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Hong Kong: ‘Absurd’ attempt to ban protest song a clear violation of international law
Responding to the Hong Kong government’s bid to seek a court order to prohibit people from singing, broadcasting or distributing the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”, the Head of Amnesty International’s China Team, Sarah Brooks, said: “The Hong Kong government’s absurd campaign to outlaw a song...
Ukraine: Destruction of Kakhovka dam requires urgent international response, as thousands face humanitarian disaster
In response to the destruction of the dam at Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine occupied by Russia, Marie Struthers, Regional Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “While towns and villages in downstream Dnipro river are going under water, the human and...
Türkiye: Justice prevails as four human rights defenders finally acquitted
The decision by a Turkish court to overturn baseless convictions of Amnesty International Türkiye’s Honorary Chair and three other human rights defenders is a huge relief, yet also highlights the politically motivated nature of the prosecutions, Amnesty International said today. The ruling on...
On Zambia, health, and public debt: Alternatives to austerity
In its 2021 budget, Zambia allocated more money to debt servicing than the education, health, water, and sanitation sectors combined’
Tanzania: Authorities brutally violated Maasai amid forced evictions from ancestral lands
The Tanzanian authorities have repeatedly resorted to ill-treatment, excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and forced evictions against members of the Maasai Indigenous community, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. The report, We have lost everything:...
TANZANIA: “WE HAVE LOST EVERYTHING” FORCED EVICTIONS OF THE MAASAI IN LOLIONDO
This research report is an outcome of the research conducted by Amnesty International into the actions of the Tanzanian authorities that resulted in multiple forced evictions of the Maasai Indigenous people of Loliondo. It focuses primarily on human rights violations during the forced evictions of...
Iraq: Authorities must act to reveal fate of 643 men and boys abducted by government-linked militias
The Iraqi authorities must take concrete action towards revealing the fate and whereabouts of at least 643 men and boys who were forcibly disappeared in June 2016 by the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the context of military operations to retake Fallujah from the so-called Islamic State,...
Costa Rica: All states must immediately ban highly invasive spyware
Ahead of today’s opening of RightsCon, a summit on human rights in the digital age, which takes place in San José, Costa Rica, Rasha Abdul Rahim, Director of Amnesty Tech, said: “The spyware crisis has massive implications for the future of human rights, and the time has come for the...
Global: International action vital to mitigate impact of searing heatwaves in Pakistan
Global action is urgently needed as series of extreme heatwaves in Pakistan wreak havoc on human rights, Amnesty International said today in its new report ‘A Burning Emergency: Extreme heat and the right to health in Pakistan’. The report, released on World Environment Day, examines the impacts of...
RECOMMENDATIONS TO STATES TO FINANCE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE
Multiple crises – including armed conflict, climate change, economic instability and inequality, and the enduring impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic – have had catastrophic consequences on people’s economic and social rights. These crises also highlight the importance of international cooperation and...