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Russia: Vicious government campaign to crush political opposition ahead of Sunday protests

Reacting to the mounting reports of searches and arrests in Russia of prominent political and civil activists associated with imprisoned...

Poland: Roll back of reproductive rights is dark day for Polish women

Following the publication by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal of the ruling invalidating the constitutionality of access to abortion on the...

Nigeria: Denials and cover up mark 100 days since Lekki shooting

No justice for victims Supporters of #EndSARS movement continue to face intimidation Authorities yet to initiate concrete police reforms Nigerian...

French court ruling in Hassan Diab case deals a devastating blow to justice

OTTAWA – Amnesty International is urging Canadian authorities to intervene on the case of Hassan Diab, after a French court...

Sri Lanka: Damning UN report stresses need for urgent international action on accountability

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) must take urgent steps to address the worsening human rights situation in Sri Lanka,...

Belarus: Impunity for perpetrators of torture reinforces need for international justice

A new report by Amnesty International reveals how the Belarusian authorities have weaponized the justice system to punish victims of...

Ban dangerous facial recognition technology that amplifies racist policing

Amnesty International today launches a global campaign to ban the use of facial recognition systems, a form of mass surveillance...

Russia: Scores of activists arrested for protesting the detention of Aleksei Navalny must be released

Responding to the mass arrests and detention of more than 1,300 protesters gathered today in Moscow and across Russia to...

Australia: Refugees released from cruel and arbitrary detention

Amnesty International Australia today welcomed the further release of refugees from the Park Hotel, Alternative Place of Detention (APOD), in...

Russia: Aleksei Navalny becomes prisoner of conscience after arrest on arrival in Moscow

Russian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release prominent Kremlin critic, Aleksei Navalny, detained minutes after he arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo...

Amnesty International extends deadline for 26th annual Media Awards

OTTAWA – Canadian journalists have an extra week to submit their stories to Amnesty International’s Media Awards in Canada, the...

Azerbaijan/Armenia: Scores of civilians killed by indiscriminate use of weapons in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh

Field investigators visited dozens of strike sites in Azerbaijan and Armenia Evidence refutes both sides’ denials they launched indiscriminate strikes,...

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