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Ukraine: evidence of Russian war crimes must be preserved as territory regained12 Sep 2022 Press release
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UN: New high commissioner must be ‘loud and clear’ when championing victims of human rights abusesAustria's Volker Turk is proposed to be next UN human rights chief
08 Sep 2022 Press release -
Ukraine: Russian sham trials of prisoners of war in Mariupol 'illegal and abusive'Stripping fair trial rights from prisoners of war amounts to a war crime
26 Aug 2022 Press release -
Myanmar: no high-ranking military officials held to account for attacks on Rohingya24 Aug 2022 Press release
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UN Security Council must prioritise Russian war crimes in UkraineWar crimes by Russia in Ukraine, must be a priority for the UN Security Council
11 Aug 2022 Press release -
Ukraine: military endangering civilians by locating forces in residential areas - new research04 Aug 2022 Press release
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Myanmar: ‘Vile and brutal’ tactics used by military to crush opposition - new reportDetainees allege they were psychologically tortured with death and rape threats
01 Aug 2022 Press release -
UK: Government attacks on human rights lawyers are putting them in ‘serious’ dangerProminent international human rights lawyer, Caoilfhionn Gallagher has received death threats including one saying she will be murdered like Pat Finucane
22 Jul 2022 Press release -
Ethiopia: 'Horrific' massacre of 400 ethnic Amhara must be investigated immediately
Most of those killed were unarmed women and children, including newborns
20 Jul 2022 Press release -
Russia: 'Unjust and cruel' prison sentence handed to opposition activistAndrei Pivovarov, former head of the UK-based Otkrytaya Rossiya (Open Russia) movement sentenced to four years in prison
15 Jul 2022 Press release -
Iran/Sweden: life sentence for 1988 prison massacres is 'step toward justice'14 Jul 2022 Press release
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Open letter on Justice for UkraineOn World Day for International Justice Day we demand impartial justice for human rights violations everywhere. Securing impartial justice is vital for humanity to win, and this is our message to the Foreign Secretary.
14 Jul 2022 Blog post -
New Israeli PM - Same Old Apartheid and Annexation12 Jul 2022 Blog post -
Russia: Councillor in Moscow sentenced to seven years in jail for opposing the Ukraine warA court in Moscow sentenced Aleksei Gorinov to seven years in jail for criticising Russia’s military actions in Ukraine
08 Jul 2022 Press release -
Ukraine: more Russian war crimes in 'reckless' attack on Odesa town - new investigationRussian airstrikes on an apartment block and hotel in the coastal town of Serhiivka in the Odesa region of southern Ukraine - strikes which killed at least 21 civilians and injured at least 35 others - were “reckless” and amount to war crimes, said…
07 Jul 2022 Press release -
Ukraine: Mariupol theatre attack was 'a clear war crime' - new investigation30 Jun 2022 Press release
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Ukraine: Russia used cluster bombs and unguided rockets in 'horrific' assault on Kharkiv13 Jun 2022 Press release
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Myanmar: 150,000 displaced and hundreds killed during military attacks in Eastern States - new reportMilitary onslaught in Kayin and Kayah States includes war crimes and likely crimes against humanity
31 May 2022 Press release -
UK: high-level panel discussion to be held on Israeli apartheidAmnesty International will hold a special panel event in London on Tuesday 14 June to discuss Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians.
26 May 2022 Press release -
Israel: forced transfer of Bedouin is latest example of apartheid crueltyThe Israeli authorities must scrap plans to demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village and forcibly transfer its residents to a segregated Bedouin-only town.
22 May 2022 Press release
