Amnesty International UK
2 days ago ⋅ English ⋅ 4 min read
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Iran: Death toll rising in 'alarming' crackdown on protests

Death toll reaching at least 30 people, four of them childrenRisk of further bloodshed amid a deliberately imposed internet black out‘The anger expressed on the streets shows how Irania... Read More
Amnesty International UK
2 days ago ⋅ English ⋅ 1 min read
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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 residentsAny subsequent annexation would have no validity in law‘These so-called “... Read More
Amnesty International UK
3 days ago ⋅ English ⋅ 1 min read
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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‘All reprisals against dissenting voices in Russia should end’... Read More
Amnesty International UK
3 days ago ⋅ English ⋅ 3 min read
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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 shacklesTrump-era Title 42 policy being widely used to... Read More
Amnesty International UK
4 days ago ⋅ English ⋅ 1 min read
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Cambodia: Court rejects genocide appeal of former Khmer Rouge leader

Judge upholds conviction of Khieu Samphan, 91, head of state for the murderous regimeToday’s ruling marks the final decision by the Cambodian courtTwo million people died during Khieu S... Read More
Amnesty International UK
4 days ago ⋅ English ⋅ 5 min read
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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 arrestedMost of the injured not seeking hospital treatment for fear of arrest‘Iran’s security forces will c... Read More