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Afghanistan: Kabul blasts are 'shamefaced reminder' of the Taliban's failure to protect minoritiesUrgent steps must be taken to ensure the safety of all people under the Taliban’s rule, especially the members of minority communities.
30 Sep 2022 Press release -
Iran: Leaked documents reveal highest military body ordered troops to crush protests at any costDocuments obtained by Amnesty reveal authorities were instructed to “severely confront” protesters at any cost. The Iranian authorities knowingly decided to harm or kill people who took to the streets to express their anger at decades of repression and…
30 Sep 2022 Press release -
UK: Anoosheh Ashoori running London Marathon to help free Britons jailed in Iran29 Sep 2022 Press release
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Russia/Ukraine: referenda have 'no legitimacy' and annexation moves would be illegal28 Sep 2022 Press release
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Myanmar: Facebook’s business model profits from ‘echo chamber of hatred’ which fuelled Rohingya atrocities– new report
Facebook’s algorithms ‘set to spread hate and violence’
28 Sep 2022 Press release -
Russia: activist reportedly beaten and raped for reciting anti-war poem27 Sep 2022 Press release
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Northern Ireland: Amnesty International urges answers in Martin O’Hagan investigation, 21 years after murder of journalist
Call for publication of Police Ombudsman investigation, 21 years after brutal murder
27 Sep 2022 Press release -
Iran: Death toll rising in 'alarming' crackdown on protestsRisk of further bloodshed amid a deliberately imposed internet black out. The bravery of protesters facing a spiralling deadly response by the Iranian security forces after the death of Mahsa Amini reveals the extent of outrage in Iran over abusive…
24 Sep 2022 Press release -
Russian-occupied Ukraine: 'referenda' are blatant breach of international law23 Sep 2022 Press release
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USA: ill-treatment of Haitian asylum-seekers is race-based torture - new report22 Sep 2022 Press release
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Cambodia: Court rejects genocide appeal of former Khmer Rouge leaderTwo million people died during Khieu Samphan’s rule from starvation, sickness and murder
22 Sep 2022 Press release -
Russia: peaceful anti-draft protesters must be released22 Sep 2022 Press release
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Zimbabwe: Authorities must end 'unjust and abusive' incarceration of opposition MPs21 Sep 2022 Press release -
Egypt: country in throes of 'human rights crisis' ahead of COP27 - new report21 Sep 2022 Press release -
Iran: leaders gathered at UN must act over Mahsa Amini's death and anti-protest violenceAmnesty International has called on world leaders gathered at the UN General Assembly in New York to support international action against Iran amid an ongoing crackdown against largely peaceful protests in the country following the death in custody of 22…
21 Sep 2022 Press release -
China: UN Human Rights Council risks being 'complicit in cover-up' of Xinjiang atrocitiesChina: UN Human Rights Council risks being 'complicit in cover-up' of Xinjiang atrocities
20 Sep 2022 Press release -
Russia: Aleksei Navalny facing 'deeply disturbing' treatment in prison, according to reports16 Sep 2022 Press release -
Ukraine: Mass graves in Izium confirm dark cost of Russian aggressionThese newly reported discoveries confirm our darkest fears. The people of Ukraine and the world deserve to know how exactly those buried in the forest near Izium have died.
16 Sep 2022 Press release -
Afghanistan: New investigation reveals ‘cruel pattern’ of Taliban torturing and executing HazarasSix people including a 12-year-old girl killed in night raid on family home
16 Sep 2022 Press release -
Qatar: overwhelming demand for FIFA to compensate World Cup migrant workers - new global survey15 Sep 2022 Press release
