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Zimbabwe: authorities must investigate reports of abduction and torture of opposition activist

Nelson Mukwenha allegedly apprehended at his home in Harare after helping to prevent the abduction of a Citizens Coalition for Change spokesperson at a press conference Country has history of...

UK: James Cleverly ‘must challenge’ Chinese government over ever-expanding repression

Foreign Secretary should make a public call for the release of businessman Jimmy Lai and others jailed in Hong Kong, and an end to harassment of exiles in UK Cleverly should tackle Chinese authorities...

Israel/OPT: Child detainee's home to be demolished under Israeli apartheid rule

The Israeli Supreme Court today (25 August) approved the punitive demolition of the family home of a 13-year-old Palestinian boy who has spent the past six months in pre-trial detention on unfair...

Myanmar: Meta must pay reparations to Rohingya people for role in ethnic cleansing

Call comes on sixth anniversary of mass violence against Rohingya by Myanmar military Rohingya refugee Maung Sawyeddollah makes impassioned appeal to Mark Zuckerberg - saying ‘Can’t you see your role...

Zimbabwe: Elections marred by voter intimidation, arrests and internet shutdowns

Around 40 people from civil society groups arrested Shadowy organisation with alleged linked to ruling party reportedly engaged in voter intimidation ‘The Zimbabwean authorities must guarantee...

Lebanon: homophobic attack on bar in Beirut condemned

Members of Jnoud El-Rab Christian group attacked people on the premises of the Madame Om bar, saying LGBTQ+ people were ‘satanic’ Lebanese politicians and religious leaders have recently made a string...

UK: Latest immigration figures reveal 'disgraceful' asylum backlog

New Home Office quarterly immigration statistics show record number of unresolved asylum cases, with 175,000 people currently waiting for the Home Office to decide asylum claims Draconian asylum...

Greece: Deaths of suspected refugees and migrants in Evros wildfires are 'two great injustices of our time'

In response to the deaths of 19 people suspected to be refugees and migrants in the Evros wildfires, Adriana Tidona, Amnesty International’s Migration Researcher, said: “The 19 people killed by...

Russia: Moscow court must free jailed Ukrainian human rights defender Maksym Butkevych

Earlier this year, Butkevych given 13 years by ‘supreme court’ in Russian-occupied Luhansk for alleged crimes while fighting in Ukrainian army Video issued by Russian authorities shows Butkevych with...

Iran: Authorities using 'sinister' tactics to silence victims' families ahead of uprising's one-year anniversary - new research

Victims’ families tormented with arbitrary arrest and detention, prosecuted, flogged and subject to coercive interrogation The graves of ‘Woman Life Freedom’ activists vandalised with tar, paint and...