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Australian embassy spends $750,000 at luxury hotel linked to Myanmar's military junta

Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used.

ABC News

Myanmar accused of war crimes over ‘depraved use’ of landmines

Amnesty says military has been laying mines on a ‘massive scale’ in eastern Kayah state.

Al Jazeera

Amnesty Intl says Myanmar army has laid landmines in Kayah

Amnesty International says Myanmar’s military has laid landmines that have killed and injured people in and around villages in Kayah, a conflict-affected region near the border with Thailand

The Independent UK

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Asylum seeker Mostafa Azimitabar sues federal government for detaining him in Melbourne hotels

An Iranian asylum seeker locked up in two Melbourne hotels for more than a year has described the experience as "torture" and is challenging the federal government's decision to detain him.

ABC News

A year on from the Pegasus project, governments still have access to surveillance technology

Unlawful spying using NSO Group’s software continues a year after our investigation, says Danna Ingleton, deputy director of Amnesty Tech

The Guardian - UK

Senegal protests poke holes in its longstanding image of stability

Senegal is often lauded abroad as a beacon of stability in West Africa, but its reputation is at risk of slipping.

Al Jazeera

Inside world's worst prison where inmates kill each other and then eat the dead

Rwanda is home to Gitarama prison, which has long drawn the concern of human rights groups like Amnesty International. Gitarama's overcrowding has led to awful conditions

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Explained | The ED and CBI’s cases against Amnesty International India and Aakar Patel

Three cases based on the same set of findings have been filed by the ED and CBI under three separate laws

The Hindu

Venezuelan refugee women face increasing violence in Colombia, Peru -Amnesty

Venezuelan refugee women face rising gender-based violence in Peru and Colombia, as governments are not guaranteeing their "right to a life free of violence," Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday.

Reuters

Iranian women removing headscarves to protest mandatory hijab laws

‘This sort of authoritarianism is out of step with the outlook of much of the youth in Iran,’ says Amnesty International

The Independent UK

South Africa shocked by bar shootings, police hunt suspects

South Africa is reeling in shock from a spate of weekend bar shootings in which armed men burst into three taverns and opened fire indiscriminately, killing 21 people in total

The Independent UK

Protests last July brought Cuba worldwide attention, but the human rights crisis continues

A year after the largest anti-government demonstrations in Cuba in several decades, hundreds of people remain detained, waiting for trials or in prison for chanting pro-freedom slogans.

Miami Herald

Amnesty criticises NSW protest laws

NSW's new protest laws erode people's right to fight for human rights and climate action, Amnesty International says.

AAP

ED slaps penalities on Amnesty India International, Aakar Patel

The Adjudicating Authority of ED imposes fine of ₹51.72 crore on Amnesty and ₹10 crore on its former chairman Aakar Patel

The Hindu

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Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: ‘Not all refugees are treated the same’

Al Jazeera speaks to Oksana Pokalchuk, head of Amnesty International Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Belgium MPs Approve Iran Prisoner Swap Treaty in First Reading

Belgium's parliament on Wednesday approved a controversial prisoner-swap treaty with Iran in a first reading of a text that still has to be submitted to a full vote to be ratified. The treaty has been slammed by an Iranian dissident group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, as well…

The Independent UK

Singapore hangs 2 drug traffickers despite opposition

Two drug traffickers have been hanged in Singapore, bringing the number of executions this year in the city-state to four

Belfast Live

Graeme McDowell regrets speaking out over LIV move and wishes he'd given a 'Koepka style press conference'

While others said little about their motivations, McDowell put himself at the centre of controversy

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Irish Mirror

Graeme McDowell regrets speaking out over LIV move and wishes he'd given a 'Brooks Koepka, Pat Perez style press conference'

While other defectors have said as little as possible about their motivations, McDowell put himself at the centre of the LIV Golf controversy

Radio France Internationale

How far is France prepared to go in support of universal human rights?

Human rights organisation Amnesty International has urged France to amend its law on crimes against humanity committed abroad. This would make it possible for people suspected of war crimes in Ukraine or Syria, for example, to be brought to justice in France. But there are significant judicial hurdles.

WEKU

Mariupol theater bombing was a clear war crime, Amnesty International says

Hundreds of civilians were sheltering in the drama theater during the March siege of Mariupol, the southern Ukrainian port city that Russian troops destroyed and now occupy.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russians behind 'War Crime' Bombing of Mariupol Theater, Says Amnesty

A theater sheltering civilians destroyed in March in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol was likely hit by a Russian airstrike in a war crime, Amnesty International said in a report published Thursday. "Until now, we were speaking about an alleged war crime.

The Independent UK

Deadly airstrike on Mariupol theatre a ‘clear war crime’, Amnesty inquiry finds

Organisation concluded Russian military knew hundreds of civilians were sheltering inside but dropped bombs anyway

ABC News

Penny Wong raises Chau Van Kham case with Vietnamese President after UN finding he was 'forcibly disappeared'

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has found Australian citizen Chau Van Kham was "forcibly disappeared" and his trial was too short, adding he should be released immediately and unconditionally.

WEKU

The end of Roe has implications for abortion rights around the globe

International rights groups have long warned that overturning Roe v. Wade could weaken abortion rights in other countries, potentially leading some nations to adopt new restrictive laws.

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