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“The Amazon is Burning, the Future is Burning!” Young Activists Defending the Ecuadorian Amazon from Gas Flares that Threaten Rights Now and in the Future

Amnesty International reveals how the Ecuadorian state is failing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by allowing the operation of gas…

August 12, 2024

DHAKA, BANGLADESH, AUGUST 7: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main opposition party to former PM Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, holds a rally in Dhaka to celebrate Hasina's resignation, as her 15 year rule came to an end on 5 August amid weeks-long deadly protests on 7, 2024 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main opposition party to former PM Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, holds a rally in Dhaka to celebrate Hasina's resignation, as her 15 year rule came to an end on 5 August amid weeks-long deadly protests. (Photo By Abdul Goni/Drik/Getty Images)
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Repackaging Repression: The Cyber Security Act and the Continuing Lawfare Against Dissent in Bangladesh

Amnesty International found that Bangladesh’s Cyber Security Act 2023 still repeatedly facilitated the state’s ongoing crackdown on peaceful dissent.

August 7, 2024

Masai man, wearing traditional blankets, overlooks Serengeti in Tanzania as the colorful sunset fills the sky. Wild grass in the forground.
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Business as Usual in Bloodied Land? Role of Businesses in Forced Evictions in Loliondo, Tanzania

This Amnesty International report calls on businesses operating in Loliondo in Tanzania to respect the human rights of the Maasai…

August 6, 2024

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Abortion in the USA: The Human Rights Crisis in the Aftermath of Dobbs

Amnesty International documented the impact of bans and restrictions on the human rights of people across the U.S. after Roe…

August 5, 2024

An RSF unit carrying a combination of imported AK-pattern rifles in Nyala, south-west Sudan.
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New Weapons Fueling the Sudan Conflict: Expanding Existing Arms Embargo Across Sudan to Protect Civilians

Amnesty International reveals that despite an embargo, weapons and military equipment from countries such as Russia and China are being…

July 24, 2024

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Who Called the Shots? Chain of Command Responsibility for Killings and Injuries in Protests in Peru

Amnesty International analyzed the actions of security forces during protests in Peru in 2022 and 2023, some of which could…

July 18, 2024

Group portraits of participants at an event organised by Les Hijabeuses, a collective of football players campaigning to overturn hijab bans in French football. 29 June 2024
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“We Can’t Breathe Anymore. Even Sports, We Can’t Do Them Anymore.” Violations of Muslim Women’s and Girl’s Human Rights Through Hijab Bans in Sports in France

French authorities boast about gender parity in sports, but they purposefully do not apply to Muslim hijab-wearing women and girls.

July 15, 2024

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: A guest wears white and yellow sunglasses, gold large earrings, a black with mange print pattern t-shirt, beige / brown / khaki military print pattern cargo pants, outside Jason Wu, during New York Fashion Week, on September 10, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)
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Briefing: Gender and Human Rights in the Digital Age

Amnesty International reports that the growing incursion of technology into more areas of public life has troubling implications impacting women…

July 9, 2024

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Under-Protected and Over-Restricted: The State of the Right to Protest in 21 European Countries

Amnesty International documents that the right of peaceful assembly is increasingly coming under attack in parts of Europe.

July 8, 2024

Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko, 33, smiles as she is escorted by police officers after being sentenced to seven years in prison for spreading disinformation about the army after she swapped supermarket price tags with slogans criticising Russia's offensive in Ukraine, at a court in Saint Petersburg on November 16, 2023. Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia: “I Would Love to Hug Her, but it is Impossible.” Imprisoned Dissenters Deprived of Family Contact

Amnesty International finds that Russia’s authorities are systematically denying arbitrarily imprisoned government critics contact with their families.

June 25, 2024

People participate in a demonstration to demand better conditions for their imprisoned relatives in front of the Palace of Justice in Caracas on June 12, 2024. Relatives of inmates protested Wednesday in Caracas in support of the hunger strike that has been underway since the weekend in some 19 Venezuelan prisons amid allegations of corruption, procedural delays, overcrowding, and limited access to food. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Venezuela: Open letter to the minister for penitentiary services regarding the detention conditions and possible torture at ‘Rodeo I’ prison

According to the information Amnesty International has received, the detention conditions in Venezuela’s ‘Rodeo I’ are cruel, inhuman and degrading,

June 25, 2024