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A report says Ukraine placed its forces near noncombatants, putting them in danger. Government officials say they evacuate civilians from combat areas, and that the report depicts "a false reality."

Kyiv angrily denies Amnesty International's claims that it deliberately positioned troops in residential areas during fighting against Russian troops.

Human rights group Amnesty International accused Ukraine on Thursday of endangering civilians by basing troops in residential areas during Russia's invasion in a report that Kyiv likened to Russian propaganda and disinformation.

A new report on torture carried out by Myanmar's military regime describes people being hit and kicked, tasered or touched with electrical wires, and subjected to gender-based violence.

A leading human rights watchdog is urging Egyptian authorities to allow the family of a prominent activist serving a five-year sentence access to him

That's the title of a newly released report from Amnesty International, covering a range of issues affecting girls and women under Taliban rule. Foremost among them are child and forced marriage.

Amnesty International says the Taliban's “suffocating” crackdown on the rights of Afghan women and girls is destroying their lives

Amnesty International United Kingdom warned that the new trade deal between Britain and Israel could allow the latter to consolidate its settler-colonialism and apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories. It stressed in a statement on Thursday that the new UK trade deal with Israel “must not be a betrayal of…

Amnesty International on Thursday called for an investigation into a massacre of more than 400 Amhara civilians in Ethiopia's Oromia region last month, citing eyewitnesses who blamed a local rebel group for the killings.