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Sri Lanka: Six months on, still no accountability for attacks on refugees - new report

There has still been no police investigations into the threats and violence faced by refugees and asylum-seekers in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks, Amnesty International and...

Iraq: deadly new 'smoker' tear gas grenades used against protesters

String of gruesome fatalities caused by recent use of heavyweight military-style weapons, with entire grenades lodged in victims’ smoking skulls Serbian and Bulgarian-made weapons up to ten times...

Myanmar: Satirical poets imprisoned for mocking military in 'appalling' conviction

Responding to the conviction and one-year prison sentence handed down today to five members of the Peacock Generation, a satirical poetry troupe, Joanne Mariner, Amnesty International’s research...

Israel: Scores of activists targeted with NSO spyware

Malicious Israeli-made spyware used to ‘intimidate, track, and punish’ 100 human rights activists Amnesty supports legal case to force Israeli MoD to revoke NSO’s export license Responding to a...

Iraq: 'Horrific scenes' as security forces kill protesters in Karbala

Iraqi security forces resorted yet again to excessive and unlawful lethal force to disperse crowds of largely peaceful protesters in the southern city of Karbala last night, Amnesty International said...

Tanzania: climate of fear as 'ruthless' repression mounts

Bans on political activities and newspapers Opposition party members shot Erick Kabendera amongst journalists caught up in wave of arbitrary arrests The ‘government must repeal all oppressive laws...

Turkey: Hundreds of Syrian refugees 'tricked or forced' into returning to Syria - new report

Turkish authorities have taken handcuffed refugees in buses back to Syria ahead of creating so-called ‘safe zones’ Refugees beaten into signing ‘voluntary return’ documents, with others told they were...

Iran: Amputation of man's hand for theft 'an abhorrent form of torture'

Responding to the Iranian authorities’ announcement yesterday that they had amputated the hand of a man imprisoned for theft in a prison in Sari in the northern province of Mazandaran, Saleh Higazi...

China: Hosting FIFA Club World Cup must not be an opportunity to 'sportswash' reputation

Responding to the news that China will host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2021, Allan Hogarth, Amnesty International UK’s Head of Policy and Government Affairs, said: “China being chosen to host the FIFA...

Myanmar: 'Relentless and ruthless' military atrocities continue - new report

The Myanmar military is still committing atrocities against ethnic minorities in the north of the country, with civilians suffering most during offensives against multiple armed groups, Amnesty...