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Royalist activists in Thailand say they will present a petition with 1.2 million signatures to the government calling for it to shut down the country’s branch of the human rights organization Amnesty International

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

Ken O’Dowd wants the government to take Amnesty International’s report on Israel on board after Morrison said ‘no country is perfect’

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Israel calls for report to be withdrawn and accuses human rights group of antisemitism