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Social Media Companies’ Removal of Abortion-Related Content May Hinder Access to Accurate Health Information

Companies need to take transparent steps to ensure that their users are able to access abortion-related information on their platforms,…

June 11, 2024

report cover of Obstacles to Autonomy: Post-Roe Removal of Abortion Information Online
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Obstacles to Autonomy: Post-Roe Removal of Abortion Information Online

After the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are removing abortion-related content from reproductive health and rights…

June 10, 2024

BANGKOK, THAILAND - 2024/05/14: Pro-democracy activists make three finger salute and hold portraits of Netiporn Sanesangkhom during mourning ceremony outside The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court. Thai political activist Netiporn Sanesangkhom also know as
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Thailand: U.S. Needs to End Muted Approach to Thai Officials’ Abusive Application of Draconian Law

Thai and international human rights groups have called for the Thai government to reform or repeal lèse-majesté.

June 10, 2024

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Human Rights Must Be at Core of International Meetings on Peace and Reconstruction in Ukraine

People in Ukraine and other countries who have suffered human rights and international humanitarian law violations caused by Russia’s decade-long…

June 10, 2024

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Nigeria: Girls Failed by Authorities After Escaping Boko Haram Captivity – New Report

Girls and young women who escaped Boko Haram captivity faced further suffering and are now receiving inadequate support as they…

June 9, 2024

Boko Haram survivors interviewed by Amnesty International in Nigeria in 2023.
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“Help Us Build Our Lives”: Girl Survivors of Boko Haram and Military Abuses in North-East Nigeria

This Amnesty International report examines abuses and violations of international human rights law girls endured by Boko Haram and Nigerian…

June 9, 2024

President Biden marking D-Day alongside President Macron in France.
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Amnesty International USA and Amnesty International France Call on Macron and Biden to Urgently Stop Sending Weapons to Israel

Comments from Paul O’Brien, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA and Jean-Claude Samouiller, President of Amnesty International France as President…

June 6, 2024

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Global: FIFA Must Protect Human Rights by Securing Binding Safeguards from 2030 and 2034 World Cup Bidders – New Report

FIFA must rigorously and transparently ensure that bids to host the 2030 and 2034 men’s World Cup tournaments fully safeguard…

June 5, 2024

Conmebol's President Alejandro Dominguez (L-2) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino (R-2), accompanied by Paraguay's President Santiago Peña (L) and Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle(R), sign a book of minutes of the 2030 World Cup during Conmebol's 78th Ordinary Congress in Luque, Paraguay on April 11, 2024. (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP) (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Playing a Dangerous Game? Human Rights Risks Linked to the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cups

This report highlights risks to the hosting of World Cups that must be addressed if FIFA and bidding countries are…

June 5, 2024

Liberate Palestine, long live the people” written on the sidewalk in Simplified Chinese at the pro-Palestinian encampment outside Paulson Center at New York University, April 30th 2024.
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For the U.S., Honoring Tiananmen Should Include Upholding Students’ Rights at Home

June 4 marked the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

June 5, 2024

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Global: Record Breaking 12-Month Run of Global Heat Underlines Urgency of Action to Deliver Climate Justice

It is now more essential than ever that the finance required to prevent greater heating, and to allow communities to…

June 5, 2024

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Amnesty International Urges Parole for Native American Activist Leonard Peltier 

Granting Leonard Peltier parole on humanitarian grounds in this case is not only timely but a necessary measure in the…

June 5, 2024