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Argentina: Two Years After Brutal Repression in Jujuy, Amnesty International Report Exposes Impunity

There have been almost no concrete steps toward accountability for the repression and criminalization that characterized the state response to…

May 30, 2025

A soldier carrying an AK rifle and wearing a camoflauge uniform and a blue beret stands guard outside an airport facility, with two white UN Toyota SUVs behind him. The sky is dark blue and there are some trees behind the cars.
(Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

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Yemen: A Year On, Huthis Should Free UN, Civil Society Staff

Huthi de facto authorities should immediately and unconditionally release dozens of arbitrarily detained UN, Yemeni and international civil society staff.

May 30, 2025

On the left, Aleksandr Aleksandrov, wearing a black hoodie and a goatie, smiles looking at the camera in front of a black background. On the right, Zhoomart Duulatov, wearing a black tshirt, looks off in the distance across a cityscape with an ear-pod inserted in one ear.
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Kyrgyzstan: Detention of Kloop Media Staff Intensifies Crackdown on Independent Journalism

The detention of Kloop journalists is a stark example of how Kyrgyzstan’s security apparatus crush dissent and dismantle independent journalism.

May 29, 2025

A man shovels dirt to dig a grave in dry red soil while other men watch, standing solemnly at the edge of the pit with arms crossed or hands at their hips. The shadows are harsh but small, indicating the digging takes place in the early afternoon heat.
(Lawrance Zongo)

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Nigeria: Mounting Death Toll and Looming Humanitarian Crisis Amid Unchecked Attacks by Armed Groups

The Nigerian authorities’ failure to protect lives and property from daily attacks by armed groups and bandits has cost thousands…

May 29, 2025

Women and children walk down a dirt path between a row of domed tents covered in plastic and canvas that stretches far into the distance under a midday sun.
(Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP via Getty Images)

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Amnesty International Warns of Devastating Consequences as Abrupt U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Human Rights Globally

The Trump administration’s abrupt, chaotic and sweeping suspension of U.S. foreign aid is placing millions of lives and human rights…

May 29, 2025

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Palestine: Hamas Security Services Must Stop Targeting Protesters In Reprisal And Respect Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Gaza

Authorities in the occupied Gaza Strip must respect the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.

May 28, 2025

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El Salvador Deepens Siege on Civil Society

This law aims to institutionalize the persecution of organizations and becomes another tool to try to silence, weaken, and dismantle…

May 28, 2025

Agather Atuhaire, wearing a smile and a colorful printed shirt, poses for a portrait against a black background. Boniface Mwangi, also smiling, poses in a blue jacket and black shirt against a white background.
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Tanzania: Torture and Forcible Deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan Activists Must be Urgently Investigated

Tanzanian authorities must investigate the arbitrary arrest, torture, detention, and deportation of human rights defenders Agather Atuhaire and Boniface Mwangi.

May 27, 2025

Three health care workers, a young man with a beard wearing a checkered button-down shirt, a young woman in a black and red graduation gown smiling and holding her graduation cap, and a young man smiling in a white lab coat and a tie with a stethoscope around his neck.
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Ethiopia: Authorities Must Engage in Negotiations with Striking Healthcare Professionals, Unconditionally Release Detained Medics

Ethiopian authorities have arrested 212 healthcare workers since the strike began on May 12, 2025.

May 23, 2025

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Amnesty International Condemns Tennessee’s Execution of Oscar Smith

We oppose the death penalty in all cases, without exception. It is a violation of the right to life and…

May 22, 2025

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Congress Must Stop Funding President Trump’s Cruel Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Pouring billions of taxpayer dollars into mass detention, deportation and militarizing the border will only deepen the cruelty.

May 22, 2025

Soldiers in campflauge uniforms stand in and around a machine-gun mounted pick-up truck, also painted camoflauge, in a dry landscape with scrubby trees under a hazy blue sky. In the distance, a group of men dig pits in the sand.
(Michèle Cattani/AFP via Getty Images)

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Mali: Urgently Investigate Executions of Civilians in Diafarabé

The Malian judicial authorities must call for an independent, impartial and diligent investigation.

May 22, 2025