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Press Release
Global: FIFA Must Protect Human Rights by Securing Binding Safeguards from 2030 and 2034 World Cup Bidders – New Report
FIFA must rigorously and transparently ensure that bids to host the 2030 and 2034 men’s World Cup tournaments fully safeguard…
June 5, 2024
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FIFA Sponsorship Deal with Saudi Aramco Covering World Cups Raises Human Rights Concerns
World football could be dogged by human rights violations unless action is taken to address Saudi Arabia's atrocious human rights…
April 26, 2024
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Saudi Arabia: Repressive Draft Penal Code Shatters Illusions of Progress and Reform
Amnesty International's analysis of the leaked draft code reveals it is essentially a manifesto for repression that would entrench human…
March 19, 2024
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Report
Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia’s Forthcoming Penal Code Must Uphold Human Rights in Line with International Law and Standards
Amnesty International analyzed a leaked version of the draft penal code, and it does not protect human rights, but rather…
March 19, 2024
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Press Release
Amnesty Calls for VC Firms to Conduct Human Rights Due Diligence on Investments from Saudi Public Investment Fund
Amnesty International reiterated its call for leading venture capital firms to respect human rights and conduct human rights due diligence…
April 27, 2023
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Press Release
53 Groups Urge Passage of Senate 502B Resolution on Saudi Arabia
Civil society reporting and successive State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices mandated under Section 502B have recorded widespread…
April 4, 2023
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Report
Death Penalty 2021: State-Sanctioned Killings Rise as Executions Spike in Iran and Saudi Arabia
2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to…
May 23, 2022
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Press Release
Uyghur Child Among Four ‘Booked for Deportation’ from Saudi Arabia to China Tonight
Amnesty International has received credible information that Buheliqiemu Abula and her teenage daughter, 13, were made to take tests for…
April 13, 2022
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Press Release
Uyghur Girl, 13, Among Four ‘Facing Deportation’ and Torture in China
Saudi authorities must immediately release four Uyghurs – including a 13-year-old girl and her mother – who are at grave…
April 4, 2022
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Press Release
Google must halt plans to establish Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia
Amnesty International has today joined with 38 other human rights groups and individuals to call on Google to halt plans to establish…
May 25, 2021
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Press Release
As Biden Ends Support to Conflict in Yemen, Arms Flows Must Also be Stopped
Responding an announcement today from the Biden administration that the United States will cease support to the Saudi/UAE-led coalition engaged…
February 4, 2021
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Press Release
Abuse of Protesters and Prisoners Highlights Urgent Need to Regulate Torture Tools
The world must act urgently to prohibit the global trade in equipment designed to inflict excruciating pain and injury, Amnesty…
December 10, 2020