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  • Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Armed Conflict

Israel/OPT: Two years on still no justice for war crimes victims

“I cannot understand how a crime that took place in view of cameras, where the whole world saw how boys playing on the beach were massacred mercilessly, can pass like that without any criminals held to account. ” Sobhi Bakr, relative of four boys killed in an Israeli air strike on 16 July 2014. Tomorrow, 8 July 2016, marks the second anniversary of the start of a 50-day Israeli military offensive which brought unprecedented death and destruction to the Gaza Strip.

Date:
7 July 2016
  • News
  • Belarus
  • Censorship and Free Speech

Belarus uses telecoms firms to stifle dissent

Belarus authorities are using phone networks run by some of the world’s biggest telecoms companies to stifle free speech and dissent, said Amnesty International in a report published today. The report, It’s enough for people to feel it exists: Civil society, secrecy and surveillance in Belarus, documents how potentially limitless, round-the-clock, unchecked surveillance has a debilitating effect on NGO activists, making basic work, like arranging a meeting over the phone, a risk.

Date:
7 July 2016
  • News
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • Torture and other ill-treatment

Ireland: Deportation to Jordan would risk backsliding on absolute ban on torture

The Irish authorities’ planned deportation to Jordan of a man deemed a national security threat would place him at real risk of torture and other serious human rights violations, and is a worrying sign of backsliding on the absolute ban on torture, said Amnesty International today. The High Court of Dublin cleared the way for Irish authorities to deport a Jordanian man of Palestinian origin (who cannot be identified for legal reasons) in a hearing on 4 July.

Date:
6 July 2016
  • News
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • Armed Conflict

UK: Amnesty International's Response to Chilcot Report on Iraq war

In response to today’s publication of the Iraq Inquiry, Sir John Chilcot’s much-awaited report on the UK’s involvement in the 2003 Iraq war, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International said: “In the lead-up to the invasion, Amnesty International urged that the potentially grave consequences of military action be carefully assessed. And on the eve of the US-led invasion we urged full respect for international human rights law and international humanitarian law.

Date:
6 July 2016
  • News
  • South Sudan
  • Right to Health

South Sudan: Devastating impact of war on mental health must be addressed

People forced to eat human flesh and to disembowel dead bodies during South Sudan’s civil war that began in 2013 are among thousands suffering from trauma and psychological distress amid a chronic shortage of mental healthcare services in the country, Amnesty International said today as the country marks its fifth anniversary. In a new report, “Our hearts have gone dark”: The mental health impact of South Sudan’s conflict, the organisation documents the psychological impact of mass killings, rape, torture, abductions and even a case of forced cannibalism, on the survivors and witnesses of these crimes.

Date:
6 July 2016
  • News
  • Syria
  • Armed Groups

Syria: Abductions, torture and summary killings at the hands of armed groups

Armed groups operating in Aleppo, Idleb and surrounding areas in the north of Syria have carried out a chilling wave of abductions, torture and summary killings, said Amnesty International in a new briefing published today. The briefing ‘Torture was my punishment’: Abductions, torture and summary killings under armed group rule in Aleppo and Idleb, Syria offers a rare glimpse of what life is really like in areas under the control of armed opposition groups.

Date:
5 July 2016
  • News
  • Iraq
  • Terrorism

Iraq: Executions will not deter further deadly attacks

Iraq’s execution of five prisoners is a brazen knee-jerk reaction to the abhorrent weekend Baghdad bombing and a worrying sign that the country is stepping up its use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said today. The Iraqi Ministry of Justice said that the five prisoners had been put to death on Tuesday as authorities vowed more executions would be carried out following Saturday night’s attack in Baghdad, which killed at least 213 people and injured a further 200, according to media reports.

Date:
5 July 2016
  • News
  • Guinea
  • Death Penalty

Guinea: New criminal code drops death penalty but fails to tackle impunity and keeps repressive provisions

Guinea’s National Assembly vote in favour of a new criminal code abolishing the death penalty is a significant step for human rights in the country, but the code contains provisions which will strengthen the impunity enjoyed by security personnel and repress the expression of dissent, Amnesty International said. The new criminal code removes the death sentence from the list of applicable penalties and criminalizes torture for the first time.

Date:
5 July 2016
  • News
  • Americas
  • Killings and Disappearances

Brazil: ‘Cross-fire’, new app to document gun violence in Rio ahead of Olympics

Amnesty International today launched a new app to document the use of firearms in Rio de Janeiro before the 2016 Olympic Games. Cross-fire will allow people living across Rio de Janeiro to report incidents of gun violence, which have been increasing over the last few years. “Brazil has one of the highest levels of homicides across the world, with around 42,000 people killed with guns every year. Those living in the most marginalized areas of the city are disproportionately affected by this crisis,” said Atila Roque, Brazil Director at Amnesty International.

Date:
5 July 2016
  • News
  • Asia and The Pacific
  • Censorship and Free Speech

South Korea: Five year sentence against union leader a chilling blow to peaceful protest

The five year prison sentence handed down to a prominent union leader is the latest example of how the government is galvanising its attack on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in South Korea, Amnesty International said today. On Monday, the Central District Court in Seoul convicted Han Sang-gyun, the leader of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), for his role as an organizer of a number of demonstrations.

Date:
4 July 2016
  • News
  • Kenya
  • Killings and Disappearances

Kenya: Investigate killings of lawyer, two men

(Nairobi, July 4, 2016) - Kenyan authorities must urgently investigate the killing last week of three men, including a human rights lawyer, and ensure that those found responsible are held to account in fair trials, 33 Kenyan and international human rights organizations said today. Human rights activists will today hold demonstrations in Nairobi and other parts of Kenya to protest the heinous killings.

Date:
4 July 2016
  • News
  • Americas
  • Killings and Disappearances

Rio 2016: Has Brazil lost even before the Olympics have begun?

Several promises and thousands of nice words fill the three volumes of the candidacy dossier for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Since 2009, when the country won the Olympic bidding process, Brazilians have been living with high expectations for hosting the world’s largest mega-event. But in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s favourite postcard, there is a poignant sense of déjà vu. Rio also hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Pan American Games in 2007.

Date:
4 July 2016
  • News
  • Venezuela
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Petty politics - the cause of crushing poverty in oil rich Venezuela

The doctor opened the door of the emergency room with a wide, albeit nervous, smile. She was welcoming us to her world, where miracles are meant to happen. But as we walked deep into the corridors of Hospital JM de los Rios in Caracas, the largest pediatric hospital in Venezuela, her smile faded and tears began running down her face. “What do we need? Absolutely everything,” she said. Hospitals are hardly joyful places, but this was a snapshot of hell.

Date:
4 July 2016
  • News
  • Saudi Arabia
  • International Organizations

UN: End hypocrisy of Saudi Arabia in Human Rights Council

Ten years since it was first created the UN Human Rights Council is facing a stark moment of truth. The credibility of the world’s top human rights body, which was set up to ensure that it is able to effectively address human rights violations without being undermined by geopolitics and competing national interests, is being called into question because of the abysmal track record of one of its members – Saudi Arabia - and the failure of other members to call it to account.

Date:
1 July 2016
  • News
  • Egypt
  • Human Rights Defenders and Activists

The world must not look on in silence as Egyptian media and civil society get steamrolled

This Saturday, three top journalists go on trial in Egypt. For the country’s independent media and civil society, the stakes have never been higher. But it’s the international community whose credibility is now on the line. Press Syndicate head Yahia Galash and board members Khaled Elbalshy and Gamal Abd el-Reheem are facing trial by a court system which has already jailed thousands of the government’s critics and political opponents.

Date:
1 July 2016
  • News
  • Americas
  • Killings and Disappearances

Brazil: Huge spike in number of deaths committed by Police in Rio ahead of the Olympic Games

A shocking increase of 135% in the number of people killed by police officers in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the run up to the Olympics lays bare the security services’ chilling disregard to the right of life, said Amnesty International today. According to the Instituto de Segurança Pública (ISP), in the city of Rio de Janeiro alone, 40 people were killed by police officers on duty in the month of May: an increase of 135% compared to 17 during the same period in 2015.

Date:
1 July 2016