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Women and children walk down a dirt path between a row of domed tents covered in plastic and canvas that stretches far into the distance under a midday sun. — (Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP via Getty Images)

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Amnesty International Warns of Devastating Consequences as Abrupt U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Human Rights Globally

May 29, 2025

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 24: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (C) speaks during a press conference with fellow BRICS leaders President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L), President of China Xi Jinping (2nd, L), Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (2nd, R), and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R), on the closing day of The BRICS summit at the Sandton Convention Center on August 24, 2023 in the Sandton district of Johannesburg, South Africa. The BRICS group of major emerging economies is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The 15th BRICS Summit, an international relations conference, is being held in South Africa between August 22-24 2023 with the leaders expected to discuss the expansion of the BRICS group and a BRICS currency. It is the first in-person summit of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - since the Covid-19 pandemic. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be attending the meetings in person due to the ICC, International Criminal Court issued warrant for alleged war crimes. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images) — (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

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Centering Human Rights in US Policy Towards the Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) Group

September 30, 2024

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ICJ Hearings Over Israel’s Alleged Breaches of the Genocide Convention a Vital Step to Help Protect Palestinian Civilians

January 10, 2024 | Genocide

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Amnesty USA and Amnesty South Africa Make Human Rights Asks Ahead of White House Visit

September 14, 2022 | Amnesty International AIUSA Human rights

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Governments Must Stop Conniving with Fossil Fuel Industries to Burn Our Rights

June 6, 2021 | 2050

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Governments and Police Must Stop Using COVID-19 Pandemic as Pretext for Abuse

December 16, 2020 | abuses by law enforcement

TOPSHOT – A woman sells masks to residents of the Olievenhoutbosch township in Centurion, while they queue on May 2, 2020 during a food distribution organised by the South African non profit charity Mahlasedi Foundation. – 30 000 households in the township have been provided with 2200 tons of dry food, sanitisers and masks. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Governments in Southern Africa must move beyond politics in distribution of COVID-19 food aid

May 6, 2020 | Aid

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Generation Z Ranks Climate Change Highest as Vital Issue of our Time in Amnesty International Survey

December 9, 2019 | Children

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – SEPTEMBER 05: Protesters gather to hand-over a memorandum of grievances during gender-based violence demonstration outside Parliament, following the rape and murder of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana on September 05, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. While accepting a memorandum of demands from the protesters, Ramaphosa admitted that he will be addressing the issue of violence against women and children and that a state of emergency should be declared. (Photo by Ziyaad Douglas/Gallo Images via Getty Images )

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Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Offenders in South Africa Must Face Justice

September 5, 2019 | death penalty

TOPSHOT – A protestor gestures and holds a placard during a demonstration in front of the South African Embassy in Lusaka on September 4, 2019 to protest against Xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in the Rainbow Nation. (Photo by SALIM DAWOOD / AFP) (Photo credit should read SALIM DAWOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Years of Impunity for Xenophobic Crimes Driving the Latest Attacks in South Africa

September 4, 2019 | asylum seekers

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Oppressive, sexist policies galvanize bold fight for women’s rights in 2018

December 9, 2018 | Africa

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Amnesty and Sofar Sounds partner for Write for Rights concert and letter writing event

November 30, 2018 | write for rights

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Amnesty USA and Amnesty South Africa Make Human Rights Asks Ahead of White House Visit

Governments Must Stop Conniving with Fossil Fuel Industries to Burn Our Rights

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Governments in Southern Africa must move beyond politics in distribution of COVID-19 food aid

Generation Z Ranks Climate Change Highest as Vital Issue of our Time in Amnesty International Survey

Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Offenders in South Africa Must Face Justice

Years of Impunity for Xenophobic Crimes Driving the Latest Attacks in South Africa

Oppressive, sexist policies galvanize bold fight for women’s rights in 2018

Amnesty and Sofar Sounds partner for Write for Rights concert and letter writing event

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