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South Africa: Government must investigate deaths of more than 200 people during riots
South Africa: Government must investigate deaths of more than 200 people during riots
Press release 22 Jul 2021 -
More than 7,000 health worker deaths from COVID-19 globally - UK deaths third-highestNew analysis by Amnesty International has found that at least 7,000 health workers have died around the world after contracting COVID-19 - with 649 deaths in the UK, the third-highest reported figure for any country globally.
Press release 03 Sep 2020 -
Southern Africa: Region's leaders must address human rights violationsCOVID-19 still devastating the region, exposing stark inequalities and threatening vulnerable communities.
Press release 14 Aug 2020 -
Southern Africa: Government intervention urgently required as millions face hunger under COVID-19 lockdownsMillions of people across Southern Africa face desperate situation as lockdowns prevent them from earning money and buying food
Press release 17 Apr 2020 -
Africa: Armed conflicts and state repression fuel cocktail of human rights violations - new report
Annual review reveals how activists and human rights defenders continue to be let down by governments across the region
Press release 08 Apr 2020 -
South Africa: 'Alarming' levels of gender-based violence and femicide'It’s nothing short of a national emergency that femicide and rape rates are increasing countrywide.'
Press release 05 Sep 2019 -
South Africa: anti-foreigner attacks have been stoked by years of rhetoric and inactionAttacks on refugees, migrants & asylum-seekers have occurred for past 11 years
Press release 04 Sep 2019 -
Southern Africa: Leaders must ramp up efforts to stop people with albinism being killed for body parts"Violent attacks are fuelled by the false and dangerous myth that body parts of people with albinism can make someone rich."
Press release 14 Aug 2019 -
New Secretary General Kumi Naidoo pledges support for African human rights defenders to hold the powerful to account“We need to see much more intra-African solidarity for the cause of justice."
Press release 17 Aug 2018 -
South Africa: Jacob Zuma's presidency blighted by human rights failings, including Marikana killingsPress release 14 Feb 2018
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South Africa: coffin assault case sends message that racism will not be toleratedPress release 27 Oct 2017
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South Africa: 'hideous' coffin assault case must spur government action on hate crimePress release 25 Aug 2017
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South Africa: still no justice for victims of Marikana mine killings, five years onPress release 16 Aug 2017
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South Africa: Dismissal of eight journalists a cynical and sinister ploy to entrench fearPress release 25 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action: Human rights defenders under threat in South Africa
Sikhosiphi Rhadebe, land rights activist and chairperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC), was shot dead in March. Before his death he learnt that his name was on a ‘hit list’ and so were those of two other leaders of the ACC. There are concerns…
Urgent action outcomes 26 May 2016 -
South Africa: Supreme Court ruling shows there can be no impunity for alleged war criminalsPress release 17 Mar 2016
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South Africa: Suspend those behind the Marikana killings and subsequent cover-upPress release 14 Aug 2015
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South Africa: 'completely unacceptable' to allow Sudanese leader to flee countryPress release 15 Jun 2015
