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people protesting outside a government building in El Salvador
( FRANCISCO ALEMAN)

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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

A protest in Iraq
(Karar Essa/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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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

A tall, gray office building with an official Chinese government emblem consisting of a red circle with gold stars. The building has a long staircase leading up to arched entranceways. A Chinese flag hangs from a flagpole in front of the building. A security guard stands under an umbrella and a man in a white shirt speaks on a cellphone.
(Getty Images)

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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

illegal settlements in Occupied Palestinian Terriroty being built with scaffolding
(SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty)

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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

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Israel/OPT: Any Peace Proposal Must Be Grounded in Respect for Human Rights and an End to Israel’s Unlawful Occupation, Apartheid and the Genocide in Gaza

Amnesty International's reaction to the Trump administration proposed plan to end the conflict in Gaza.

September 30, 2025

A landscape image of a city in Afghanistan.
(Getty Images)

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Afghanistan: Taliban de Facto Authorities Must Immediately Restore Internet Access

A total shutdown of this nature is inherently disproportionate and would fly in the face of international human rights standards.

September 30, 2025

People walk past faces of hostages projected on the walls of the Old City neat the Jaffa Gate on November 06, 2023 in Jerusalem.
(Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

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Israel/OPT: No More Bargaining Chips: Immediate Ceasefire and Release of Hostages Urgently Needed

Amnesty International calls on Palestinian armed groups to immediately and unconditionally release all civilians held hostage in Gaza.

September 29, 2025

A woman carries a baby under an umbrella to shield from the bright sun as she walks up a dirt path on a steep hillside. Behind her are seemingly endless shacks and huts with plastic sheet walls and metal roofs, built onto hillsides and in small valleys, stretching to the horizon.
(Maung Sawyeddollah)

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Myanmar: Rohingya Repatriation ‘Catastrophic’ under Existing Conditions in Northern Rakhine State

Repatriating Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar’s Rakhine State would be catastrophic amid human rights violations and armed conflict.

September 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 26: The White House is seen on a hot, summer day on August 26, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
(Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

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Amnesty International USA Reaction to White House Executive Memo to Silence Dissent

President Trump’s executive action is a blatant attempt to weaponize agencies of the U.S. government to silence peaceful voices and…

September 26, 2025

Police officers gather to remove activists during an anti death penalty protest in front of the US Supreme Court January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
(BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Amnesty International Condemns Trump’s Renewed Push for Federal Executions

113 countries have abolished the death penalty. It is long past time for the United States to follow suit and…

September 26, 2025

Woman standing looking away, with arms forming shape of heart.
(Amnesty International)

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The Trump Administration’s Call to ‘Reframe’ the Global Asylum System Would Harm People Seeking Safety

Q&A on how the Trump administration’s call to reframe the global asylum system would harm people seeking safety.

September 26, 2025