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Global: Unregulated trade in law enforcement weapons fuelling protest violations – New Investigation

Weapons including tear gas, rubber bullets, batons and stun grenades being sold to countries using them to violently repress protests Companies from China, France - Italy, South Korea and the USA...

Saudi Arabia: migrant workers in Amazon warehouses suffered 'traumatising' abuses - new report

Workers from Nepal were cheated out of proper wages, housed in bed bug-ridden accommodation and even left without food Abuses suffered by workers may amount to human trafficking because of the chain...

UK: Cardiff conference on human rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories is an important event

In response to criticism from the Welsh Secretary David TC Davies concerning a forthcoming conference in Cardiff next month on human rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, an...

'Predator' spyware brazenly targeting journalists, politicians, civil society and academics - Major New Investigation

Amnesty has uncovered a highly-invasive spyware being used to gain access to people’s phones through links on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook Once the spyware has infiltrated a device it has...

Israel/OPT: civilians must be protected after unprecedented escalation in violence

‘We are deeply alarmed by the mounting civilian death tolls in Gaza, Israel and the occupied West Bank’ - Agnès Callamard Israeli security forces and Palestinian armed groups must make every effort to...

Iran: Nobel Prize for Narges Mohammadi 'sends clear message' on human rights to authorities

‘They have subjected her to years of human rights violations, including torture, death threats and denial of specialised medical care’ - Agnès Callamard Reacting to news that unjustly-imprisoned...

Scotland: Amnesty urges ministers to be bold on new human rights law

Scottish Government ministers need to be bold when drafting new human rights legislation, Amnesty International said at the end of a public consultation on government plans. Amnesty has welcomed...

Pakistan: authorities must not carry out threat to deport Afghan refugees

More than 3.7 million Afghans live in Pakistan, large numbers of whom are unregistered Many Afghan refugees in Pakistan already experience harassment and arrest ‘A forced return to Afghanistan could...

India: NewsClick arrests are 'latest attempt to decimate' independent media

Two members of the news site arrested after series of raids yesterday, with 46 journalists questioned in total Authorities using counter-terrorism law to target journalists ‘The Unlawful Activities...

China: Human rights lawyer at risk of torture after return from Laos

Lu Siwei is being held in the Xindu Detention Centre in Sichuan province, southwestern China Countries in Asia under pressure into making illegal forcible returns ‘Lu Siwei’s confirmed detention in...