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Amnesty International says technology championed by mayor reinforces discriminatory policing against minority communities

An aide to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he is preparing to submit a petition next week seeking the expulsion from the country of the human rights group Amnesty International, which ultra-royalists accuse of undermining national security.

PM dismisses 280-page report that finds Israel is perpetrating apartheid against Palestinians, saying ‘no country is perfect’

In a comprehensive report released this week, human rights group Amnesty International said Israel "enforces a system of oppression and domination" against all Palestinians.

Amnesty International accuses Israel of subjecting Palestinians to a system of apartheid founded on policies of "segregation, dispossession and exclusion". In response, Israel says the report “consolidates and recycles lies" from hate groups.

Amnesty International has found Israel’s systemic oppression of Palestinians fits the international legal definition of apartheid and has called for it to be held accountable. On Tuesday it released a 278-page report detailing the ways Israeli authorities carry out “the crime of apartheid against Palestinians” by enforcing the system of…

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Israel calls for report to be withdrawn and accuses human rights group of antisemitism

Amnesty International said Tuesday that Israel has maintained “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians going all the way back to its establishment in 1948, one that meets the international definition of apartheid. With the release of a 278-page report compiled over a period of four years, the…