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Guantánamo: first detainee transfer under Biden welcomed, but camp must close

Two decades on, 39 still held at the notorious detention centre Toffiq al-Bihani’s case highlighted - tortured and held without charge since 2003 ‘The detention facility has been allowed to stay open...

Pegasus Project: thousands of iPhones potentially compromised by NSO spyware

‘Zero-click’ attacks have been used to install the almost-invisible spyware on iPhones iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 models infected ‘These findings show that the surveillance industry is out of control’ -...

Pegasus Project: massive data leak reveals Israeli NSO group's spyware used to target activists, journalists, and political leaders globally

Authoritarian governments using Pegasus software sold by Israeli surveillance company NSO Group Jamal Khashoggi family members targeted by the invasive software ‘They paint a picture of legitimacy...

Ethiopia: Authorities must release Tigrayans, activists and journalists - and reveal whereabouts of unaccounted detainees

Arrests seem ethnically motivated and w hile some people released on bail, hundreds remain in detention ‘ [The government] must ensure that all detainees are protected against torture and other ill...

Libya: fresh evidence of 'horrifying' abuse in migrant detention centres - new report

Authorities have rebranded notorious militia-run facilities - even appointing old staff More than 700 drownings in central Mediterranean in last six months, with Libyan coastguard sometimes filming...

South Africa: Riot deaths and destruction fuelled by 'entrenched impunity'

More than 70 dead in riots following jailing of former President Jacob Zuma Food supplies and Covid vaccines under threat as country hit by third wave ‘The Government’s inaction so far has resulted in...

Belarus: Dozen civil society groups raided in latest crackdown

Early morning raids follow Belarusian KGB threat to ‘cleanse radicals’ At least 12 civil society figures detained, with whereabouts of others unknown ‘Civil society is being wiped out in the heart of...

Northern Ireland: Statute of limitations is 'unacceptable betrayal' of victims

Westminster government’s proposal for dealing with the past in Northern Ireland which includes a statute of limitations is rejected by Amnesty ‘These proposals are an utter betrayal - they must not...

Northern Ireland: 'A safe haven for racists' - six months on from race hate attack on multi-cultural centre

Still no accountability for January 2021 racist arson attack on Belfast Multi-Cultural Association ‘ We feel let down by the police. We don’t know where we can be safe.’ – Muhammad Atif ‘Police...

Russia: 'Landmark' ruling confirms ban on same-sex marriage is a violation of human rights

ECHR ruled that Russia is in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights ‘This landmark decision underlines that the Russian government is on the wrong side of history’ - Natalia Zviagina...