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Myanmar: Military threatens pardoned prisoners with rearrest if they speak out againMilitary say they have pardoned 2,153 prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday
03 May 2023 Press release -
Russia: Anti-war activist and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in jail Russia‘This verdict wrongly conflates human rights activism with high treason and is reminiscent of Stalin-era repression’ - Natalia Zviagina
17 Apr 2023 Press release -
DR Congo: Authorities must investigate war crimes amid withdrawal of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels14 Apr 2023 Press release -
Myanmar: Fresh air strikes highlight urgent need to suspend aviation fuel exportsCivilian casualties, including children, from attack in Sagaing Region earlier today
11 Apr 2023 Press release -
Kosovo: start of ex-president's war crimes trial at Hague 'an important step'03 Apr 2023 Press release
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Iraq: twenty years on, still no justice for war crimes by US-led coalition20 Mar 2023 Press release
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Russia/Ukraine: ICC arrest warrant for Putin is 'an impressive first step’ towards justice for victimsVladimir Putin wanted for alleged involvement in unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia
17 Mar 2023 Press release -
Israel/OPT: South Korean firm Hyundai must avoid complicity in war crimes in village of Masafer YattaIsrael/OPT: South Korean firm Hyundai must avoid complicity in war crimes in village of Masafer Yatta
16 Mar 2023 Press release -
Global: Protesters increasingly maimed and killed by police misuse of rubber bulletsPeople exercising their human right to protest are being increasingly maimed and killed by police misuse of rubber bullets, some which are produced in the UK. Learn why we need a global torture-free trade treaty to regulate trade in policing equipment.
13 Mar 2023 Press release -
The 12th Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution - Will Assad be 'Normalised' by the 13th?The 12th Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution - Will Assad be 'Normalised' by the 13th?
13 Mar 2023 Blog post -
Ukraine: justice efforts must be stepped up22 Feb 2023 Press release
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Russia: jailing of journalist Maria Ponomarenko condemned15 Feb 2023 Press release
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Israel/OPT: recent violence shows deadly cost of Israel's system of apartheid01 Feb 2023 Press release
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UK: Government’s curbs on aviation fuel to Myanmar welcomed but more action neededMove sends important message ahead of tomorrow’s two-year anniversary of military coup
31 Jan 2023 Press release -
Myanmar: Urgent global action needed to stop military’s ‘nationwide assault on human rights’Nearly 3,000 people killed, 1.5 million internally displaced, more than 13,000 detained in inhumane conditions, and at least 100 sentenced to death
30 Jan 2023 Press release -
Davos Summit: Now is the time for action - 'not more empty gestures'World facing climate crisis, fallout of global pandemic, armed conflict, food insecurity and a deeply flawed global economy
12 Jan 2023 Press release -
Ukraine: Russia's 'criminal' attacks on energy infrastructure endangering civilian life21 Dec 2022 Press release
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Russia: Opposition politician Ilya Yahsin sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for denouncing Ukraine warHe was charged under a newly introduced crime for disseminating “knowingly false information” denouncing Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine
09 Dec 2022 Press release -
Israel/OPT: Deporting human rights defender Salah Hammouri would ‘constitute a war crime’Crime of apartheid needs to be included in ICC investigation into Palestine situation
01 Dec 2022 Press release
