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‘I await divine justice’: Rebels bring woes to Ethiopia’s Amhara

Amhara residents say Tigrayan fighters unleashed a campaign of horror during a five-month occupation of the area.

Al Jazeera

The Leader podcast: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe comes home

We hear from an Amnesty International UK campaigner who worked closely with the families

Evening Standard

Russian 'dumb bombs' killed civilians lining up for food in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Amnesty says

Dozens of Ukrainians lining up for food were killed when a plane dropped bombs on a residential area where there were no obvious military targets, an investigation has found.

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Executive director of Amnesty International in Ireland says solidarity 'hugely important' for Ukrainian people as vigil held in Dublin

Supporters held a vigil in Dublin city centre today

Dublin Live

Lack of Executive must not hinder refugee plans, Stormont ministers are warned

Amnesty International has written to those ministers who remain in place, calling for urgent action to prepare to accept people fleeing the war.

The Independent UK

Ukraine's ambassador to US says Russia used a vacuum bomb, international groups say banned cluster munitions used to strike shelter

Russia is accused of attacking a preschool with widely banned cluster munitions while civilians were sheltering inside, with Amnesty wanting the allegations investigated as a war crime.

ABC News

16 Ukrainian children killed and 45 injured in Russian attacks, says Zelensky

"The Russian troops should immediately stop carrying out indiscriminate attacks in violation of the laws of war."

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Royalists submit letter demanding expulsion of Amnesty

About 200 royalists gathered at Government House on Thursday and filed a complaint with 1.2 million signatures calling for the expulsion of Amnesty International for allegedly acting in defiance of the Thai justice system.

Bangkok Post

Thai royalists submit petition to oust Amnesty International

Thai royalists have stepped up their campaign to drive out the country’s branch of rights group Amnesty International, handing over copies of a petition to government ministries that they say is backed by more than a million signatures

The Independent UK

More Polish opposition figures found to have been targeted by Pegasus spyware

Analysis by Amnesty International linked them to Pegasus Project leak of more than 50,000 phone numbers

The Guardian - UK

Kuwait court overturns law criminalising imitation of opposite sex

Kuwait's Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned an article of the penal code criminalising the imitation of the opposite sex, in a move welcomed by Amnesty International as a "major breakthrough" for transgender rights in the Gulf Arab region.

Reuters

Tigray forces raped and killed civilians in Ethiopia’s civil war, says Amnesty International

Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) accused of killing and raping dozens of people during the conflict

The Independent UK

Amnesty International links expulsion move to broader crackdown on NGOs

The campaign to expel Amnesty International should be seen as a warning to other non-governmental organisations as the government pushes for a law to "regulate" them, the human rights group said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Thai royalists ask that Amnesty International office be shut

Royalist activists in Thailand say they will present a petition with 1.2 million signatures to the government calling for it to shut down the country’s branch of the human rights organization Amnesty International

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The Guardian - US

New Yorkers in high stop-and-frisk areas subject to more facial recognition tech

Amnesty International says technology championed by mayor reinforces discriminatory policing against minority communities

Bangkok Post

Anti-Amnesty International drive picks up

An aide to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he is preparing to submit a petition next week seeking the expulsion from the country of the human rights group Amnesty International, which ultra-royalists accuse of undermining national security.

Reuters

Thai PM's aide seeks to expel rights group Amnesty International

An aide to Thailand's prime minister on Friday said he would next week seek the expulsion of human rights group Amnesty International from the country, after it was accused by ultra royalists of undermining national security.

The Guardian - US

Venezuelans despair at smears, stigmatization and arbitrary arrests

Amnesty International decries ‘systematic policy of repression’ as Maduro clamps down on enemies real and imagined

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The Independent UK

Amnesty International calls for historical abuse apology amid political turmoil

The planned apology to be delivered by Paul Givan and Michelle O’Neill has been thrown into doubt.

The Guardian - AU

‘There is a form of apartheid’: LNP backbencher urges PM to face facts on Israel

Ken O’Dowd wants the government to take Amnesty International’s report on Israel on board after Morrison said ‘no country is perfect’

The Guardian - AU

Amnesty calls on Australia to condemn Israel after Morrison dismisses apartheid claim

PM dismisses 280-page report that finds Israel is perpetrating apartheid against Palestinians, saying ‘no country is perfect’

ABC News

Australia urged not to ignore Amnesty International findings of apartheid in Israel

In a comprehensive report released this week, human rights group Amnesty International said Israel "enforces a system of oppression and domination" against all Palestinians.

ABC News

Israeli policies against Palestinians amount to apartheid, Amnesty International report says

Amnesty International accuses Israel of subjecting Palestinians to a system of apartheid founded on policies of "segregation, dispossession and exclusion". In response, Israel says the report “consolidates and recycles lies" from hate groups.

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Amnesty International Says Israel’s Treatment Of Palestinians Fits Legal Definition Of Apartheid

Amnesty International has found Israel’s systemic oppression of Palestinians fits the international legal definition of apartheid and has called for it to be held accountable. On Tuesday it released a 278-page report detailing the ways Israeli authorities carry out “the crime of apartheid against Palestinians” by enforcing the system of…

The Guardian - AU

Nation records 69 Covid deaths as hospital numbers fall – as it happened

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