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(Erickson POLANCO / AFP)

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Dominican Republic: The Facts Debunk the Myth - Migrants Do Not Overburden the Health System

Dominican hospitals should be places of care and protection, not spaces of fear and surveillance.

November 18, 2025

A collage of images of Mthandeni Dube and Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza, both wearing suits and ties, with

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Eswatini: Authorities Must Unconditionally Release Mthandeni Dube and Bacede Mabuza

Eswatini authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Bacede Mabuza and quash his and Mthandeni Dube’s unfair convictions.

November 18, 2025

A drawing showing workers in extreme heat, sweating and wiping their faces, while working outdoors under the hot sun building a rail line.
(Amnesty International)

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Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers Behind Riyadh Metro Project Subjected to Decade of Devastating Abuse

Migrant workers who built Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Metro were forced to pay exorbitant recruitment fees, toiled in dangerous heat, and earned pitiful…

November 17, 2025

Sheikh Hasina, smiling under a beige shawl, wearing black framed glasses, red lipstick, gold studded earings, and a pearl necklace.
(Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images_

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Bangladesh: Justice for Victims of 2024 Massacre Not Served by Death Sentence Against Sheikh Hasina

The trial and death sentence of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was neither…

November 17, 2025

Street art
(Amnesty International)

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Colombia: The Military Criminal Justice System Should Not Act in Cases of Human Rights Violations

The use of military criminal justice in possible human rights violations is not a technical error: it is a structural…

November 17, 2025

Dozens of news broadcast microphones aimed at a faceless speaker wearing a gray coat.
(Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)

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Moldova: Fragile Media Challenged by Vague Laws, Undue Sanctions and Harassment

Moldova’s authorities must protect media freedom and develop media regulations in consultation with media and civil society.

November 16, 2025

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Amnesty International USA Welcomes Introduction of Gaza Genocide Resolution

The Congressional resolution recognizes Israel’s actions against Palestinians in Gaza as genocide.

November 14, 2025

US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
(MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Must Address Human Rights Concerns During White House Visit

This meeting comes as the human rights conditions in both Saudi Arabia and the United States continue to worsen.

November 14, 2025

Exterior photograph of a glass building (Slovenian national assembly building).
(Rex Wholster/Getty Images)

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Slovenia: MPs Must Reject Draconian ‘Security’ Bill Which Puts Rights at Risk and Targets Roma Community

Under the guise of providing security, these unjustified and disproportionate measures would significantly expand police and judicial powers.

November 14, 2025

police in masks in New York during Black Lives Matter Protest
(JOHANNES EISELE)

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USA: Amnesty International, S.T.O.P. Lawsuit Reveals NYPD Surveillance Abuses

Facial recognition technologies were used by the NYPD, subjecting New Yorkers to invasive, flawed, and deeply discriminatory surveillance technologies.

November 13, 2025

A white man with brown hair, grey turtleneck and black jacket - looking seriously at the camera.
(Nazanin Foroghi)

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Greece: Authorities Must 'Drop Baseless Charges' Against Rescue Volunteer Seán Binder

Humanitarian workers like Seán Binder should never be prosecuted for showing compassion to people in dire need.

November 12, 2025

Close up of oil tanks in Shell's Kora Kora Oil Field in Nigeria
(Tim Lambon / Greenpeace)

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Global: Fossil Fuel Infrastructure is Putting Rights of 2 Billion People and Critical Ecosystems at Risk

The ever-expanding fossil fuel industry is endangering billions of lives and irreversibly altering the climate system. The age of fossil…

November 12, 2025