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Israel/OPT: Israeli Organizations Conclude Israel Committing Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza in Another Milestone for Accountability Efforts

Leading Israeli human rights organizations B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

July 28, 2025

A protest in Tunisia. People hold large signs showing faces on a multicolored banner, under a row of small red and white Tunisian flags.
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Tunisia: Mass Convictions in ‘Conspiracy Case 2’ Deepen Rule of Law Crisis

The mass conviction of opposition figures in Tunisia’s “Conspiracy Case 2” is a new example of authorities’ ongoing restrictions on civic…

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.
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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

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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…

July 25, 2025

Beds are seen inside a migrant detention center, dubbed
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Cruelty is the Point of Alligator Alcatraz-and Why It Must Be Closed

Alligator Alcatraz could become a model for more sites like it under Trump’s $150 billion mass deportation expansion recently signed…

July 24, 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…

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.
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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…

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
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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
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Gaza Fieldworker: We Are Torn Apart Watching Our Children Suffer From Hunger

In this moving account, an Amnesty International fieldworker in Gaza bravely shares how his hopes of a ceasefire have been…

July 22, 2025

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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…

July 22, 2025

President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law
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President Trump’s Big, Brutal Budget Bill Passed. Now What?

President Trump’s cruel Big, Beautiful bill passed, and over $150 billion of taxpayer dollars will now supercharge mass deportations and…

July 21, 2025

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29 Human Rights Wins to be Proud of

Read some of the human rights wins from January to June 2025 that we at Amnesty International can be proud…

July 21, 2025