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Amnesty Accuses Israel Of 'Live-streamed Genocide' Against Gaza Palestinians

Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Israel of committing a "live-streamed genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza by forcibly displacing most of the population and deliberately creating a humanitarian catastrophe.

International Business Times

Israel carrying out ‘live-streamed genocide’ in Gaza, Amnesty says

Amnesty accuses US President Donald Trump of committing a ‘multiplicity of assaults’ on human rights.

Al Jazeera

Trump’s first 100 days supercharged a global ‘freefall of rights’, says Amnesty

World now in era of repressive regimes’ impunity, climate inaction and unchecked corporate power, says report

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Tension high in Tanzania ahead of opposition leader's 'treason' trial

Tension is rising further on the political scene in Tanzania ahead of the trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Accused of treason, his Chadema political party was this month excluded from the presidential race scheduled for October, sparking concern among human rights groups.

Radio France Internationale

Ghana fails to protect women forced to flee from witch hunts, report finds

Ghanaian authorities have failed to protect the human rights of hundreds of women accused of witchcraft, Amnesty International has warned. Attacks by their accusers are forcing them to flee their communities in fear for their lives, taking shelter in camps with rudimentary facilities.

Radio France Internationale

Mozambique carried out a brutal crackdown on post-election protests, Amnesty says

A leading international rights group has accused Mozambique's security forces of a brutal, three-month crackdown on protests after the country's election last year

The Independent UK

Amnesty International launches Hong Kong office overseas

Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas will be led by Hong Kong activists operating from different countries.

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Amnesty warns of 'dangerous misinformation' in Supreme Court woman definition case

AMNESTY International has warned against “dangerous misinformation” ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

The National (Scotland)

Syria’s al-Sharaa extends deadline for investigation into coastal killings

President Ahmed al-Sharaa gives fact-finding committee a three-month extension to file report into Alawite killings.

Al Jazeera

Four Men Publicly Executed In One Day In Afghanistan

Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power.

International Business Times

Sudan’s RSF accused of ‘sickening’ sexual violence on women, girls: Report

Amnesty International documents 36 cases of women and girls as young as 15 subjected to many forms of sexual violence.

Al Jazeera

Global executions on the rise as African states rethink capital punishment

While much of the world has left capital punishment behind, the most recent report by Amnesty International shows executions last year reached their highest level globally in almost a decade, while a number of African nations are considering reintroducing the death penalty.

Radio France Internationale

Global execution figures hit highest level in almost a decade, says Amnesty

Amnesty International says that 1,518 executions were carried out worldwide in 2024, marking a 32% increase on the previous year.

Euronews

Executions at 10-year high after huge increases in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International confirms 1,518 people executed in 2024 but says real total is likely to be thousands more

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Human rights row reignites over SNP funding for arms firms linked to Israel

THE credibility of the SNP’s commitment to human rights is at stake, a leading charity has warned Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes ...

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MSPs to debate whether to end public grants for Israel-linked arms firms

MSPs from all parties must call for an end to public grants for arms companies implicated in Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, the Scottish…

Evening Standard

Met Police’s new gang database still ‘racist’ for targeting young black Londoners, claims charity

Amnesty UK’s chief Sacha Deshmukh accused officers of ‘supercharging racism’ after 870 black names added - three times more than whites

The Guardian - UK

UK use of predictive policing is racist and should be banned, says Amnesty

Exclusive: rights group says use of algorithms and data reinforces discrimination in UK policing

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International Business Times

Green Energy Projects Adding To Sami People's Climate Woes: Amnesty

Climate change and efforts to curb it by moving away from fossil fuels are both threatening the rights and livelihood of Sami indigenous people in the Arctic, Amnesty International said Friday.

Al Jazeera

Guantanamo deportations: What’s Trump’s plan? Why is it controversial?

The US president wants to send unauthorised immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, a prison notorious for the abuse of inmates.

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Canada’s temporary foreign worker scheme ‘inherently exploitative’: Amnesty

Rights group urges Canada to end ‘closed’ work permits that leave migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.

International Business Times

Two Iranian Dissidents At 'Imminent Risk' Of Execution: Activists

Two Iranian men convicted of membership of the People's Mujahedin opposition group, outlawed by the Islamic republic, are at imminent risk of execution after being transferred to a different prison, the organisation and activists said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Rights group accuses Congo's army and a rebel group of possible war crimes

Amnesty International has accused Congo’s army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely constitute war crimes.”

Al Jazeera

Lebanon approves extradition of Egyptian activist al-Qaradawi to UAE

Amnesty International warns Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi could be at risk of human rights violations if extradited to UAE.

Latin Times

Saudi Executes At Least 338 People In 2024: AFP Tally

Human rights group Amnesty International, which has been documenting executions in the kingdom since the 1990s, has said the previous highs were 196 in 2022 and 192 in 1995.

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