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Russia: Recruitment of Foreign Nationals to Fight in Ukraine Amounts to Human Trafficking

Russia must end all abusive practices involving the military recruitment of foreign nationals and their treatment in training centers and…

September 10, 2026

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(Yassine Mahjoub/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Tunisia: Authorities Must Immediately Release Rached Ghannouchi Amid Severe Fair Trial Violations and Serious Health Concerns

Tunisian authorities must release prominent opposition politician Rached Ghannouchi.

September 10, 2026

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Israel/OPT: Settlement Trade Restrictions Must Be Followed by Further Concrete Measures to End Israel’s Unlawful Occupation and Apartheid

To truly tackle the violations stemming from illegal settlements states must go further; they must target the very infrastructure that…

September 9, 2026

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(Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images)

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Lebanon: New Media Law Makes Progress But Leaves Serious Free Expression Gaps

Lebanon has passed a new media law that introduces important human rights-based reforms, but falls short of bringing all the changes needed.

September 9, 2026

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Lesotho: Authorities Must Investigate Reported Abduction and Assault of Journalist Kananelo Boloetse

The reported abduction and brutal assault of Kananelo Boloetse is deeply alarming.

September 8, 2026

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(Judit Ruprech / Amnesty International Hungary)

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Hungary: Meta Failed to Stop Anti-LGBTI Content on Facebook

Risks to LGBTI people in Hungary were foreseeable and well documented, yet Meta did not adequately act on them.

September 8, 2026

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Azerbaijan: Lengthy Sentences for Anar Mammadli and Other Independent Voices Point to the Shocking Scale of the Crackdown on Dissent

Azerbaijani authorities must release Anar Mammadli and all others imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their human rights.

September 8, 2026

Still from a video that shows parts of the police station in Javadieh destroyed, as well as destruction and damage to other surrounding buildings in Ghorbani street. © Sharghdaily

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USA/Israel/Iran: Investigation into U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Tehran Neighborhoods Reveals Devastating Civilian Harm

These strikes may constitute indiscriminate attacks and amount to war crimes. They must be the object of independent, impartial, effective…

September 8, 2026

(Amnesty International Switzerland)

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Russia: ECtHR Decision to Strike Out More Than 800 Complaints Denies Victims Truth, Justice and Reparation and Should Be Reversed

ECtHR deprives hundreds of individuals of what for many of them is their last hope of seeing justice for the…

September 4, 2026

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Tunisia: Upheld Convictions in Mass ‘Conspiracy Case’ a Travesty of Justice

The Tunis Court of Cassation’s decision to uphold these unjust convictions is a devastating blow to justice.

September 4, 2026

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(Amnesty International)

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Amnesty International Opens Virtual Museum Exploring More Than Six Decades of Human Rights Activism

Amnesty International presents Stories That Resist, its first Virtual Museum showing the history of Amnesty International.

September 3, 2026

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Tunisia: Final Judicial Avenue to Overturn Convictions in Unjust ‘Conspiracy’ Case

Tunisia’s authorities must overturn the unjust convictions of 34 opposition figures, human rights defenders and lawyers.

September 3, 2026