The Country Director of @amnestynigeria.bsky.social, Isa Sanusi, was interviewed by Nigeria’s @channelstv on how Shell ignored its own global safety standards, leading to negligence, oil leaks & environmental destruction in the Niger Delta. See the clip here👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jkM...

Communities Decry Devastating Impact Of Oil Spill In Niger Delta

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Villagers in Awoye in the Niger Delta tell @theguardian.com that ongoing pollution is causing sickness & environmental destruction, while their pleas for help go unanswered. A nearby oil platform has burned nonstop for years, releasing smoke & toxic fumes. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Smoke, soot and toxic fumes: Nigerian families living in shadow of burning oil well six years after blowout

Villagers in Awoye in the Niger Delta say the ongoing pollution is causing sickness and environmental destruction, while pleas for help go unanswered

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As part of London Climate Action Week, yesterday's event "From science to justice: Pollution & accountability in Africa's critical minerals supply chain" featured an incredible panel explaining how communities, scientists & lawyers can join to fight pollution. londonclimateactionweek.org

New @amnesty.org article explaining how the global demand for lithium, nickel, & cobalt is driven by the shift to renewable energy & electric vehicles, & the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) & data centres. Extracting these critical minerals often comes at a huge cost to people & planet.

Amnesty Business & Human Rights@amnestybhr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🌍⛏️New @amnesty.org explainer: "What are “critical minerals” & why do they matter for human rights?" As demand for energy grows, so do risks including: harms to Indigenous Peoples, communities exposed to dangerous pollution & the creation of sacrifice zones⚠️. Read ⬇️ www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

Tickets are still available for screenings of "Hope is a Words at the @sheffdocfest.bsky.social. If you are in the Sheffield area and want to see this thought provoking film then click below for tickets.

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At @sheffdocfest.bsky.social, the film "Hope is a Word" screens on Thu 11 June, Sat 13 June & Sun 14 June & details poet Nnimmo Bassey's fight against Nigeria's oil pollution. The Sun 14 June screening will feature a full panel discussion. Book film tickets ⬇️ www.sheffdocfest.com/film/hope-word

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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Bille, Nigeria, faces a serious health emergency. The town is next to abandoned oil & gas infrastructure & since October 2025, methane gas has been bubbling up in rivers & drinking wells near the town. It is suspected that the oil & gas wells are the cause of the leaks. youtube.com/shorts/DCq6N...

Methane gas ignites fire at drinking water pump in Nigeria

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Nevada’s lithium boom cannot come at the cost of Indigenous rights. No energy transition is just without Indigenous Peoples’ consent. New research out now: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

"This land is ours – whether people like it or not. We’re trying to protect the land and its resources for future generations." Fermina Stevens of the Western Shoshone Defense Protect See the full interview with @amnesty.org here 👇 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

Fermina Stevens: “We want to protect our Indigenous land in Nevada from the dangerous impact of lithium mining”

Northeastern Nevada, historically, is a gold mining area. I was a kid in the 1980s when I first noticed a gold boom in Elko. The gold mines are about 20 to 30 miles away. Since then, a lot of people h...

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New @amnesty.org briefing "USA: “We’re here to Protect Mother Earth” Indigenous rights and Nevada’s Lithium Boom" will be published tomorrow.

Amnesty Business & Human Rights@amnestybhr.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢New @amnesty.org Research 🗓️Published Tues 12 May 2026 The new briefing: "'We’re here to protect Mother Earth': Indigenous rights & Nevada’s lithium boom" details how lithium mines in Nevada are being fast-tracked on Indigenous lands without consent, threatening Indigenous rights, water & culture.

Amnesty International's new briefing on lithium mining in Nevada will be published on Tuesday 12 May.

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📢New @amnesty.org Research 🗓️Published Tues 12 May 2026 The new briefing: "'We’re here to protect Mother Earth': Indigenous rights & Nevada’s lithium boom" details how lithium mines in Nevada are being fast-tracked on Indigenous lands without consent, threatening Indigenous rights, water & culture.

This weekend's @insideclimatenews.org investigation "How the Rush to Mine the Metal of the Future Echoes America’s Colonial Past" quotes @amnestybhr.bsky.social researcher Alysha Khambay Read the full article here👇 [1/3] insideclimatenews.org/news/0305202...

How the Rush to Mine the Metal of the Future Echoes America’s Colonial Past - Inside Climate News

Companies have staked claims for more than 100 lithium-mine projects. Tribes are among the most affected.

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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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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.

There are just 10 weeks left. Millions of fans want to enjoy this tournament. But having one eye on the match and one eye on whether ICE is coming is no way to celebrate. It’s time to act now and save the World Cup from being a stage for repression. Stop the fear. Bring back the joy.

Amnesty International say US facing a "human rights emergency" ahead of World Cup, with ICE posing "chilling threat" to fans and even players, with new report also focusing on suppression of demonstrations in Canada and Mexico www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

US ‘facing human rights emergency’ ahead of World Cup says Amnesty International

A new report from the human rights organisation revealed severe restrictions on freedom of expression and peaceful protest in each of the three host countries just months before the World Cup begins

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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...

📢Amnesty International launches Urgent Action on behalf of the people of Bille, Nigeria @amnesty.org calls on the Nigerian govt to urgently investigate the unexplained gas leaks in rivers & swamps near to Bille, so that they can be stopped & protect people from harm www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

On the latest episode of the @activistlawyerpod.bsky.social podcast, @amnesty.org ’s Roi Bachmutsky highlights how many NGOs want to work on BHR as companies operating in their countries have caused massive environmental harm and pollution. [1/6] make.headliner.app/download/b3d...

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Amnesty's Roi Bachmutsky discusses corporate criminal liability on latest episode of @activistlawyerpod.bsky.social podcast. How companies become implicated in corporate crimes, to investigating supply chains & preparing criminal complaints. #bizhumanrights www.activistlawyer.com/podcast/epis...

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This is a victory not only for valued colleagues, but for the cause of corporate accountability and justice everywhere! This was a classic SLAPP. Shame on the company for pursuing the authors of this report trialinternational.org/latest-post/...

Join Amnesty Canada on February 4th, at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET for Extraction Extinction: Ending the Fossil Fuel Era — an urgent online mobilization session about Canada’s role in fossil fuel financing and how you can take action. Register now at: amnesty.ca/event/extrac...

Extraction Extinction: Ending the Fossil Fuel Era | Online Info Session

Join Amnesty International and Decolonial Solidarity Network for an exciting discussion about how people around the world – including right here in Canada – are fighting to protect the environment […]

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Behind many atrocities is someone making money The supply of aviation fuel to Myanmar is a particularly dirty trade. The people owning these ships know exactly where it ends up. Another great investigation by my colleagues working on South East Asia. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Myanmar: Jet fuel used in deadly air strikes flowing in on ‘ghost ships’ with suspected links to Iran

Aviation fuel used by the Myanmar military to launch deadly air strikes on civilians continues to enter the country via a murky supply chain that has “gone rogue” five years after the junta seized pow...

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"The Shoes on the Danube Promenade" is a memorial of 60 cast-iron shoes along the river’s bank in Budapest. It honours the thousands of Jewish people who, in the winter of 1944-1945, were shot on the banks of the Danube by members of the Arrow Cross Party – who collaborated with the Nazis.

New @amnesty.org investigation published today: Myanmar: Jet fuel used in deadly air strikes flowing in on ‘ghost ships’ with suspected links to Iran Read the full article here👇 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Myanmar: Jet fuel used in deadly air strikes flowing in on ‘ghost ships’ with suspected links to Iran

Aviation fuel used by the Myanmar military to launch deadly air strikes on civilians continues to enter the country via a murky supply chain that has “gone rogue” five years after the junta seized pow...

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At #WEF #Davos, the world’s richest will meet under “A Spirit of Dialogue”. But dialogue w/out multilateral cooperation & int’l law means nothing. While most of the #SDGs are off-track, authoritarian practices threaten peace, worsen the climate crisis & erode #humanrights. A 🧵

New article: "Since Nineteen Fifty-Six: Nigeria, Oil and the Niger Delta (Simplified)" A short history of oil extraction in the Niger Delta by Iniruo Wills for @AtlDigest marks the 70th anniversary of the first oil extraction in Nigeria. Read the article here👇 atlanticdigest.com/opinion/sinc...

Since Nineteen Fifty-Six: Nigeria, Oil and the Niger Delta (Simplified)

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“The ‘spirit of dialogue’, the theme for this year’s meeting in Davos, has been painfully and increasingly absent from international affairs of late,” said @agnescallamard.bsky.social ahead of attending the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in #Davos. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Meaningful dialogue at Davos requires collective stand against international bullying

States and corporations must resist diplomatic, economic and military attacks

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2025 has been an incredibly busy year for the @amnestybhr.bsky.social Team. Please take a look at some of our highlights from the past year. #Bizhumanrights [1/14]

BREAKING: Today’s @europarl.europa.eu vote on the EU’s sustainability regulations package (Omnibus I) rolls back hard-won climate & human rights protections. Now, all eyes are on EU Member States to ensure vital protections in national laws. More details here 👇 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

EU: Deregulation deal on climate and human rights ‘betrays people and the planet’

The European Parliament voted to roll-back hard won climate and human protections.

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