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Check out this @amnesty cutting edge initiative: our first child and youth-led research project with nine Filipino young human rights defenders. We co-investigated online harassment and co-produced this report with bold recommendations to the authorities: www.amnesty.org.ph/2025/04/left...

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Good News. At a time when too many leaders around the world want to burry multilateralism and human rights, States have agreed to draft a new convention on the rights of older people This is a significant milestone in the fight for older people’s rights. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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@PASPKaukoranta: In light of Benjamin Netanyahu's reported visit to Hungary, an @intlcrimcourt state party, @amnesty urges you, the ASP Bureau, and all ICC member states to take firm action in response to imminent and future instances of non-cooperation. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

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A new investigation by @amnesty reveals that two journalists from @BIRN_Network, the award-winning Serbian network of investigative journalists, were targeted with #Pegasus spyware last month. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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HD Hyundai machinery has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to new visual and testimonial evidence documented by @AmnestyKorea and local human rights groups www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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The Pakistani govt plans to arbitrarily and forcibly expel Afghan nationals, including refugees and asylum seekers, as part of the ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’, scapegoating a community that has long been disenfranchised and fled persecution. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Last month, President Trump issued an Executive Order authorizing sanctions on the ICC and its Chief Prosecutor. The US sanctions pose a dire threat to the ICC, international rule of law and its multilateral system. Here's what you need to know: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

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Brazen attack on press freedom in #Indonesia yesterday: investigative media outlet Tempo received a package of a pig head and headless rats following its critique of the controversial military law. www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indones...

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As President Rodrigo Duterte is transferred to the Hague a reminder of the work done by @agnescallamard.bsky.social while UN SR SUMMEX calling out his crimes and facing threats of all sorts along the way. With brave civil society activists & journalists paving the way. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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A step for justice in which Agnes' work while Special Rapporteur on summary executions played no small part. 👏

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USA: Chilling verdict against Greenpeace sets an array of deeply damaging precedents on the rights to freedom of speech, association and peaceful protest and puts the very future of Greenpeace at risk. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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In Türkiye, the protection of civil and political rights is taking a turn for the worse. 100+ people, including Istanbul’s mayor, were detained yesterday, a massive escalation in the authorities’ crackdown on peaceful dissent & targeting of the political opposition www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Over the past year, Article 23 has been used to entrench a ‘new normal’ of systematic repression of dissent in #HongKong. People have been targeted and harshly punished for the clothes they wear as well as the things they say or for minor acts of protest. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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#Niger : Les autorités n’ont pas tenu leur engagement de respecter les droits humains depuis le coup d’État militaire de juillet 2023. AU contraire. Le pays vit une forte détérioration de l’espace civique et les violations des droits civils et politiques. www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/ne...

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Israel brazenly resumed its devastating bombing campaign in Gaza killing at least 414 people in their sleep, including at least 100 children. The resumption of Israel’s attacks also puts the lives of 24 remaining Israeli hostages believed to be alive at risk. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest is a long-awaited and monumental step for justice for the thousands of victims and survivors of his administration’s ‘war on drugs’, which turned much of the Philippines into a nation of mourning. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Switzerland cancelled a conference by the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, requested by a 2024 UN General Assembly resolution, on the implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The reason: disagreement between participating parties

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Russian authorities have subjected Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian captives to torture, prolonged incommunicado detention, enforced disappearance and other inhumane treatment, which amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Yet again, the Palestinians of Gaza are denied access to humanitarian aid, following an Israel's decision which violates international law and amounts to collective punishment. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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The #Trump effect! Today, Serbian police raided the premises of 3 prominent USAID-supported organisations. The targeting of these NGOs is a blatant act of intimidation & the latest in a persistent campaign by Serbian authorities to silence critical voices apnews.com/article/serb...

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At a time when the US President is seeking to re-write the history of the last decade, the 3rd anniversary of the Russian aggression is a stark reminder of how much the people of Ukraine have endured and lost; of the devastation that Russia has waged against Ukraine www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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I met with #ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC at the Munich Security Conference. I reaffirmed @amnesty full support and commitment to a strong and independent ICC and its Prosecutor. @amnesty calls on States around the world to rise and reject firmly the US sanctions.

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Haiti: @Amnesty is releasing a new report detailing sickening gangs' violence against children. Theis lives are being wrecked and they have nowhere to go for protection or justice. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Are we truly entering an ‘Intelligent Age’, as #WEF25 posits, driven by artificial intelligence, robotics and biotech advances? Hard to believe given the gravity of the challenges facing humanity. www.weforum.org/meetings/wor...

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We are extremely alarmed by the latest information we have received regarding Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyyah, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital. He should now be considered victim of enforced disappeared, at great risk of torture and ill-treatment. Israel authorities must urgently disclose his location.

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2023 Nobel Peace Narges Mohammadi in conversation with @agnescallamard.bsky.social : " I have many friends in prison who are ill and in urgent need of medical care, such as Mahvash Shahriari, but they are denied their human rights. I ask you to be their voice." narges.foundation/amnesty-inte...

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