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Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories Armed Conflict

Israel/OPT:  Urgent need for a sustained ceasefire to end civilian bloodshed and mass suffering as fighting resumes

Reacting to the resumption of attacks by Israel in the occupied Gaza Strip and rocket fire from armed groups into southern Israel after a seven-day truce ended, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Senior Director of Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns at Amnesty International, said:   “We urgently reiterate...
Nigeria Armed Conflict

Nigeria: Human rights agenda 2023

Despite Nigeria’s ratification of human rights treaties and commitments at international and regional level and accompanying obligations to respect, protect, promote and fulfil human rights, the country continues to face worsening human rights crises across its territory. Amnesty International is...
Kenya Business and Human Rights

Driven into Darkness

Through its seamless hyper-personalization, TikTok has created an addictive platform, despite mounting evidence of the serious health risks associated with children’s compulsive use of social media. Examining further risks of TikTok’s content targeting, Amnesty International’s research shows that...
Business and Human Rights

I FEEL EXPOSED

TikTok’s highly personalized ‘For You’ feed has helped it to become, in the space of a few years, one of the most popular social media platforms in the world with over 1 billion users, many of whom are children between the ages of 13 and 17. But behind the never-ending feed of lip-syncing and dance...
Asia and the Pacific Children

Vanuatu: Leading on climate, lagging on gender: Amnesty International: Submission to the 46th session of the UPR Working Group, 29 April to 10 May 2024

In this submission to the United Nations, Vanuatu’s human rights record on equality, gender, children’s rights and climate justice comes under review and gaps in human rights protection are highlighted. In particular, Vanuatu has failed to adequately protect marginalised groups from discrimination...