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Amnesty accuses Hamas of 'crimes against humanity' over 7 October attacks

Human rights group Amnesty International has accused Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups for the first time of crimes against humanity during and after the 7 October, 2023 attack on Israel that led to the war in Gaza.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 11, 2025

Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Revealed Torture, Enforced Disappearances of Immigrants

A damning report by Amnesty International exposed the 'cruel' and 'inhumane' conditions immigrant detainees are being subject to in two detention centres in Florida.

International Business Times UK · Dec 9, 2025

Alligator Alcatraz 'Meets the Definition of Torture Under International Law', Amnesty International Claims

"People have to stay there for hours shackled and denied food and water as a form of punishment," said the organization's director for refugee and migrant rights

Latin Times · Dec 6, 2025

Two years on from EU deal, violence against migrants in Tunisia remains rife

Tunisia’s migration policy is under scrutiny two years on from a deal with the European Union intended to discourage illegal migration from the North African country, and from a "replacement theory" speech the same year by President Kais Saied on the "dangers" of black migration. A recent Amnesty International report…

Radio France Internationale · Nov 7, 2025

‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand

The Guardian - AU · Oct 9, 2025

'Ludicrous': Amnesty hit out at Home Secretary bid to impose 'recycled' protest ban

AMNESTY have condemned the UK Government’s plan to expand police powers to ban protests, calling the “ludicrous proposal” a rehash of measures…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 5, 2025

I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list

I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2025

Amnesty warns police using new 10-shot ‘super taser’ is ‘fundamentally dangerous’

Warning over Taser 10 comes as Met Police hit with fresh scandal

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025

Asad Rehman’s journey from antiracism campaigner in Burnley to head of Friends of the Earth

Climate crisis is ‘interconnected crisis of inequality’, says Rehman, who began organising at his school in the 1970s

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2025

Amnesty International calls on Fifa and Uefa to suspend Israeli Football Association

The letter, signed by Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard, argues the Israeli Football Association have breached Fifa statutes, amid growing calls for its exclusion

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025