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Tigray residents are at renewed risk of human rights violations as violence returns to the region. Amnesty calls on both Federal and Tigrayan authorities to respect and comply with international human rights standards including on the protection of civilians. Read more 👇
Return of violence in Tigray puts residents at renewed risk of violations.
Even as communities continue to grapple with the devastating legacy of past atrocities without justice or accountability.
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Pakistan: Authorities must lift communications blackout following reports of lethal force used against protesters amid elections. Read more 👇
Pakistan: Authorities must lift communications blackout following reports of lethal force used against protesters amid elections
Reacting to reports that security forces used lethal force against protesters in Rawalakot, Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the first day of the regional election, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said: “The disturbing reports emerging from Rawalakot are consistent with the Pakistani authorities’ long history of unlawful violence against protesters in Jammu and Kashmir. A prompt, independent, and transparent investigation must be ordered into the security forces’ use of force against protesters. So long as an internet and mobile […]
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Without urgent action from the international community, attacks on civilians and the immense suffering and trauma being inflicted on children, will continue unhindered. Demand a nationwide ceasefire in Sudan. amn.st/63323BDL77B
Call for the deployment of an International Protection Force in Sudan
Millions in Sudan need protection. Sign now — demand international protection force be deployed.
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The war in Sudan is a war on civilians. New report by amnesty documents the RSF’s crimes against humanity of murder, forcible transfer, imprisonment, torture, rape, sexual slavery, other forms of sexual violence, enslavement, extermination and persecution. amn.st/63323BDL72h
Sudan: RSF atrocities in El Fasher ‘a stain on the conscience of humanity’ – new report
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during its campaign to seize El Fasher in North Darfur state in Sudan, Amnesty International concluded in a major new report. The organization is now calling for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, and for the urgent deployment of an international force to protect […]
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Ahead of the #FIFA #WorldCup, relatives of the disappeared took to the streets to make visible the crisis of disappearances in #Mexico. We call on Mexico City and federal authorities to fully guarantee the right of collectives and families of disappeared people to protest peacefully.
Mexico: Authorities must guarantee the right to peaceful protest for families searchers for the disappeared
Mexican authorities must protect and listen to the families searching for their missing loved ones who are demonstrating during the start of the 2026 World Cup.
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Our latest report “Erasing anything Palestinian: Israel's ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities” exposes the scale of Israel’s campaign of ethnic cleansing & unlawful annexation in the occupied West Bank. This is what state-led ethnic cleansing look like. Read for yourself:
Acceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank annexation
Amnesty's new report exposes Israel's state-led policy of ethnic cleansing in the Occupied West Bank.
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So we’ve been cooking up some thoughts on Gen AI at @amnesty.org and I’m ecstatic to finally see it out in the world! Our 🗝️ conclusion: standalone gen AI systems, built on unlawful web scraping, constitute mass invasions of privacy by design & should be prohibited www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Read the harrowing testimony of Ahmad Mhanna, former director of Al-Awda Hospital in northern #Gaza, who survived 22 months in Israeli detention. We will continue to document these systemic abuses, including Israel’s widespread use of torture and other ill-treatment against #Palestiniandetainees.
'My only "crime" was being a doctor': Dr. Ahmad Mhanna on his 22 months in Israeli detention
In the occupied Gaza Strip, Palestinian healthcare workers have been facing unprecedented dangers, with many detained under conditions that violate international humanitarian law. Amnesty Internationa...
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Bille, Nigeria, faces a serious health emergency. The town sits beside abandoned oil and gas infrastructure. Since Oct 2025, methane gas has been bubbling in bodies of water and drinking wells near Bille. It is suspected that the oil and gas wells are causing the leaks. amn.st/63326BBAVzr
Methane gas ignites fire at drinking water pump in Nigeria
Bille, a town of 30,000 people in Rivers State, Nigeria, sits next to abandoned oil and gas infrastructure. Since October 2025, methane has been bubbling up in rivers, swamps and drinking wells near the town. It is suspected that the oil and gas wells are the cause of these leaks. School children have had to relocate and members of Bille’s community are falling sick due to this. One resident told Amnesty International that the community is “no longer safe.” The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission began investigating the leaks in April and ordered all operating companies nearby to find a solution. The state Governor also offered 100 million Naira (approximately 75,000 USD) to the Bille community to cover relief costs. But little has been done to stop the leaks, and Bille now faces a serious health emergency. Amnesty International continues to call for these investigations to be expedited. Immediate action must be taken to stop the gas leaks, and clean drinking water must be restored to Bille.
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One year on from the deadly US air strike on a Huthi-run migrant detention centre in Sa’ada, north-western Yemen, there has been no discernible progress towards justice and reparation, and survivors are still struggling with severe physical and psychological trauma. Read more 👇
Yemen: One year on, impunity for detention centre strike exposes US failures on accountability and civilian harm prevention
One year on from the deadly US air strike on a Huthi-run migrant detention centre in Sa’ada, north-western Yemen, there has been no discernible progress towards justice and reparation, and survivors are still struggling with severe physical and psychological trauma, Amnesty International said today. The organization had called for the 28 April 2025 strike by US forces, which killed and injured dozens of African migrants to be investigated as a war crime, and this month spoke once again to six […]
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What is the State of the World’s Human Rights today? Our report examines 144 countries and paints a picture of States playing with a fire that threatens to scorch the future for generations to come. Read more: amn.st/63321B6A1y7
State of the World's Human Rights 2026
Amnesty International State of the World's Human Rights.
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As aid has declined in Sudan, the needs have only increased. Behind these numbers are real lives, real people who have lost their homes, loved ones and livelihoods, who are fighting to survive the war and the disease and hunger it brings. Read more 👇
Donors must use Berlin meeting to save lives in Sudan
Ongoing cuts to international aid are threatening efforts to tackle a host of grave health risks
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People in Iran have lived under digital darkness for 1000 hours. Access to the internet is a basic human right and indispensable in times of conflict. Authorities must immediately restore internet access.
President Donald Trump’s apocalyptic warning that Iran's “whole civilization will die tonight” is a threat to commit war crimes and may constitute a threat to commit genocide. The international community must take urgent action to avert an impending catastrophe. Read more 👇
Iran: President Trump’s apocalyptic threats of large-scale civilian devastation demand urgent global action to prevent atrocity crimes
Responding to the United States President Donald Trump’s statement about Iran on Truth Social on 7 April 2026, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again”, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International said: “President Trump’s very act of making such apocalyptic threats, including his warning of ending ‘a […]
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The Iranian authorities are shamelessly encouraging children as young as 12 to join an IRGC run military campaign, putting them in grave danger and violating international law, which prohibits the recruitment and use of children in the military.
Iran: Recruitment of child soldiers as young as 12 amounts to a war crime
Iranian authorities are trampling upon children’s rights and committing a grave violation of international humanitarian law amounting to a war crime by recruiting and mobilizing children as young as 12 into a military campaign led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Amnesty International said today. On 26 March 2026, a deputy of the IRGC Mohammad Rasoul Allah Corps of Greater Tehran, Rahim Nadali, announced that a recruitment […]
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Over 500,000 people were deported from the USA in 2025 – six times more than will watch the World Cup final at the MetLife stadium in July. Our new report today outlines the real risks to fans and communities that FIFA and host governments must urgently address. 👇 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
“If we don’t address colonialism, we will never tackle racism.” As part of our ‘Voices of Reparatory Justice’ series, we bring you a perspective piece ft. Jehosheba Bennett, one of the lawyers who represented the 'Metis' women, to whom the Belgium court ordered the government to pay reparations.
Jehosheba Bennett: “If we don’t address colonialism, we will never tackle racism.”
When I moved to France, I remember learning about the history of slavery at school. I spent my early childhood in French Guiana – a colonised country. However, it was clear the impacts of racism were ...
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⚡️BREAKING: Amnesty International welcomes the recognition of chattel enslavement of Africans as a crime against humanity at the U.N General Assembly, following a resolution tabled by #Ghana on behalf of the African continent and people of African descent.
Trump must retract deeply irresponsible threats that the USA would postpone strikes on #Iran’s power plants & energy infrastructure by 5 days pending the outcome of discussions on the “resolution of hostilities”.
Several countries across the Americas are adopting restrictive legal frameworks to weaken, control, and even dismantle civil society organizations. So-called ‘anti-NGO laws’ reflect the rise of authoritarian practices aimed at silencing critical voices and consolidating power at any cost.
Americas: States intensify crackdown on civil society through “anti-NGO laws”
Anti-NGO laws endanger human rights defenders and communities. Amnesty International warns of the closing of civic space.
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We are launching a series of perspectives titled 'Voices of Reparatory Justice’. We begin with Sylvie Njobati, a Cameroonian activist embarked on a life-changing mission to bring a sacred ancient artefact home ⬇️ amn.st/63324B6XgTn
Voices of Reparatory Justice: Sylvie Njobati
This is the story of a Cameroonian activist who embarked on a life-changing mission to bring a sacred ancient artefact home.
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📍Lebanon: Israel is deploying the same deadly playbook it used in 2024 in Lebanon to kill dozens of health workers and devastate healthcare services. Israel must halt attacks on healthcare workers, medical facilities and first responders. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Lebanon: Israel must halt attacks on healthcare workers, medical facilities and first responders
Responding to the killings and injuries of dozens of healthcare workers and first responders in Lebanon since 2 March 2026, amid escalating attacks by the Israeli military and its allegations – withou...
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NEW REPORT: Austrian authorities’ responses to people expressing solidarity with Palestinians during Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza have resulted in a chilling effect on the right to freedom of expression ⤵️
Austria: Crackdown on Palestinian solidarity has triggered significant chilling effect
Austrian authorities’ responses to people expressing solidarity with Palestinians during Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza have resulted in a chilling effect on the right to freed...
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NEW: Our in-depth investigation finds that US has violated international humanitarian law by failing to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm. US is responsible for deadly attack on school in #Minab packed full of children.
USA/Iran: Those responsible for deadly and unlawful US strike on school that killed over 100 children must be held accountable
Those responsible for planning and executing an unlawful US strike on a school in Minab, Hormozgan province in Iran that killed 168 people, including over 100 children, must be held accountable, Amnesty International said today. Evidence gathered by the organization indicates that the school building was directly struck, alongside 12 other structures in an adjacent […]
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🚨Rising harmful online content in Bangladesh, including misinformation & sectarian narratives targeting minority communities could result in serious human rights abuses if left unaddressed. Online harms do not stay online ⤵️ www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Meta content moderation shortcomings risk Bangladesh violence
Bangladesh could face more incidents of serious human rights abuses unless Meta takes action to address harmful Facebook content.
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It’s time for the EU & India to: ➡️Get their houses in order on human rights ➡️Deliver on their promises and ➡️Counter mounting global attacks on human rights www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-indi...
EU-India: Crucial partners must prioritize human rights at forthcoming summit – European Institutions Office
Amnesty International urges the European Union and India to work together to counter global attacks on human rights.
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Israel continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, enabled by the global political economy. Time for the EU to #PullThePlug www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Confronting the global political economy enabling Israel’s genocide
States and companies the world over are enabling or profiting from Israel’s prolonged violations of international law
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Iranian authorities have unleashed an unprecedented deadly crackdown to crush the protests & cut all internet access to conceal their crimes. Call on the international community to urgently act to end further massacres of protesters in Iran. Act now ✊ amn.st/63326CLAAI
End Protest Massacres in Iran
Call on the international community to urgently act to end further massacres of protesters in Iran.
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Despite the stark challenges currently facing humanity, we continue to witness how people from all over the world are demonstrating the importance of activism and the life-changing power of solidarity. Here are some stories of hope and humanity to end the year 🕯️ amn.st/63328CjBlY
Stories of hope and humanity to end the year
July Global Two landmark Advisory Opinions this year significantly contributed to clarifying the states’ human rights obligations in the face of the climate emergency, bolstering the fight for climate justice and accountability. In July, the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) made clear that the full enjoyment of human rights cannot be ensured without protection of […]
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