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Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid

Group says it has identified the Galix defence system on armoured vehicles imported from the UAE and calls for government to investigate

The number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest level since 2015, with a sharp rise in Iran and across the Middle East, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday.

China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the United States were the five countries with the highest number of executions

Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’

The authorities in five BJP-governed states repeatedly used JCB equipment for “unlawful, punitive demolition” of Muslim properties in at least 33 instances, as per an Amnesty International investigation of 63 of 128 documented demolitions in Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

The deadly attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians and the devastating Israeli airstrikes and blockade of Gaza have raised accusations among international legal experts that both sides were violating international law

Violations documented in Sudan – such as rape and attacks targeting civilians – amount to war crimes, Amnesty says.

Rights groups have denounced a lack of justice and transparency over the deaths of 37 migrants on June 24, 2022, as they attempted to cross the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla

Some 20 countries executed 883 people in 2022, a more than fifty percent increase from the year before, according to rights group Amnesty International. And the number does not include the thousands of people believed to have been executed in China, for which it is impossible to get transparent figures.

In annual report, rights group says ‘killing spree’ was led by countries in the Middle East and North Africa.