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Moscow outlaws Amnesty International for ‘Russophobia’ amid Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war News
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Moscow outlaws Amnesty International for ‘Russophobia’ amid Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia claims members of the international rights group have backed ‘extremist’ organisations and ‘foreign agents’. Russian authorities have designated Amnesty International as an...

Iraq frees over 19,000 prisoners under new amnesty, including some ex-ISIL | ISIL/ISIS News
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Iraq frees over 19,000 prisoners under new amnesty, including some ex-ISIL | ISIL/ISIS News

Officials say prisons at almost double capacity earlier this month. Iraq has released more than 19,000 prisoners under a sweeping amnesty law designed...

Israel carrying out ‘live-streamed genocide’ in Gaza, Amnesty says | Israel-Palestine conflict News
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Israel carrying out ‘live-streamed genocide’ in Gaza, Amnesty says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Amnesty accuses US President Donald Trump of committing a ‘multiplicity of assaults’ on human rights. Israel is perpetrating a “live-streamed genocide” in Gaza,...

Amnesty International launches Hong Kong office overseas | Human Rights News
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Amnesty International launches Hong Kong office overseas | Human Rights News

Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas will be led by Hong Kong activists operating from different countries. Amnesty International has relaunched its Hong Kong...

Bolsonaro supporters rally in Brazil, demand amnesty for January 8 riots | Protests News
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Bolsonaro supporters rally in Brazil, demand amnesty for January 8 riots | Protests News

The former leader seeks political comeback despite ban from public office, echoing Trump’s strategy to regain office. Several thousand supporters of Brazil’s former...

Children in Haiti falling prey to gruesome gang violence, Amnesty warns | Crime News
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Children in Haiti falling prey to gruesome gang violence, Amnesty warns | Crime News

Report estimates that more than a million children live in areas controlled by or under the influence of armed gangs. Gangs in Haiti...

Canada’s temporary foreign worker scheme ‘inherently exploitative’: Amnesty | Labour Rights News
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Canada’s temporary foreign worker scheme ‘inherently exploitative’: Amnesty | Labour Rights News

Montreal, Canada – Canada has failed to take meaningful action to address systemic abuses in a decades-old foreign worker programme, subjecting thousands of...

Myanmar’s military regime to free thousands of prisoners in amnesty | Military News
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Myanmar’s military regime to free thousands of prisoners in amnesty | Military News

Myanmar’s military rulers announced an amnesty for 5,864 prisoners to mark Independence Day, state media reports. Myanmar’s military rulers will release 5,864 prisoners,...

Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza | Gaza
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Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza | Gaza

NewsFeed A new report by human rights organisation Amnesty International has found that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal threshold for genocide....