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Press Release

Lebanon: New Media Law Makes Progress But Leaves Serious Free Expression Gaps

Lebanon has passed a new media law that introduces important human rights-based reforms, but falls short of bringing all the changes needed.

September 9, 2026

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Lebanon: Abolition of Death Penalty a Landmark Victory Affirming Justice Must Be Rooted in Human Rights

Lebanon’s decision to abolish the death penalty marks a major milestone and a victory for human rights in the country.

August 11, 2026

A person with a camera slung over their shoulder holds a framed photograph of Amal Khalil holding a micrphone and wearing a press vest in front of the Lebanese flag.
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Press Release

Lebanon: Deadly Israeli Attack on Journalist Amal Khalil Must Be Investigated as a War Crime

An Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and wounded camerawoman Zeinab Faraj should be investigated as a war…

August 6, 2026

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Lebanon: Israeli Attacks Killing Children, Wiping Out Families Must Be Investigated as War Crimes

In each of these air strikes, Amnesty International has reasonable basis to conclude that Israeli forces violated international humanitarian law.

July 8, 2026

Green military trucks drive through a landscape of rubble.
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Press Release

Lebanon-Israel Framework Agreement Betrays Victims of War Crimes in Lebanon

The Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed in Washington on June 26, 2026, threatens to betray war crimes victims in Lebanon.

July 3, 2026

Smoke rises from the Harmony Tower, right after being bombed by Israeli forces in western Gaza City, Gaza on September 10, 2025.
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Blog

Congress Must Oppose U.S.-Israel Military Integration and Co-Production

Amnesty International has continued to call on the U.S. government to suspend the transfer of weapons and other military and…

June 22, 2026

Map showing a large chunk of southern Lebanon in red, where Israel has issued evacuation orders.
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Press Release

Lebanon: Israel Radically Expands Use of Unlawful Mass ‘Evacuation’ Orders and Commits War Crime of Unlawful Transfer

Israel's military has radically expanded unlawful “everybody-leave” orders, displacing hundreds of thousands of people across Lebanon.

June 16, 2026

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Family, Football and the World Cup Should Make Space for Everyone

Read the reflections of Y., a Lebanese trans man and community organized based in Beirut, who believes that the World…

May 15, 2026

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Blog

"I Said a Prayer for the House’s Protection; I Asked It to Stay, to Wait for Our Return": Notes From a Trip to Southern Lebanon

Bissan Fakih, MENA Campaigner at Amnesty International, describes her first trip to her family home in southern Lebanon amidst the…

May 14, 2026

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Press Release

Senators Urged to Vote Yes on Joint Resolutions of Disapproval and End Arms Transfers to Israel

Senators must prevent U.S. arms and equipment from being used by Israel to commit war crimes, genocide, and other violations…

April 14, 2026

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Press Release

Lebanon: Urgent Call to Protect Civilians as Death Toll Mounts Following Brutal Escalation in Israeli Attacks

Civilians in Lebanon are paying an unbearable price with children, health workers and journalists amongst those killed.

April 8, 2026

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Lebanon: Civil Complaint in France a Rare Opportunity to Hold Israel to Account Over Deadly Strike on a Civilian Building

Given Israel’s escalating attacks and longstanding impunity, states should urgently investigate serious violations of international humanitarian law.

April 2, 2026