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A man waving a white flag in the air.
(Los Angeles Times)

Press Release

EU Must Abandon Afghanistan Deportation Plans and Stop Readmission Talks With the Taliban

It is unconscionable that the EU would try and deport people to Afghanistan, which has only become more dangerous in the meantime.

June 22, 2026

Journalist Atiana Serge Oulon wearing a colorful shirt, sits at an office chair and speaks into a microphone. He is leaning forward slightly with a calm and thoughtful expression on his face. The room has white walls.
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Burkina Faso: Prominent Journalist Serge Oulon Forcibly Disappeared Two Years On

Burkina Faso’s authorities should urgently account for the journalist Serge Oulon, who was forcibly disappeared two years ago.

June 22, 2026

city with smoke from bombing
(ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

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U.S.-Iran Deal Must Center Human Rights and Region Must See Real and Sustainable End to Hostilities

A framework agreement that temporarily halts fighting but ignores human rights risks becoming a shield behind which impunity, occupation and…

June 18, 2026

A large black and white tanker ship sits in a harbor, the side reads STENA IMPERATIVE, IMO MAX, and STENA BULK.
(Ruud Coster/Vesselfinder)

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Iran: Deadly Drone Strikes on Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Should Be Investigated as War Crimes - New Research

Iranian air strikes killed and injured civilians in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in violation of international humanitarian law.

June 17, 2026

A group of racially diverse protesters hold signs with the face of Saadia Mosbah speaking in front of barbed wire, and hold a large red banner with white letters in English and Arabic reading
(Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Tunisia: Quash Unjust Convictions of Anti-Racism Activists Saadia Mosbah and Mnemty Staff

Tunisian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Saadia Mosbah and quash the conviction against her and the other Mnemty staff and collaborators.

June 17, 2026

(Erick Curvelo / Amnesty International)

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Honduras: Cedeño Won't Disappear, it Will Relocate and Persevere

The coastal community of Cedeño, in the Gulf of Fonseca, is facing a human rights crisis caused by the impacts…

June 17, 2026

Map showing a large chunk of southern Lebanon in red, where Israel has issued evacuation orders.
(Amnesty International)

Press Release

Lebanon: Israel Radically Expands Use of Unlawful Mass ‘Evacuation’ Orders and Commits War Crime of Unlawful Transfer

Israel's military has radically expanded unlawful “everybody-leave” orders, displacing hundreds of thousands of people across Lebanon.

June 16, 2026

Francois Bozize with a bored look on his face sits in the front row of a conference hall full of people seated behind him wearing a suit and tie.
(Gaël Grilhot/AFP via Getty Images)

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Central African Republic: Long-Awaited Trial of Former President Bozizé for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Tarnished by His Absence

The fact that François Bozizé is on trial shows significant willingness of the SCC to fight impunity but his absence…

June 16, 2026

A close up view of a Bible in Chinese language, held open by two hands.
(Getty Images)

Press Release

China: Detention of Church Leaders Signals Intensifying Attacks on Religious Freedom

Authorities have intensified control over religious activities through unlawful surveillance, raids and unfair prosecutions.

June 15, 2026

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(Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

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UK: Terrorist Sentence for Palestine Action Marks ‘Dangerous’ Move Against Right to Protest

It is completely disproportionate to punish the Filton 4 protesters as if they were terrorists.

June 15, 2026

A teenagen boy with blond hair lounges on a couch, looking at a phone screen with the logos of social media apps like facebook, tiktok, twitter, whatsapp, etc.
(Getty Images)

Press Release

UK: Social Media Ban for Under 16s ‘Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription’

Government action should focus on ending invasive profiling of children, tackling addictive and manipulative design features.

June 15, 2026

Police in Georgia firing tear gas at anti-government demonstrations in Central Tbilisi.
(GIORGI ARJEVANIDZE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Georgia: Authorities Built Coordinated System To Crush Dissent and Entrench Power

Georgia's authorities have created a system where peaceful dissent is treated as a crime and civil society is considered a…

June 14, 2026