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Immediately Halt Forced Eviction of More Than 1,000 West Bank Residents and Stop Demolitions of Bedouin Homes in the Negev/Naqab
The Israeli authorities must immediately halt the forcible eviction of more than 1,000 residents from Masafer Yatta, a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank, Amnesty International said today, following…
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Pegasus Spyware Found on Phones of Dissidents Involved in Mass Protests in Thailand
Thailand must thoroughly investigate the use of the invasive Pegasus spyware found on the phones of dozens of activists, Amnesty International said today, after a new report identified 30 people…
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President Biden Must Condemn Systematic Human Rights Violations During Presidential Visit to the Middle East
President Joe Biden must fulfill his promise to put human rights at the centre of his first visit to the Middle East and North Africa since taking office and do…
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Release Salah Hammouri From Unjust Administrative Detention
Responding to the news that the Israeli authorities have extended human rights defender Salah Hammouri’s administrative detention for another three months, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle…
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Scrap Plans for Forced Transfer of Palestinian Bedouin Village Ras Jrabah in the Negev/Naqab
Israeli authorities must scrap plans to demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village and forcibly transfer its residents to a segregated Bedouin-only town, Amnesty International said today. Â On May 22 and 23…
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Increase in Unlawful Killings and Other Crimes Highlights Urgent Need to End Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians
Israeli authorities must end unlawful killings, willful injury, arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment, persecution and collective punishment against Palestinians, including many children, Amnesty International said in a public statement…
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Political leaders and corporate titans put profit and power ahead of people, betraying promises for fair recovery from pandemic
Wealthy states colluded with corporate giants in 2021 to dupe people with empty slogans and false promises of a fair recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, in what amounts to one…
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Israel is Committing Apartheid, Says UN Special Rapporteur
The Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Michael Lynk, has submitted a report to the Human Rights Council, concluding that the situation in the OPT…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: PALESTINIAN LAWYER IN ARBITRARY DETENTION (Israel/OPT: UA 22.22)
French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hammouri has been issued a four-month administrative detention order. He is a field researcher for Palestinian NGO Addameer and has been held without charge or trial since…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – February 2022 Newsletter
Amnesty International released a Feb. 1 report documenting the Israeli government’s ongoing human rights abuses against Palestinians. The core finding of this years-long research is that the Israeli authorities are committing the…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – February 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Update on Ukraine Featured International Updates february 2022 NEWSLETTER UPDATE ON UKRAINE [readmore_expand] As the Russian government continues to amass troops on…
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Congress Must Use Power to Advance Human Rights for All in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
In response to the members of Congress who expressed concern with our recent report on Israeli authorities’ ongoing human rights abuses against Palestinians, including the finding that the Israeli government…
