian community...

Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign To Confront Unprecedented Worldwide Threat To The Right To Protest

The right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world, Amnesty International said today,...

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