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Tigray residents are at renewed risk of human rights violations as violence returns to the region. Amnesty calls on both Federal and Tigrayan authorities to respect and comply with international human rights standards including on the protection of civilians. Read more 👇

amn.stReturn of violence in Tigray puts residents at renewed risk of violations.Even as communities continue to grapple with the devastating legacy of past atrocities without justice or accountability.
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Pakistan: Authorities must lift communications blackout following reports of lethal force used against protesters amid elections. Read more 👇

amn.stPakistan: Authorities must lift communications blackout following reports of lethal force used against protesters amid elections Reacting to reports that security forces used lethal force against protesters in Rawalakot, Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the first day of the regional election, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said:   “The disturbing reports emerging from Rawalakot are consistent with the Pakistani authorities’ long history of unlawful violence against protesters in Jammu and Kashmir. A prompt, independent, and transparent investigation must be ordered into the security forces’ use of force against protesters. So long as an internet and mobile […]
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The war in Sudan is a war on civilians.

New report by amnesty documents the RSF’s crimes against humanity of murder, forcible transfer, imprisonment, torture, rape, sexual slavery, other forms of sexual violence, enslavement, extermination and persecution.
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amn.stSudan: RSF atrocities in El Fasher ‘a stain on the conscience of humanity’ – new reportThe Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during its campaign to seize El Fasher in North Darfur state in Sudan, Amnesty International concluded in a major new report. The organization is now calling for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, and for the urgent deployment of an international force to protect […]
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Ahead of the #FIFA #WorldCup, relatives of the disappeared took to the streets to make visible the crisis of disappearances in #Mexico.

We call on Mexico City and federal authorities to fully guarantee the right of collectives and families of disappeared people to protest peacefully.

amnesty.orgMexico: Authorities must guarantee the right to peaceful protest for families searchers for the disappearedMexican authorities must protect and listen to the families searching for their missing loved ones who are demonstrating during the start of the 2026 World Cup.
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Our latest report “Erasing anything Palestinian: Israel's ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities” exposes the scale of Israel’s campaign of ethnic cleansing & unlawful annexation in the occupied West Bank. This is what state-led ethnic cleansing look like. Read for yourself:

amn.stAcceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank annexationAmnesty's new report exposes Israel's state-led policy of ethnic cleansing in the Occupied West Bank.
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Read the harrowing testimony of Ahmad Mhanna, former director of Al-Awda Hospital in northern #Gaza, who survived 22 months in Israeli detention.

We will continue to document these systemic abuses, including Israel’s widespread use of torture and other ill-treatment against #Palestiniandetainees.

amnesty.org'My only "crime" was being a doctor': Dr. Ahmad Mhanna on his 22 months in Israeli detentionIn the occupied Gaza Strip, Palestinian healthcare workers have been facing unprecedented dangers, with many detained under conditions that violate international humanitarian law. Amnesty Internationa...
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Bille, Nigeria, faces a serious health emergency. The town sits beside abandoned oil and gas infrastructure. Since Oct 2025, methane gas has been bubbling in bodies of water and drinking wells near Bille. It is suspected that the oil and gas wells are causing the leaks.
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amn.stMethane gas ignites fire at drinking water pump in NigeriaBille, a town of 30,000 people in Rivers State, Nigeria, sits next to abandoned oil and gas infrastructure. Since October 2025, methane has been bubbling up in rivers, swamps and drinking wells near the town. It is suspected that the oil and gas wells are the cause of these leaks. School children have had to relocate and members of Bille’s community are falling sick due to this. One resident told Amnesty International that the community is “no longer safe.” The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission began investigating the leaks in April and ordered all operating companies nearby to find a solution. The state Governor also offered 100 million Naira (approximately 75,000 USD) to the Bille community to cover relief costs. But little has been done to stop the leaks, and Bille now faces a serious health emergency. Amnesty International continues to call for these investigations to be expedited. Immediate action must be taken to stop the gas leaks, and clean drinking water must be restored to Bille.
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One year on from the deadly US air strike on a Huthi-run migrant detention centre in Sa’ada, north-western Yemen, there has been no discernible progress towards justice and reparation, and survivors are still struggling with severe physical and psychological trauma. Read more 👇

amn.stYemen: One year on, impunity for detention centre strike exposes US failures on accountability and civilian harm preventionOne year on from the deadly US air strike on a Huthi-run migrant detention centre in Sa’ada, north-western Yemen, there has been no discernible progress towards justice and reparation, and survivors are still struggling with severe physical and psychological trauma, Amnesty International said today. The organization had called for the 28 April 2025 strike by US forces, which killed and injured dozens of African migrants to be investigated as a war crime, and this month spoke once again to six […]
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People in Iran have lived under digital darkness for 1000 hours. Access to the internet is a basic human right and indispensable in times of conflict. Authorities must immediately restore internet access.

Graphic with text: 100 hours offline in Iran Authorities have cut off 90+ million people from the outside world since 28 February, preventing them from accessing essential information and contacting loved ones. AUTHORITIES MUST RESTORE INTERNET ACCESS IMMEDIATELY
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President Donald Trump’s apocalyptic warning that Iran's “whole civilization will die tonight” is a threat to commit war crimes and may constitute a threat to commit genocide. The international community must take urgent action to avert an impending catastrophe. Read more 👇

amn.stIran: President Trump’s apocalyptic threats of large-scale civilian devastation demand urgent global action to prevent atrocity crimesResponding to the United States President Donald Trump’s statement about Iran on Truth Social on 7 April 2026, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again”, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International said: “President Trump’s very act of making such apocalyptic threats, including his warning of ending ‘a […]
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The Iranian authorities are shamelessly encouraging children as young as 12 to join an IRGC run military campaign, putting them in grave danger and violating international law, which prohibits the recruitment and use of children in the military.

amn.stIran: Recruitment of child soldiers as young as 12 amounts to a war crime Iranian authorities are trampling upon children’s rights and committing a grave violation of international humanitarian law amounting to a war crime by recruiting and mobilizing children as young as 12 into a military campaign led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Amnesty International said today.  On 26 March 2026, a deputy of the IRGC Mohammad Rasoul Allah Corps of Greater Tehran, Rahim Nadali, announced that a recruitment […]
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“If we don’t address colonialism, we will never tackle racism.” As part of our ‘Voices of Reparatory Justice’ series, we bring you a perspective piece ft. Jehosheba Bennett, one of the lawyers who represented the 'Metis' women, to whom the Belgium court ordered the government to pay reparations.

amnesty.orgJehosheba Bennett: “If we don’t address colonialism, we will never tackle racism.”When I moved to France, I remember learning about the history of slavery at school. I spent my early childhood in French Guiana – a colonised country. However, it was clear the impacts of racism were ...
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Amnesty International hopes today’s resolution will start the path toward justice for Africans and people of African descent and mark a positive step forward for the world at a time when international law is under attack.

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Today’s resolution is a momentous step forward for legal recognition and reparations for those who have suffered the enduring harms of chattel enslavement around the world.

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