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A woman holds a sign that says: "You what's offensive: Fossil Fuels"

Agreement at COP28 to phase out fossil fuels is vital to prevent a climate and human rights catastrophe

November 13, 2023 An agreement at the COP28 summit to end the production and use of fossil fuels is vital...

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Israel/OPT: Amnesty petition demanding ceasefire to end civilian suffering backed by more than one million signatures

More than a million signatures from people around the world have been gathered for an Amnesty International petition demanding an...

Family and friends of May Naim, 24, who was murdered by Palestinians militants at the "Supernova" festival, near the Israeli border with Gaza strip, react during her funeral on October 11, 2023 in Gan Haim, Israel. Israel has sealed off Gaza and conducted airstrikes on Palestinian territory after an attack by Hamas killed hundreds and took more than 200 hostages. © Amir Levy/Getty Images

Israel/OPT: Hamas and other armed groups must release civilian hostages and treat all captives humanely

Amnesty International reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of all civilian hostages, some of them children, who...

Sajjad al Iraqi wearing a dark blue suit over a white shirt

Iraq: Demand truth and justice for disappeared activist

On September 19, 2020, a group of armed men abducted Sajjad al-Iraqi from a vehicle he was travelling in with...

Afghan refugees arrive in trucks to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on October 31, 2023. More than 10,000 Afghans living in Pakistan rushed to the borders on October 31, just hours before a deadline for 1.7 million people to leave Pakistan voluntarily or face arrest and deportation. (Photo by ABDUL BASIT/AFP via Getty Images)

Pakistan: Decision on forced returns of Afghan refugees must be reversed immediately

Ahead of the Pakistan Government’s deadline on 1 November 2023 for forced deportations of unregistered Afghan refugees, Deprose Muchena, Amnesty...

Social media companies must step up crisis response on Israel-Palestine as online hate and censorship proliferate. An image of phones being charged by portable charging stations at Palestinian Red Crescent center as people experience electricity shortages after Israeli attacks in Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 20, 2023. Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images.

Global: Social media companies must step up crisis response on Israel-Palestine as online hate and censorship proliferate

Social media companies must urgently address the fanning of online hate and racism against Palestinian and Jewish communities, Amnesty International...

A member of the front in resistance against the hydroelectric dam hugs Bernardo Caal Xol just out of the second criminal court of first instance in Cobán, 18/07/2017. Bernardo's case was featured in Write for Rights in 2021. © Simone Dalmasso

Write for Rights – the life-changing power of words

Reading the news can be really depressing. Sometimes there seems to be so much wrong in the world, the idea...

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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi must be released immediately and unconditionally 

Reacting to the news that unjustly imprisoned Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,...

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DRC: Arbitrarily jailed journalist must be released immediately!

On September 25, the High Court in Kinshasa rejected detained journalist Stanis Bujakera’s bail application. Stanis Bujakera was arbitrarily arrested...

Schoolgirls in Iran have also participated through peaceful protests, including by removing their mandatory hijabs (compulsory veiling) while in their school uniforms. (c) private

Compulsory veiling bill a despicable assault on rights of women and girls in Iran

Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s...

Ibrahim Metwaly pictured in a dark suit.

Egypt: Human rights lawyer must be released

Since his arrest on September 10, 2017, Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily detained Ibrahim Metwaly, human rights lawyer and co-founder of...

States must safeguard children’s rights from climate change

“Children are among those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change,” says Ann Harrison, Amnesty International’s Climate Advisor....
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