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On June 26, Civil Society Stands with Victims of Torture

To honor the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 120 civil society organizations joined together in a statement of…

June 26, 2026

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Sweden: European Social Rights Committee Calls for an End to Sweden’s Two-Tier Healthcare System

Amnesty International calls on the Swedish government to now amend legislation to clarify that all EU citizens in the country…

June 26, 2026

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Venezuela: Human Rights Must Guide Earthquake Response amid Devastating Crisis

Amnesty International urges the Venezuelan authorities to provide relief and respond to the earthquakes in compliance with humanitarian and disaster…

June 25, 2026

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Supreme Court Further Ends the Right to Seek Asylum and Ends TPS Protections for 1.3 Million People

Policies rooted in racism, cruelty and denial of human rights only deepen human suffering.

June 25, 2026

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Russia: Authorities Continue to Crackdown on Dissent with Harsh Prison Sentence for Opposition Politician Maksim Kruglov

The Russian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release him and all others imprisoned solely for peacefully opposing Russia’s war of…

June 25, 2026

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Algeria: 22 Years After Pledge to Establish National Shelters Authorities Still Failing Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

More than two decades after Algerian authorities committed to confront the scrouge of violence against women and girls, access to…

June 25, 2026

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DRC: Authorities Must End Support for Armed Group Suspected of War Crimes

The Congolese government must immediately end its support and collaboration with CMC-FDP and other abusive Wazalendo groups and hold them…

June 25, 2026

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Global: UN Drug Control Bodies Must Take Urgent Action Towards Ending Unlawful Use of the Death Penalty for Drug-Related Offenses

The death penalty is an abhorrent practice with no place in today’s world.

June 25, 2026

graves dug for children killed in U.S. airstrike on Minab school, Iran

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Four Months After Horrific Minab School Airstrike, Accountability Delayed

It’s been four months since the deadliest U.S. airstrike against civilians in recent memory, yet we are no closer to getting…

June 25, 2026

A group of young men wearing black jackets and holding blue duffel bags. They are standing in a line outside of a bus.
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Libya/EU: Rival Authorities Intensify Xenophobic and Racist Crackdown on Refugees and Migrants in Libya as EU Seeks to Deepen Ties

It is abhorrent that rival Libyan authorities are uniting in the abuse of migrants and refugees. The EU cannot evade responsibility while these…

June 24, 2026

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Cuba: Four Years After an Unjust Conviction, Afro-Cuban Artists Remain Imprisoned for Expressing Themselves

The conviction of rapper Maykel Castillo Pérez ‘Osorbo’ and visual artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara starkly exposed how the Cuban authorities…

June 24, 2026

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Pakistan: Authorities Must Immediately Release Baloch Activists Handed Life Sentences Following Secret Trial

This verdict demonstrates how Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws are being cynically misused to silence peaceful dissent.

June 23, 2026