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A group of riot police dressed in all black and equipped with shields. One police officer is holding a flame thrower.
(Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP via Getty Images)

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Georgia: Government’s Alleged Use of Toxic Chemicals Against Protestors Calls for International Investigation and Complete Embargo on All Policing Equipment

Amnesty International calls for the creation of an international mechanism of enquiry into the alleged use of toxic chemicals against…

December 5, 2025

Three middle aged men walking through a hallway of a court building, One is Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg.
(Yabloko)

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Russia: Authorities Step Up Criminal Reprisals Against Anti-War Yabloko Party

Russian authorities are steadily dismantling what remains of peaceful political opposition.

December 5, 2025

People hold black and yellow signs and banners that say
(Toru Yamanak/AFP via Getty Images)

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Burkina Faso: Plans to Reinstate Death Penalty Must Be Stopped

Burkina Faso must immediately halt any plans to reinstate the death penalty.

December 5, 2025

US warships at sea.
(Sgt Nathan Mitchell/U.S. Marine Corps)

Press Release

Shipwrecked or Not, All These Bombings are Murder

Despite the obvious illegality of these military operations, the U.S. killing spree continues.

December 5, 2025

A group of protesters wearing green and holding two green protest banners while marching.
(Pætur Evenssen/Amnesty International)

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Faroe Islands: Vote to Amend Outdated Law An Important Step Towards Safe and Legal Abortion

Today’s vote amending the deeply restrictive abortion law is an important step towards ensuring the provision of safe and legal…

December 4, 2025

Donald Trump holds up a signed document in a leather bound folder sitting behind a large wooden desk in the Oval Office. Behind him is Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and two officials from Rwanda and DRC.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

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DRC: Peace Deals Fail to End Human Rights Abuses

The upcoming signing of the peace deal between DRC and Rwanda in Washington takes place as human rights abuses continue.

December 4, 2025

White words
(Aron Ehrlich, Haaretz)

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Global: Intellexa Leaks Investigation Provides Further Evidence of Spyware Threats to Human Rights

This investigation provides one of the clearest and most damning views yet into Intellexa’s internal operations and technology.

December 4, 2025

illustration of detainees in a jail resembling an alligator head
(Tercer Piso)

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New Findings Reveal Human Rights Violations at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz and Krome Detention Centers

These findings confirm a deliberate system built to punish, dehumanize, and hide the suffering of people in detention.

December 4, 2025

US President Donald Trump signs a football (soccer ball) with a black marker while FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on.
(Getty Image)

Press Release

World Cup 2026: FIFA Needs to Act on Human Rights

FIFA, the international soccer governing body, needs to match its lofty rhetoric on rights with concrete action.

December 3, 2025

People who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced after it fell under RSF control, gather for communal cooking in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on April 13, 2025. The land is sparse and dry, with a few trees offering shade.
(AFP via Getty Images)

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Sudan: Rapid Support Forces’ Ruthless Attack on Zamzam Camp Should Be Investigated for War Crimes

The RSF killed civilians, took hostages, pillaged and destroyed mosques, schools, and health clinics during an April attack on Zamzam…

December 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 24: National Guard Members patrol 14th street, working with Washington DC Metro police on August 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. An increased presence of law enforcement has been seen throughout the nation's capital since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered in federal officers and the U.S. National Guard.
(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

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Trump Administration Exploits National Guard Shooting to Push Militarization and Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Exploiting a tragedy to advance anti-immigrant policies and even more militarization in our cities will only cause more harm and…

December 2, 2025

A middle aged man in a dark blue button-down shirt speaking with a microphone
(Resul Rehimov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Azerbaijan: Arrest of Opposition Leader is Further Evidence of Consolidation of Authoritarian Practices

Authorities must release Ali Karimli unless they can demonstrate reasonable evidence of an alleged criminal offense.

December 1, 2025