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Morocco: Halt Use of Excessive Force Following Crackdown on Youth Protests

Moroccan authorities must investigate the violent crackdown on youth protests.

October 3, 2025

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Israel/ OPT: Catastrophic Wave of Mass Displacement Under Inhumane Conditions as Israel Obliterates Gaza City

As Israel steps up its cataclysmic onslaught, it appears hell-bent on obliterating Gaza City, deliberately driving out its entire population.

October 3, 2025

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Israel’s Unlawful Interception of Global Sumud Flotilla Illustrates Its Determination to Continue Deliberately Starving Palestinians in Gaza

The crew of the intercepted vessels attempting to break Israel's illegal blockade must be immediately and unconditionally released.

October 2, 2025

Abdul Majid Sabra, a middle aged man with short graying hair and a moustache, poses for a picture wearing a dark suit and red tie, seated at a desk in front of a dark bookshelf with many thick bound volumes.
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Yemen: Huthis Must Immediately Release Prominent Human Rights Lawyer and Cease Relentless Crackdown on Civic Space

Huthi de facto authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer Abdul Majid Sabra.

October 2, 2025

A group of people holding a protest banner that says 'Climate Crisis. Human Rights Crisis.'
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EU: New Research Suggests Majority of Europeans Favor Human Rights and Environmental Protection in Face of EU Rollback

Europeans are sending Brussels a powerful message of support for urgent climate action and the protection of human rights.

October 2, 2025

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Pakistan: Authorities Must Protect the Right to Peaceful Protest and Lift Communications Blackout Amid Jammu & Kashmir Protests

At least nine people have been reportedly killed amid a communications blackout in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

October 2, 2025

Tear gas clouds fill the air above as people run away on a crowded street strewn with bricks and burning wood.
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Madagascar: Authorities Must Launch Investigations into Deadly Force Used Against Gen Z Protesters

At least 22 people are reported killed and more than 100 injured, including children, in ongoing Gen Z protests in…

October 2, 2025

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El Salvador: Criminal System Used as a Weapon to Punish Human Rights Defenders

Instead of impartially delivering justice, the criminal justice system in El Salvador has become a weapon to punish dissent and…

October 2, 2025

A stone and metal monument to the victims of Germany's genocide in Namibia stands on a a grassy hillside in front of a low building with palm trees around it. The monument has a stone frame, with an image made of metal inside of it depicting armed German soldiers standing around a tree with indigenous Africans hanging from the branches. On top of the stone frame is a metal sculpture of two figures with their fists raised in the air, with the words,

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Namibia: Germany Must Deliver Reparatory Justice for its Brutal Colonial Past

Germany must fully acknowledge its legal responsibility for the genocide it committed in Namibia and provide reparations.

October 2, 2025

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Iraq: Six Years Since Tishreen Protests, Activists Persecuted and Freedom of Expression in Peril

Entrenched impunity for abuses during the Tishreen protests has been compounded by an escalating crackdown on civic space.

October 1, 2025

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China: Courts Used as Tools of Systematic Repression Against Human Rights Defenders

Chinese courts are systematically weaponizing vague national security and public order laws to silence human rights defenders.

October 1, 2025

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Global: Amnesty International Calls on FIFA and UEFA to Suspend Israeli Football Association

It is nothing short of a disgrace that the IFA is still allowing clubs from these settlements to keep playing…

October 1, 2025