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Russia: latest 'foreign agent' raid targets leading investigative journalist

Roman Dobrokhotov’s Moscow apartment raided this morning, along with his parents’ home Dobrokhotov’s publication The Insider recently labelled ‘foreign agent’ ‘This morning’s police raids are a...

Morocco: Uyghur man at imminent risk of deportation to China

Computer designer Idris Hasan could face torture if sent to China ‘Please be fast, or they’re going to send me back to China’ - phone warning to his wife in Turkey His deportation by Morocco ‘would...

COVID-19: Michael Palin joins Amnesty call for UK to urgently redistribute vaccines

Latest data shows that 85% of vaccines have been administered in rich countries Estimates project that if jabs are not shared it will take 57 years for the planet to be fully vaccinated ' I am calling...

Tunisia: fears for human rights after presidential power grab

President Kais Saied’s suspension of parliament and threat to personally oversee prosecutions of parliamentarians is ‘alarming’ Security services’ raid on Al Jazeera’s Tunis office heightens concerns...

Bangladesh: Online freedom of expression under threat as crackdown intensifies

Journalists, musicians and cartoonists amongst 433 people currently detained Most face allegations of publishing false and offensive information online Draconian Digital Security Act must be amended...

Sierra Leone: Abolition of death penalty a 'major victory'

The West African state has become the 23rd country on the continent to end capital punishment In response to news that Sierra Leone abolished the death penalty, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s...

Belarus: Government's latest crackdown on human rights groups 'another dark day' for the country

Authorities have dissolved at least 46 NGOs, alleging that they carried out activities ‘beyond their charters’ Lukashenka addressed the Cabinet comparing NGOs to “bandits and foreign agents” and that...

Philippines: Duterte cannot halt ICC investigation into murderous 'war on drugs'

Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled government is obliged to cooperate with ICC “Try as they might, Duterte’s administration cannot stop the wheels of justice” - Rachel Chhoa-Howard Responding to...

Global: Scale of secretive cyber surveillance 'an international human rights crisis' - new briefing

NSO Group is complicit, as their technology enabled violations revealed in the Pegasus Project “This is a dangerous industry that has operated on the edges of legality for too long, and this cannot be...

Iran: Security forces use live ammunition to crush Khuzestan protests

At least eight people have been killed including a teenage boy during protest crackdown, according to credible sources Amnesty’s Crisis Evidence Lab analyses video footage of deadly force used by...