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Deadly Mariupol Theatre Strike in Ukraine ‘a Clear War Crime’ by Russian Forces – New Investigation
An extensive investigation by Amnesty International has concluded that Russian military forces committed a war crime when they struck the Mariupol drama theatre in Ukraine in March, killing at least…
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Urgent Action Update: HEALTH OF TORTURED IRANIAN DEFENDER AT RISK (Iran: UA 105.15)
Arbitrarily detained Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi is being tortured and otherwise ill-treated in Shahr-e Rey prison in Varamin, outside Tehran, including by being intentionally denied the specialized healthcare…
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List of Amnesty-verified attacks in Ukraine*
Below is a list of attacks by Russian forces in Ukraine which Amnesty International has verified to date. Some of these—including extrajudicial killings, strikes on hospitals and schools, indiscriminate attacks…
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Urgent Action: ARRESTED AT 14, TORTURED, NOW FACES EXECUTION (Saudi Arabia: UA 60.22)
Abdullah al-Huwaiti, who was arrested when he was 14, is at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia. On June 13, 2022, the Appeals Court upheld his death sentence after…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – June 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Domestic Updates International Updates In Case You Missed It june 2022 NEWSLETTER FEATURED: End Gun Violence End Gun Violence rally at…
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Hundreds Killed in Relentless Russian Shelling of Kharkiv – New Investigation
Hundreds of civilians have been killed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv by indiscriminate Russian shelling using widely banned cluster munitions and inherently inaccurate rockets, Amnesty International said today.
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“Death Sentences” Against Three Foreign Members of Ukrainian Forces by Separatists’ “Courts” a Blatant Violation of International Law
Responding to the news that a separatist “court” in Russia-occupied Donetsk ordered the death of two captured two British nationals and a captured Moroccan national, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy…
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President Bukele Engulfs El Salvador in a Human Rights Crisis After Three Years in Government
Under the current state of emergency, the Salvadoran authorities have committed massive human rights violations, including thousands of arbitrary detentions and violations of due process, as well as torture and…
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Military Onslaught in Myanmar’s Eastern States Amounts to Collective Punishment
Myanmar’s military has been systematically committing widespread atrocities in recent months, including unlawfully killing, arbitrarily detaining and forcibly displacing civilians in two eastern states, Amnesty International said today in a…
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Death Penalty 2021: State-Sanctioned Killings Rise as Executions Spike in Iran and Saudi Arabia
2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to business as usual and courts were unshackled from Covid-19 restrictions,…
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UN Human Rights Chief Must Seize Critical Opportunity to Address Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights must address crimes against humanity and gross human rights violations when her team visits China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region this week, Amnesty International said…
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The Rights of Ukrainian Prisoners of War from Azovstal Must be Respected
Responding to the news that the Ukrainian soldiers who were besieged in Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant for months have surrendered themselves to Russia’s armed forces, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy…
