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Peace group Ayr Amnesty urge residents to support Ukraine this weekend

The organisation will have a stall today from 10am until 12.30pm outside Café Monza on Ayr High Street to support Ukrainian shop owner Olga Stewart (Milchenko).

Daily Record

Amnesty tell Premier League they have ‘clear moral responsibility’ to change owners’ test

Richard Masters, the Premier League’s chief executive, denied suggestions that the sanctions facing Roman Abramovich made a ‘mockery’ of the test

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.

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Ukraine war: Putin accused of using ‘cluster bombs’ that killed child and two adults hiding in pre-school

The Russian military has been accused of using cluster bombs in an attack that killed a child and two adults hiding in a pre-school in northeastern Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Russia carrying out ‘indiscriminate attacks’ on civilian areas in breach of international law, says Amnesty

‘Military has shown blatant disregard for civilian lives,’ group says

The Independent UK

The Guardian joint winner of George Polk award for Pegasus project

Collaboration with Washington Post and Forbidden Stories Network receives prestigious journalistic accolade

The Guardian - UK

‘Most harmful thing’ – how spyware is stifling human rights in Bahrain

Growing evidence shows Gulf state’s friends and enemies are being targeted by NSO Group software / You don’t know what is private’: how spyware erodes human rights in Bahrain

The Guardian - UK

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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

Amnesty faces pressure to leave Thailand amid ‘growing intolerance’

Royalist groups have organised petitions calling for Amnesty to be expelled from the country, accusing it of threatening national security

The Guardian - AU

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

Tigrayan soldiers accused of raping and killing civilians in Ethiopia’s civil war

New Amnesty report details ‘mounting evidence’ of repeated war crimes including gang-rape, summary killings and looting

The Guardian - UK

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Al Jazeera

Tigrayan forces killed civilians, gang-raped dozens: Amnesty

Rights group says the rebel fighters raped underage girls, some as young as 14, in Amhara region last year.

Bangkok Post

Amnesty's fate hangs in balance

The Labour Ministry says it is considering whether to refuse Amnesty International Thailand a new operating licence after determining the rights group had failed to comply with certain legal requirements.

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.

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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 - UK

The Guardian view on Amnesty’s Israel report: dominating the discourse

Editorial: The continuing subjugation of Palestinians erodes the country’s stature internationally and damages its democracy

The Guardian - US

Amnesty says Israel is an apartheid state. Many Israeli politicians agree

While some in Washington DC and US media decry Amnesty’s conclusions, it’s a different story among some Israeli leaders

Al Jazeera

Amnesty report on Israeli ‘apartheid’ garners bipartisan US fury

Advocates say despite Congressional leaders’ vehement opposition, ‘apartheid’ charge against Israel will not go away.

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.

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