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Global: UN Special Rapporteur Is Right to Raise Human Rights Concerns about Carbon Markets

The carbon markets system has inadequate human rights and environmental safeguards, leaving it open to abuse, and providing the fossil…

April 27, 2024

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FIFA Sponsorship Deal with Saudi Aramco Covering World Cups Raises Human Rights Concerns

World football could be dogged by human rights violations unless action is taken to address Saudi Arabia's atrocious human rights…

April 26, 2024

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Global: Loss and Damage Fund for Climate Change Must Not Restrict the Role of Civil Society

Full involvement of civil society would help reflect the views of the often diverse and marginalized communities whose rights are…

April 25, 2024

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US: TikTok Ban Won’t Solve Harms of Big Tech’s Invasive Surveillance 

The U.S. government’s decision to impose an outright ban on TikTok fails to address the endemic human rights risks and harms associated with the surveillance-based business models of other tech companies, including…

April 25, 2024

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Amnesty International Urges University Administrations to Respect and Protect Students’ Rights to Protest  

The right to protest is critical to freely speak out against what is happening right now in Gaza.

April 24, 2024

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Discovery of Mass Graves in Gaza Highlights Urgent Need to Grant Access to Independent Human Rights Investigators 

The harrowing discovery of these mass graves underscores the urgency of ensuring immediate access for human rights investigators, including forensic…

April 24, 2024

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Amnesty International Sounds Alarm on a Watershed Moment for International Law Amid Flagrant Rule-Breaking by Governments and Corporate Actors 

Amnesty International launches its annual "The State of the World’s Human Rights" report, delivering an assessment of human rights in…

April 23, 2024

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State-Backed Deadly Rampage by Israeli Settlers Underscores Urgent Need to Dismantle Apartheid 

The failure to address these root causes and to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law is enabling…

April 22, 2024

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Syria: Mass Death, Torture and Other Violations Against People Detained in Aftermath of Islamic State Defeat – New Report

People detained in Syria after territorial defeat of Islamic State are facing systematic violations and deaths due to inhumane conditions.

April 17, 2024

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Venezuela: Persecution Builds Relentlessly for Civil Society and Dissidents

Maduro’s government has started the year with an alarming intensification of the policy of repression that it uses to try…

April 16, 2024

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Americas: States Must Commit to Ending Violence Against Environmental Defenders

The EscazĂş Agreement is the first binding treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean that includes specific provisions for the…

April 15, 2024

Amnesty International

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Nigeria: Decade After Boko Haram Attack on Chibok, 82 Girls Still in Captivity

The abduction of children and attacks on schools may amount to war crimes. It is the duty of the Nigerian…

April 14, 2024