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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the White House.
(Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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President Trump and Congress Must Address Escalating Repression in Central Asia

The C5+1 Summit offers a chance – and test – for the United States to demonstrate that it can play…

November 5, 2025

A graphic of two work permit cards in France
(Amnesty International)

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France: Dysfunctional and Discriminatory Residence Permit System Violates Racialized Migrant Workers’ Rights

Thousands of migrant workers – primarily racialized individuals – are living under the threat of having their residence permits refused or not renewed.

November 5, 2025

A sign that says
(Thomas Morfin/AFP via Getty Images)

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COP30: People, Not Profits and Power, Must Be at the Heart of Negotiations at UN Climate Summit

Humanity can win if states commit at COP30 to a full, fast, fair and funded fossil-fuel phase-out and just transition…

November 5, 2025

Dozens of makeshift tents of cloth, plastic, and wood crowded against each other in a sandy, sparse expanse under an empty sky.
(AFP via Getty Images)

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Sudan: Civilians Must Be Protected Amid Escalating RSF Attacks in Kordofan Region

The world cannot continue to turn its back on civilians in Sudan.

November 5, 2025

people lighting candles in street
(Cris Faga/NurPhoto)

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Brazil: Police Massacre in Rio de Janeiro Is Evidence Yet Again of Systemic and Racist Violence

Amnesty International urges a prompt, independent, impartial and internationally supervised investigation into the deadliest police operation in the state's history.

November 4, 2025

A woman with long braids holds her baby, wearing a furry hooded coat with ears, looking at a flooded settlement, with water at least halfway up the sides of metal and plastic shacks. The sky is gray. The water is still.
(Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

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South Africa: Government Failing Millions Trapped in Informal Settlements and Impacted by the Climate Crisis 

South Africa's government is putting the well-being of millions at risk by failing to provide them with access to quality…

November 4, 2025

Armed police with green uniforms, magazine pouches, helmets, and AK-47 rifles walk past a ripped campaign poster of Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
(Reuters)

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Tanzania: Unlawful Killings and Other Human Rights Violations Continue Amid Internet and Electricity Blackouts

Tanzanian security forces have used lethal force to suppress and disperse post-election protests.

November 4, 2025

A group of people at a protest in Riga. One protester is holding a sign that reads 'State Violence Starts When the State Withdraws Protection
(Private archive)

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Latvia: President Must Reverse Parliament’s Appalling and Dangerous Decision to Leave Istanbul Convention

This decision would be a devastating blow to the protection and rights of the country’s women and girls and all…

October 31, 2025

people holding Amnesty international signs with
(Marie-Anne Ventoura/ Amnesty International)

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President Trump’s Racist Refugee Cap Abandons Refugees Around the World

Setting this cap at such an absurdly low number and prioritizing white Afrikaners is a racist move that will turn…

October 30, 2025

Ahmed Souab, with gray hair, loose strands poking above his forehead, wearing wireless glasses and what appears to be a dark jean jacket over a dark sweater looks off to his left, with light falling on the right side of his face.
(private)

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Tunisia: Authorities Must Immediately Release Detained Lawyer Ahmed Souab

Ahmed Souab is facing unfounded charges that carry heavy prison sentences.

October 30, 2025

A group of people holding a protest banner in front of the Eiffel Tower.
(Olivier Papagnies/Global Summit of Human Rights Defenders)

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Europe: Human Rights Defenders Excluded by Discriminatory Schengen Visa System

Ensuring that HRDs have access to short-stay Schengen visas is indispensable to realize their right to defend rights without discrimination.

October 30, 2025

A woman smiling at the camera, surrounded by a group of people cheering at a protest in France. Everyone is wearing purple and yellow clothing.
(Benjamin Girette /Hans Lucas)

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France: ‘Historic Victory’ as French Law Adopts Consent-Based Definition of Rape

It is a long-awaited victory for victims of rape and the culmination of years of tireless campaigning by activists, feminist…

October 30, 2025