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Governments failing to protect women activists from increasing attacks – new report

Women activists subjected to sexual violence, smear campaigns and threats ‘Governments must live up to their commitment to ensure these activists can operate freely and safely’ – Kumi Naidoo...

Iraq: 'street filled with blood', as security forces kill 25 at Nasiriyah protest

Eyewitnesses describe security forces shooting to kill in bridge protest attack ‘It is like an execution, direct shooting at the head’ - eyewitness to the violence ‘This bloodbath must stop now’ -...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty urges 1,200 schools to let pupils strike for climate

Letter to school principals comes ahead of latest global climate strike on Friday 29 November ‘The strike falls close to the general election and we need to allow students to show their passion on...

Egypt: state prosecution body is 'central tool of repression' under Sisi - new report

Supreme State Security Prosecution misuses powers to hold journalists and protesters in pre-trial detention, with detentions averaging 345 days Much-feared prosecution body systematically fails to...

Lebanon: pro-government attackers on motorbikes torch protest camps

Protesters’ tents set on fire and protesters chased down alleys by organised gangs armed with knives and steel batons Attacks across past two nights ‘could well signal a dangerous escalation’ - Lynn...

Turkey: Amnesty's ex-Director and honorary Chair must be acquitted in absurd 'terror' trial

Prosecution’s summing-up expected after more than two years More than two years after they were first detained, Amnesty Turkey’s Honorary Chair, Former Director and nine other human rights defenders...

Brazil: Halt illegal cattle farms fuelling Amazon rainforest destruction - new report

Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures that violate human rights in Reserves and Indigenous territories Satellite imagery and official data reveal evidence of cattle farming in...

Morocco: jailing of rapper Gnawi for insulting officials is 'disgraceful'

Court sentences popular Moroccan musician to year in jail ‘The Moroccan authorities must quash his conviction’ - Heba Morayef Responding to news that a Moroccan court has today convicted the rapper...

Iran: protester death toll reaches at least 143

Verified videos show security forces deliberately shooting unarmed protesters at close range Reports of bodies not being returned to families, of the injured being removed from hospitals, and of...

UK: migrant women blocked from domestic abuse services and refuge beds

Migrant women are blocked from accessing refuge beds, domestic abuse services and safety New petition urges next government to provide equal protection to all women People around the UK will send...