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Israeli court sets hearing seeking to lift travel ban on Amnesty campaigner

Laith Abu Zeyad, Amnesty International’s campaigner on Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), a Palestinian living in the occupied West…

May 15, 2020

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Anniversary marks two-year detention of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International is calling on King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to release several notable women’s rights defenders, two…

May 14, 2020

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Protesters holding placards listen to speakers in Parliament Square during a demonstration, organised by Amnesty International, to show support for refugees on September 17, 2016 in London, England. Thousands of demonstrators, joined by refugees, actors and musicians took part in a march today calling on the British government to resettle more refugees in the United Kingdom and to protest the government's handling of the refugee crisis. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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Ignored by COVID-19 responses, refugees face starvation worldwide

Lockdowns and movement restrictions have exacerbated dire living conditions, leaving millions of people at risk of starvation and illness.

May 14, 2020

Pride celebration by students at the Middle East Technical University (METU) campus, in Ankara, Turkey, May 2018.

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GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE STEPS IN TURKEY TO COMBAT RISING HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA

Ahead of the May 17 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) Amnesty International calls on the government of…

May 13, 2020

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The Trump administration’s asylum ban was never about public health

The Trump administration must end this racist and hateful policy, which has already sent thousands of people into danger and…

May 13, 2020

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Supreme Court’s decision in Kyrgyzstan leaves Azimjan Askarov languishing in prison

The conviction of Azimjan Askarov, an ethnic Uzbek wrongly imprisoned for his work documenting tragic ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan…

May 13, 2020

IDLIB, SYRIA - APRIL 02: A Syrian kid is seen amid the ruin of a school after displaced by bombardments of Assad Regime and its supporter Russia in Idlib, Syria on April 02, 2020. Sixteen Syrian families take shelter in two school ruins in the north eastern district of the city. (Photo by Muhammed Said/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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UN must not cut vital aid lifeline to north-west Syria amid Russian and Syrian war crimes

A new Amnesty International report, 'Nowhere is safe for us': Unlawful attacks and mass displacement in north-west Syria, details 18…

May 10, 2020

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A woman wearing a face mask is pictured at al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, as Palestinians mark the 72nd anniversary of the Nakba on May 14, 2020. - Palestinians are marking the 1948 Nakba, or "catastrophe", which left hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war accompanying the birth of Israel. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

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Palestine must end arbitrary detention of critics in West Bank and Gaza

The Fatah-led Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Hamas de facto administration in the Gaza Strip must halt violations of…

May 8, 2020

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First COVID-19 death in immigration detention a result of continued dehumanization of people by ICE

Reacting to reports that a person has died after contracting COVID-19 while in ICE custody, Denise Bell, researcher for refugee…

May 6, 2020

Man walks on destroyed street in Raqqa, Syria

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Defense Department undercounts civilian casualties in new reporting

Responding to the Pentagon’s report on U.S. civilian casualties to Congress, Daphne Eviatar, the director of the Security with Human…

May 6, 2020

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

Millions of people face the threat of starvation and are already in a precarious situation as they have now lost…

May 6, 2020

Jess Kemp holds a smartphone showing webpage where customers can directly order plants from at Sandiacre Nursery near Guildford on May 4, 2020. - The nursery is a third generation family-owned business. Started in 1945 after the second World War it now sells bedding plants to garden centres around the southeast of England. Nursery owner Royden Kemp said, that the lockdown couldn't have come at a worse time. "I have incurred all the expense of the crop but stand to lose all of the income if the shutdown continues through May" he said. To raise the cash for wages, Kemp has set up an online ordering service supplying local gardeners rather than their core business selling wholesale directly to garden centres. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Privacy Must Not Be 'Another Casualty' of the Virus in the UK

UK Government plans to introduce a COVID-19 tracing app with a potentially centralized contract tracing system are deeply concerning and…

May 4, 2020