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Migrants turned away at Belarus-Poland border: 'We see families and people with disabilities'

Several humanitarian organisations have been concerned since March about new cases of violence and migrants being pushed back at the border between Poland and Belarus. Last year, thousands of people from Afghanistan, the Middle East and central Africa tried to reach the European Union by illegally entering Poland. Warsaw accused…

France 24

Boris Johnson’s endorsement of JCB is shameful

Letters: Amnesty International’s report JCB Off Track gives evidence that the company’s equipment has been used in the destruction of Palestinian homes, writes Stuart Penny

The Guardian - UK

Lawyer who took on Chevron finally free

Steven Donziger spent nearly a thousand days in jail or on house arrest. Amnesty says it was corporate retaliation

Salon

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Finally free after almost a decade in immigration detention, Amin is too sick to work and struggles to eat even one meal a day

Amin Afravi lost 24 kilograms during his years in detention and it's left his body so depleted that he struggles to eat and, despite finally being released, he's too weak to work.

ABC News

Amnesty Denounces Arbitrary Detention of Protesters in Libya

Amnesty International has condemned the arbitrary detention of nine peaceful protesters and a journalist by an internal security agency in eastern Libya. “The Internal Security Agency (ISA), a collection of powerful armed groups operating in areas under the control of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), is arbitrarily detaining at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Using citizenship as a weapon’ Myanmar military targets critics

The regime has stripped the citizenship of 33 critics since March in a move that violates international law.

Al Jazeera

Libya's rival officials conclude election talks without deal

The U.N. says rival Libyan officials wrapped up weeklong talks without an agreement on disputed constitutional arrangements for elections

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First activist charged for infringing Poland’s near-total abortion ban to face ‘Kremlin-funded’ group in court

‘What kind of justice system protects a foetus and an abuser over a woman and her life?’ says activist

The Independent UK

Egypt cuts TikTok influencer sentence to three years

Court reduces TikTok influencer Haneen Hossam’s 10-year ‘human trafficking’ sentence to three years.

Al Jazeera

Spyware use on separatists in Spain "extensive," group says

A cybersecurity rights group says the phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia, including the regional chief and other elected officials, were hacked with controversial spyware available only to governments

The Independent UK

'We are on our way to death': In Saudi Arabia, four Uighurs risk extradition to China

Several NGOs have accused Saudi Arabia of having arbitrarily arrested four Uighurs and of trying to extradite them to China, where their fate is extremely uncertain. The detainees include two men who had travelled to the country to make a pilgrimage to Mecca in November 2020, as well as a…

France 24

The Leader podcast: Rwanda migration plans “Human rights calamity”

The UK government’s plans to send refugees to Rwanda have been described as a ‘human rights calamity’ by Amnesty International.

Evening Standard

Rwanda's human rights record from genocide to torture - as UK plan to send asylum seekers

The UK government is set to unveil its controversial plans to tackle channel crossings by 'offshoring' migrants to Rwanda. Labour called the plans 'unworkable and unethical'

Daily Mirror

Floods kill more than 300 people in South Africa as search for missing continues

At least 306 people have been killed in flooding around Durban in South Africa. On a visit to the stricken city, President Cyril Ramaphosa described the devastation as a "catastrophe of enormous proportions". Also, Amnesty International accuses Mali of stalling war crimes and abuse investigations. And after the French city…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Amnesty Accuses Iran of 'Deliberate' Denial of Healthcare to Prisoners

Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Iran of deliberately denying life-saving medical care to prisoners, saying it had confirmed 96 cases since 2010 of detainees dying after a lack of treatment, AFP reported. The report by Amnesty comes after several high profile cases this year alone of prisoners who…

Daily Mirror

Bodies of 132 civilians are found with bullet wounds in new Ukrainian war crime site

The mayor of Makariv in Kyiv Oblast said the bodies were found with bullet wounds as reports say about 40% of the town has been destroyed

Axios

Russia expels international human rights groups

It’s the latest step Russia has taken to undermine international watchdog organizations amid its invasion of Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

Russia kicks out Amnesty International

MOSCOW: Russia says it is shutting down the local offices of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch that have been working in the country for the past 30 years.

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Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: UK’s Johnson meets Zelenskyy

Ukrainian and British leaders discuss a new package of financial and military aid, the UK government says.

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia war updates: White House says train station attack was 'another horrific atrocity' by Russia

A spokesperson for US President Joe Biden stops short of calling the deaths of dozens of people a war crime, but says the US will support "efforts to investigate exactly what happened".

Reuters

Russia revokes registration of Amnesty and Human Rights Watch

Russia's justice ministry said on Friday it had revoked the registration of 15 foreign organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Daily Mirror

Proof of Russian war crimes exposed in damning report - including mum raped as son hid

Amnesty International has obtained evidence that civilians were killed in indiscriminate attacks in Kharkiv and Sumy Oblast, and documented an airstrike that killed civilians queueing for food in Chernihiv

Evening Standard

Qatar World Cup: Security workers subject to ‘forced labour’ reveals damning report from Amnesty International

Amnesty International have criticised Fifa for “failing to put in place adequate processes” to prevent the abuse

The Independent UK

FIFA urged to do more to end abusive practices in Qatari private security sector

Interviewees reported being made to work 84-hour weeks in the notoriously perilous sector.

The Independent UK

Qatar World Cup organizers admit workers were exploited

Qatar World Cup organizers have admitted that workers were exploited while contracted for FIFA preparation tournaments

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