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Maldives: Human rights group shut down for ‘slandering Islam’

Closure comes after threats against NGO’s staff by religious hardliners ‘The Maldives Democracy Network is being punished for exercising its legitimate right to freedom of expression’ - Dinushika...

Bangladesh: hundreds killed in 'war on drugs' - new report

More than one killing a day in past 18 months, with people typically ‘disappeared’ by authorities before bodies later found Authorities accused of fabricating evidence, framing people supposedly...

Lebanon: army using excessive force against protesters

Live ammunition used against protesters in northern city of Tripoli One protester describes moment he was shot four times in the stomach ‘Authorities must adopt a zero-tolerance stance to any...

World's largest letter-writing campaign launches to support young people facing human rights abuses

Millions of letters will help end abuses against 12 young people People receiving support include volunteers arrested for rescuing refugees in Greece and a young Iranian woman rights activist...

Haiti: Tear gas, water cannons and live ammunition used against protesters

At least 35 people killed during six weeks of anti-government protests Amnesty verifies evidence of police using excessive force indiscriminately Authorities in Haiti must end the unlawful and...

Turkey: hundreds arrested in crackdown on critics of military offensive - new report

In the first week of offensive alone, 839 social media accounts were under investigation for ‘sharing criminal content’ Journalists and opposition figures targeted, with several given travel bans...

Sri Lanka: Six months on, still no accountability for attacks on refugees - new report

There has still been no police investigations into the threats and violence faced by refugees and asylum-seekers in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks, Amnesty International and...

Iraq: deadly new 'smoker' tear gas grenades used against protesters

String of gruesome fatalities caused by recent use of heavyweight military-style weapons, with entire grenades lodged in victims’ smoking skulls Serbian and Bulgarian-made weapons up to ten times...

Myanmar: Satirical poets imprisoned for mocking military in 'appalling' conviction

Responding to the conviction and one-year prison sentence handed down today to five members of the Peacock Generation, a satirical poetry troupe, Joanne Mariner, Amnesty International’s research...

Israel: Scores of activists targeted with NSO spyware

Malicious Israeli-made spyware used to ‘intimidate, track, and punish’ 100 human rights activists Amnesty supports legal case to force Israeli MoD to revoke NSO’s export license Responding to a...