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Myanmar: no high-ranking military officials held to account for attacks on Rohingya

Five years on from devastating military attacks in Rakhine State, no justice for Rohingya Post-coup crackdown has added to human rights abuses ‘Not a single high-ranking Myanmar military official has...

Israel/OPT: Harassment of Palestinian civil society groups must stop immediately

Israeli forces closed offices of six Palestinian civil society organisations today Last year devices belonging a number of employees had been hacked with Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli NSO...

Saudi Arabia: Leeds student's 'outrageous' 34-year sentence for Twitter use must be quashed

Salma al-Shehab targeted for using Twitter in support of women’s rights activists such as Loujain al-Hathloul Anti-terrorism legislation used against the PhD student at notorious Specialised Criminal...

UK: Sarah Everard protesters should never have been at risk of prosecution

Responding to news that the prosecution of the six protestors who attended the Sarah Everard vigil last year has been dropped, Chiara Capraro, Women's Human Rights Programme Manager at Amnesty...

UK: Salman Rushdie attack 'a reminder of the importance of freedom of expression'

Responding to the violent attack on writer Salman Rushdie in New York on Friday, Sacha Deshmukh, CEO of Amnesty International UK, said: “The attack on Sir Salman Rushdie is a reminder of the...

Afghanistan: One year of Taliban rule underlines 'bleak future' for the country - report

One year on, the Taliban is dismantling 20 years of human rights Ban on peaceful protests as well as revenge killings, executions of alleged resistance fighters and other crimes could amount to war...

Sierra Leone: Authorities must thoroughly investigate deadly protests

Police clash with hundreds of protesters on the streets of Freetown Tensions over rising cost of living turned deadly, with reports of more than two dozens deaths ‘When policing assemblies, the...

UN Security Council must prioritise Russian war crimes in Ukraine

Militarisation of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is part of broader Russian strategy to threaten Ukrainian civilians A UN Security Council session taking place today must urgently prioritise civilian...

Ukraine: military endangering civilians by locating forces in residential areas - new research

Schools and hospitals used as military bases by Ukrainian forces ‘We have no say in what the military does, but we pay the price’ - resident in city of Bakhmut ‘Being in a defensive position does not...

Israel/Palestine: outrage at further solitary confinement of Palestinian detained since he was 13

Israeli Prison Service has extended detention of Ahmad Manasra who was 13 years-old when originally arrested Manasra has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is severely depressed ‘The repeated...