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Syria: Authorities Must Investigate Abductions of Alawite Women and Girls 

The Syrian government must promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate cases of abducted and kidnapped Alawite women and girls.

July 28, 2025

A masked person in an all black uniform stands guard on a city street wielding an AK rifle. A man in a hooded jacket walks nearby. There are parked cars and leafless trees. It is cloudy. — (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images)

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Eswatini: Amnesty International Designates Arbitrarily Detained MPs as Prisoners of Conscience

Their continued arbitrary detention shows Eswatini’s deepening climate of repression and misuse of the justice system to punish those who dare criticize the government.

July 25, 2025

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Global: International Court of Justice’s Landmark Opinion Bolsters Fight for Climate Justice and Accountability

The ICJ made clear that full enjoyment of human rights cannot be ensured without protection of the climate system and other parts of the environment.

July 23, 2025

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Türkiye: The Struggle for Truth, Accountability and Justice Loses One of its Most Prominent Advocates – Emine Ocak

Emine Ocak, whose son was tortured to death in custody, unwavering lydemanded Turkish authorities investigate the forcible disappearances of hundreds of people.

July 23, 2025

The photo shows Emine Ocak, mother of Hasan Ocak, who was disappeared in 1995 at age 23. The longstanding peaceful vigil known as the ‘Saturday Mothers’ vigil first started as a response to the hundreds of reported cases of enforced disappearances during the 1980s and 1990s by relatives of people who were forcibly disappeared and to protest against the prevalent impunity for grave human rights violations of the day. The exact circumstances of the disappearances in the vast majority of cases are still unknown, including the fate and whereabouts of hundreds of victims, and those responsible have not been brought to justice. Saturday Mothers have held 699 peaceful gatherings since May 1995. During this time, many participants have faced intimidation, harassment, excessive use of force, arbitrary detention and unjust prosecution. In 1999, as a result, the organizers decided to stop holding the weekly vigils, which resumed in 2009 to continue with their demand of truth, justice and reparations for all cases of enforced disappearances. On 25 August, police in Istanbul used unnecessary and excessive force, including tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons, to disperse participants of a weekly vigil- known as the ‘Saturday Mothers vigil’- held for victims of enforced disappearance. The longstanding protest was marking its 700th week since it was first held in 1995. Scores of participants, including elderly relatives of people who were forcibly disappeared, were ill-treated and 47 people were detained before being released from police custody later that day. — (Emre Orman)

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As Mass Starvation Spreads Across Gaza, Our Colleagues and Those We Serve Are Wasting Away

Amnesty International joins 100 groups demanding immediate, decisive action to ensure humanitarian access and save lives in Gaza.

July 23, 2025

Crowds form as Palestinians, including children, line up in Gaza City to receive food distributed by a charity amid ongoing Israeli blockade and attacks on Gaza — (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Iran: Deliberate Israeli Attack on Tehran’s Evin Prison Must Be Investigated as a War Crime

The Israeli military’s deliberate air strikes on Evin prison constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law and must be investigated as war crimes.

July 22, 2025

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Amnesty International Statement on U.S.-Venezuela Prisoner Swap

None of these people should have been detained, yet they became entangled in President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda and were used as pawns to stoke fear in immigrant communities.

July 19, 2025

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Cambodia: Scamming Crisis Survivors Must Be Protected Amid Police Crackdown

A coordinated government response to Cambodia’s scamming crisis is long overdue. It is vital that authorities respect the human rights of individuals found in these locations.

July 18, 2025

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Angola: Authorities Must Respect and Ensure the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly

Police must refrain from violating the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, including through the use of unnecessary and excessive force against protestors.

July 17, 2025

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Russia: Proposed Amendments to Counter-Extremism Laws Escalate Assault on Dissent

The Russian authorities are disguising their relentless persecution of dissent as countering ‘extremism.'

July 16, 2025

A bus and a group of people seen across a street from between two tall leather boots. — (AFP/Getty)