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Iran
International Justice
The Iranian authorities’ refusal to acknowledge let alone ensure accountability for the 1988 prison massacres – the worst incident of secret mass killings committed since the establishment of Islamic Republic of Iran – has perpetuated cycles of crimes under international law and...
February 6, 2023
News
Netherlands
Business and Human Rights
Oil polluted creek in the Niger Delta
February 2, 2023
News
Africa
Armed Conflict
Responding to the news that Pope Francis will begin a 6-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan today, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said: “During his trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan,...
January 31, 2023
News
Lebanon
International Justice
UN rights body should investigate Lebanon’s general prosecutor on January 25, 2023, ordered the release of all suspects detained in connection with the catastrophic explosion in Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. The unprecedented move...
January 25, 2023
News
Eswatini
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
The Eswatini authorities must ensure that the unlawful killing of Thulani Maseko is promptly investigated in an effective, thorough, impartial and transparent manner, completely independent of government, Amnesty International said today. The unlawful killing of human rights defender and lawyer...
January 23, 2023
News
Mozambique
Armed Groups
In response to a video being circulated on social media purportedly showing soldiers throwing dead bodies onto a pile of burning household items in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said: “The viral...
January 11, 2023
News
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
Detention
Israel’s unlawful deportation of French-Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hammouri is a war crime, made possible by a network of laws and policies designed to maintain apartheid over Palestinians, Amnesty International said today. Israeli authorities deported Salah Hammouri, a lawyer and...
December 21, 2022
Research
Libya
Armed Conflict
The climate of impunity in Libya has fuelled horrific crimes by the Tariq Ben Zeyad armed group against thousands of Libyans and migrants since 2016 in areas under the control of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces. Libyan authorities, those in de facto control of territory and the international community...
December 19, 2022
News
Europe and Central Asia
Armed Conflict
Responding to the adoption in the first reading by the Russian State Duma of a bill that effectively removes criminal liability for crimes committed by Russian forces and their proxies in the occupied territories of Ukraine, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central...
December 16, 2022
News
Iran
Children
The Iranian authorities’ arbitrary arrest, intimidation and harassment of relatives of children, unlawfully gunned down or beaten to death by security forces in connection with protests, exposes their inconceivable cruelty and sinister attempt to cover up their crimes, said Amnesty International...
December 9, 2022
Research
Nigeria
Impunity
On the first day of the 21st session of the Assembly of States Parties, Amnesty publishes four calls to the ICC prosecutor with regards to the situation of Nigeria.
December 5, 2022
News
Middle East and North Africa
Corporal Punishment
Hussein Abo al-Kheir, a Jordanian man and father of eight who has been on death row since 2015 on a drug-smuggling conviction is at risk of imminent execution, Amnesty International said today, as Saudi Arabia resumes executions for drug-related offences after a two-year moratorium. Since 10...
December 1, 2022