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We defend human rights around the world. Let's get to work. For media enquiries, please contact @amnestypress at [email protected]

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For more than 30 years, people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have lost family members, escaped burning homes, endured rape, torture, and displacement, and waited for justice that has never arrived. Sign the petition to demand justice for the victims and survivors of the
Amnesty International launches “6 million Voices for Justice for Congo” campaign.
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NEW: Iran: Deadly drone strikes on Bahrain and Saudi Arabia may constitute war crimes – @amnesty investigation The attacks on civilian infrastructure - most likely using Shahed drones - violated international humanitarian law
Iran: Deadly drone strikes on Bahrain and Saudi Arabia may constitute war crimes – new research
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US-Iran deal must centre human rights and region must see real and sustainable end to hostilities
US-Iran deal must centre human rights and region must see real and sustainable end to hostilities
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Governments are planning to introduce social media bans for children & young people. @amnesty brought together a group of young people in Kenya to discuss their experiences online & how they feel about these proposals. This is what they told us 👇
Global: Young voices on social media bans
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.@amnesty with @accessnow & a coalition of civil society organizations have published a joint statement on the rapid militarization of AI technologies & how they risk facilitating violations of international criminal, human rights, and humanitarian law.
Access Now - Joint statement on AI in warfare
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Jun 12
Mexico City and all federal authorities must uphold the right to protest for all groups and families demonstrating during the World Cup. Groups have been campaigning for the search and identification of their disappeared loved ones for years - work that is a legitimate form of
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🚨The recent images of Dr. Hussam Abu Safyia are shocking evidence of Israel's abuse against Palestinian detainees. Dr. Abu Safyia has been arbitrarily detained for one and a half years without charges, while being physically abused and denied healthcare. His recent solitary
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“Everything good about football is rooted in community, inclusion and passion – the World Cup should be no exception.” Three football fans attending #FWC26 share their hopes and fears for the 2026 #FIFA #WorldCup ⤵️
Three fans share their hopes and fears for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
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Jun 11
📢 Ahead of the #OpeningCeremony of #FWC26, relatives of the disappeared took to the streets to make visible the crisis of disappearances in #Mexico.
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We call on Mexico City and federal authorities to fully guarantee the right of collectives and families of disappeared people to protest peacefully.
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Their work is a legitimate form of human rights defense and must be recognized, respected and protected by the state.
Mexico: Authorities must guarantee the right to peaceful protest for families searchers for the...
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Jun 10
The Taliban continues to violate the human rights of women and girls through a new decree that entrenches child marriage in law - making an already dismal situation even worse for them. The decree addresses the circumstances in which women and girls can seek marriage separation.
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Jun 10
Fired for asking a question? We stand with Italian journalist Gabriele Nunziati as he takes legal action against Agenzia Nova after his contract was terminated following a question he asked the European Commission about Israel paying for the reconstruction of Gaza last October.
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Jun 10
Entire Palestinian communities across Area C of the occupied West Bank are being erased from lands they have lived on for generations by Israel's accelerating policy of ethnic cleansing and annexation. Sign the petition and call on world leaders to halt Israel's ethnic cleansing
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Jun 10
Video after video shows Israeli settlers violently harassing and attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, seizing their livestock, bulldozing their schools, setting fire to their property and even killing Palestinians as part of a brutal campaign to forcibly displace
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Read our full report that documents how Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in Area C of the occupied West Bank in a bid to expand settlements, entrench apartheid and accelerate annexation:
Acceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank...
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