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Russian-occupied Ukraine: 'referenda' are blatant breach of international law

Authorities in Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia making home visits to collect ‘ballots’ from residents Any subsequent annexation would have no validity in law ‘These so-called “referenda”...

Russia: peaceful anti-draft protesters must be released

At least 1,386 arrested for taking part in protest rallies following Putin’s call to mobilise additional troops for Ukraine Police used excessive force, including baton beatings and chokeholds ‘All...

USA: ill-treatment of Haitian asylum-seekers is race-based torture - new report

Testimony includes accounts of lack of healthcare in detention, denial of Covid masks, and being bundled onto expulsion flights in shackles Trump-era Title 42 policy being widely used to justify...

Cambodia: Court rejects genocide appeal of former Khmer Rouge leader

Judge upholds conviction of Khieu Samphan, 91, head of state for the murderous regime Today’s ruling marks the final decision by the Cambodian court Two million people died during Khieu Samphan’s rule...

Iran: leaders gathered at UN must act over Mahsa Amini's death and anti-protest violence

‘Brutal’ crackdown against protesters sees at least eight killed and hundreds arrested Most of the injured not seeking hospital treatment for fear of arrest ‘Iran’s security forces will continue to...

Zimbabwe: Authorities must end 'unjust and abusive' incarceration of opposition MPs

Senior members of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party detained for 100 days ‘The continued incarceration is a travesty of justice’ - Lucia Masuka The continued arbitrary detention of opposition leader...

Egypt: country in throes of 'human rights crisis' ahead of COP27 - new report

Government-led ‘National Human Rights Strategy’ being used to deflect international criticism Alaa Abdel Fattah’s sister Mona Seif tells Amnesty: ‘No strategy will protect our right to freedom of...

China: UN Human Rights Council risks being 'complicit in cover-up' of Xinjiang atrocities

Council must mandate an independent international mechanism to investigate crimes People who recently fled Xinjiang tell Amnesty of ongoing abuse and disappearance Free Xinjiang Detainees campaign now...

Russia: Aleksei Navalny facing 'deeply disturbing' treatment in prison, according to reports

Reports and photos reveal cruel treatment of the prominent Russian political activist Navalny’s health and wellbeing are at grave risk Responding to disturbing reports and photos of prominent Russian...

Ukraine: Mass graves in Izium confirm dark cost of Russian aggression

In response to the reported discovery of a mass burial site containing the bodies of Ukrainian civilians and military in a forest near the town of Izium, Kharkiv region, which the Ukrainian army...