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Jamaica: petition calls on PM to take action after three people a week killed by police last year

64,000-name petition handed in to Andrew Holness’ office on International Day Against Police Brutality Shackelia Jackson, whose brother Nakiea was killed by police in 2014, among delegation to PM’s...

Brazil: Authorities must investigate killing of human rights defender Marielle Franco

The targeted assassination of Marielle Franco, a human rights defender and Rio de Janiero city councillor known for denouncing police abuses and extrajudicial executions, is a sickening development...

Madagascar: Investigate police behind shocking video of beaten villagers

Amnesty has verified a video posted to Facebook showing Malagasy police beating and humiliating dozens of villagers, in the same town where law enforcement officials turned on citizens and set fire to...

Syria: 'catastrophic failure' of international community as situation in Eastern Ghouta deteriorates

New testimonies reflect despair of residents living in basements without food, water or medicine ‘Every year we think it is just not possible for parties to the conflict to inflict more suffering on...

Southeast Asia Summit: Leaders must take a stand against ethnic cleansing of Rohingya

Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia must take a strong stand against ongoing ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Myanmar as they meet this weekend...

Ukraine: authorities failing women's rights activists by pandering to far-right groups

Olena Shevchenko, an organiser of the International Women’s Day marches that took place in Ukraine earlier this month and were met with extreme right-wing violence, is due in court today, for alleged...

Nigeria: Amnesty data activists uncover serious negligence by oil giants Shell and Eni

A groundbreaking research project by Amnesty International has exposed evidence of serious negligence by oil giants Shell and Eni, whose irresponsible approach to oil spills in the Niger Delta is...

Russia: fierce crackdown on opposition activists ahead of presidential elections

Aleksei Navalny and his supporters targeted, including those using ‘giant yellow duck’ opposition symbol New briefing details ‘severe clampdown’ on protests ‘This election campaign has been marred by...

Hungary: Syrian man convicted of act of terror for throwing stones in 'absurd decision'

Responding to the conviction of Ahmed H, a Syrian man prosecuted for committing an alleged “act of terror” during clashes with Hungarian police at the Serbia-Hungary border in September 2016, Eda...

Philippines: Duterte's 'cowardly' ICC withdrawal too late to evade justice

Responding to news that the Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte has said that the country will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) today, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s...