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Kenya: Meta sued for 1.6 billion USD for fueling Ethiopia ethnic violence

Meta must reform its business practices to ensure Facebook’s algorithms do not amplify hatred and fuel ethnic conflict, Amnesty International...

Iran: Public execution of Majidreza Rahnavard exposes authorities’ revenge killings

Responding to the Iranian authorities’ public execution today of Majidreza Rahnavard, a young man sentenced to death, after a sham...

Iran: Authorities covering up their crimes of child killings by coercing families into silence

The Iranian authorities’ arbitrary arrest, intimidation and harassment of relatives of children, unlawfully gunned down or beaten to death by...

Amnesty International Canada launches 2022 Human Rights Agenda

The organization’s annual report on the state of human rights in Canada was released one day before UN Human Rights...

Canada delivers on climate promise, takes significant step towards ending public fossil finance 

Federal government releases new policy aimed at ending international public financing for fossil fuels, next step is ending domestic financing ...

Iran: Horrifying execution of young protester exposes authorities’ cruelty and risk of further bloodshed

The Iranian authorities executed today a young protester, Mohsen Shekari, after he was convicted and sentenced to death in proceedings...

Ukraine: Older people face heightened risks, unable to access housing in displacement following Russian invasion – new report

Older people killed and injured at higher rates than other groups Older people living in damaged houses and dangerous conditions...

Iran: International community must not be deceived by dubious claims of disbanding ‘morality police’

The Iranian authorities’ vague and conflicting statements on the supposed disbanding of Iran’s so-called “morality police” must not deceive the...

Amnesty International Canada target of sophisticated cyber-attack linked to China

The organization is speaking out to warn other human rights defenders about the rising threat of digital security breaches....

Write for Rights 2022: Canada celebrates world’s largest human rights event with first in-person Write-A-Thons in three years

Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign sees advocates in more than 200 countries and territories take millions of actions in...

Israel/OPT: Deporting Salah Hammouri would constitute a war crime  

On Sunday 4 December, the Israeli authorities plan to deport French-Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hammouri, who has also had...

Israel/OPT: Solidarity with Palestinians means ending all support for apartheid

On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Amnesty International reiterates its call for global action to end...

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