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Mozambique: Palma rescue attempts jeopardised by racist discrimination - new testimony

Survivors tell how white contractors airlifted to safety before local Black people Hotel manager took two dogs on rescue helicopter, leaving people behind Exclusive satellite imagery reveals damage...

Qatar: fears grow for detained labour activist

Kenyan national Malcolm Bidali was detained after giving presentation to gathering of trade union and civil rights groups Activist is under investigation for supposedly violating Qatar’s security laws...

UK: Conversion therapy ban must include harmful religious practices

‘“Praying the gay away” is just as unacceptable as any other pseudoscientific approach’ - Patrick Corrigan Planned Westminster legislation to ban so-called LGBTI+ conversion therapy must include...

Benin: Attack on three trans women must prompt authorities to protect LGBTI people

Three transgender women assaulted after being lured to a bar in capital Cotonou Videos of attack posted on social media and support groups targeted with threats ‘This assault must prompt the...

Israel/Gaza: likely war crimes by Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups

Israeli attacks on residential towers in Gaza are collective punishment of Palestinians, while Palestinian rockets are unguided and inherently indiscriminate Active ICC investigation could mean both...

Myanmar: 3 year sentence for journalist who coverd coup shows journalism has been 'criminalised'

Min Nyo had been covering the recent military coup for award winning outlet Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) Amnesty is calling on Thailand not to return his exiled colleagues arrested earlier this...

Azerbaijan: Authorities using smear campaign to silence women activists - new briefing

More than two dozen women targeted by government-backed smear campaign Private photos and intimate conversations made public, and women labelled ‘bad wives’ and ‘bad mothers’ ‘This is part of a...

Northern Ireland: Queen's speech proposal could set 'dangerous precedent for rule of law'

Responding to government plans announced in today’s Queen’s Speech which could lead to de facto amnesties for ex-soldiers and others responsible for grave human rights violations in Northern Ireland...

Israel 'must not be allowed to continue its rampage against Palestinians'

The Israeli security forces have used repeated, unwarranted and excessive force against Palestinian protesters in occupied East Jerusalem Amnesty International said today as it called on United...

Yemen: detained actress and model at risk of forced virginity test

Intisar al-Hammadi subjected to interrogation while blindfolded, physically abused and charged with drugs and prostitute offences At the end of one interrogation her lawyer witnessed her being slapped...