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Respect for human rights around the world is deteriorating. Our research indicates more than half of the states we monitored used torture or other ill-treatment. Our annual report paints a disturbing picture of the global state of human rights today: amn.st/6016O8EAO

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Afghan women refuse to give up 👇

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women's rights 🤝 human rights

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Women in Iran are going out in public unveiled as a form of protest for their rights ✊

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A quick recap in case you missed these massive moments 🚨

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This trial sends a clear message that senior officials are not above the law.

That it has taken more than 10 years for any of those suspected of criminal responsibility to be brought to court has allowed a culture of impunity for war crimes committed during the Kosovo War to persist.

The start of former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi and three other commanders of Kosovo’s Liberation Army's trial is an important step along the long road to justice.

Serbia/Kosovo: Start of ex-Kosovo president’s trial for war crimes “an important step along the...

As the special war crimes tribunal begins in the Hague against former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi and three other commanders of Kosovo’s Liberation Army (KLA) for their alleged responsibility for...

Until apartheid is dismantled Palestinians will continue to face violence and oppression.

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Taliban bans Afghan female staff, UN says

This ban on UN female employees in Afghanistan is unconscionable. Millions of people, especially women and children, will be deprived of much-needed humanitarian support in #Afghanistan if the #Taliban's ban is not reversed immediately.

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The UN said that while there has been no written communication, the Taliban have informed them verbally.

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Apartheid is deprivation. Apartheid is segregation. Apartheid is fragmentation. Apartheid is dispossession. Israel’s apartheid over Palestinians is a crime against humanity

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Turkish officials should conduct full investigations into all reports from the earthquake region of police, gendarmerie, and military personnel torturing or otherwise ill-treating people, regardless of whether they suspect the victims of criminal activities.

The harrowing descriptions and images of wanton violence by law enforcement officials abusing their power in the midst of the worst natural disaster the country has ever faced cannot be just swept away.

Most victims described being apprehended by groups of police, gendarmes, or soldiers while involved in search and rescue efforts of buildings destroyed by the earthquake or while passing through neighborhoods in Antakya.

Law enforcement officials sent to police the region devastated by Türkiye’s 6 February earthquakes have beaten, tortured, and otherwise ill-treated people they suspect of theft and looting.

Türkiye: Police and gendarmerie commit abuses in earthquake zone

Law enforcement officials sent to police the region devastated by Türkiye’s 6 February earthquakes have beaten, tortured, and otherwise ill-treated people they suspect of theft and looting, Amnesty...

Love is a human right 💔

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⏱️ When will Congress take a stand? ⏱️ When will leaders put people over profit? ⏱️ We demand more action on this epidemic of gun violence in the USA.

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We should be able to exercise the right to protest without fear of being harmed, hurt, or even killed by the misuse of policing equipment. Join us and demand your government to support a Torture-Free Trade Treaty today. #ProtectTheProtest ✊

Regulate the trade in policing equipment now

Ask your government to back a global treaty to keep equipment like tear gas and pepper spray from getting into the hands of abusive police forces.

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End gun violence. End gun violence. End gun violence. End gun violence. End gun violence. End gun violence. End gun violence. End gun violence.

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Free Zhanargul Zhumatai 📢

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Today marks one year since a state of emergency was decreed in El Salvador, since then, more than 66,000 detentions took place and 132 deaths occurred in state custody, most of whom at the time of their deaths had not been found guilty of any crime 👇

One year into El Salvador's state of emergency

The authorities are systematically committing human rights violations

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Women in Iran are going out in public unveiled as a form of protest for their rights ✊

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Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has announced that her upcoming autumn report to #UNGA will focus on the production and trade of law enforcement equipment used in torture and other ill-treatment. This will be a highly significant intervention by the UN Special Rapporteur.

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Calling for your inputs to my next #UNGA report: The nature, scope & regulation of the production & #trade of #lawenforcement equipment & weapons & r’ship w #torture & CIDTP. Deadline: 28 April 2023 ⁦@UN_SPExperts⁩ ⁦@UN_HRC⁩ @Omega_RF⁩ ohchr.org/en/calls-for-i

The Taliban must be held accountable for their human rights violations and abuses against women and girls.

Women's rights are human rights 🎙️

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reported that India is searching for alternative spyware technology to replace Israeli NSO Group’s #Pegasus surveillance software, we are shocked that the Indian government won't stop furthering its surveillance capabilities

India: Government’s pursuit of new surveillance technology heightens human rights concerns

Responding to a report by the Financial Times that India is searching for alternative spyware technology to replace NSO Group’s Pegasus surveillance software, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of the...

There is an urgent need to ensure prompt and independent investigations of reports of allegations of violence, hold perpetrators to account and to establish robust independent border monitoring mechanisms.

This report adds to the mountain of evidence of serious and systemic human rights violations perpetrated against people at borders by European states’ authorities. It confirms the testimonies of thousands of people who have experienced violence at Europe’s land and sea borders.

Refugees and migrants who tried to cross Europe's body have been subjected to practices which amount to torture, the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) found yesterday.

Europe: Findings by leading anti-torture body of systemic abuses at Europe’s borders corroborates...

The findings by Europe’s top anti-torture body that authorities across Europe have used practices which amount to torture to target refugees and migrants who tried to cross Europe’s borders, streng...

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Air Canada must apologize to Amnesty Canada’s Secretary General

The airline's staff treated her in a discriminatory and racist manner

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🇨🇦 It’s outrageous and unacceptable that

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"It’s outrageous and unacceptable that @AirCanada have refused to allow @kettynivyabandi to board her flight, despite her meeting all the legal requirements to travel to Mexico" said @ErikaGuevaraR amnesty.org/en/latest/news

A reminder on International Transgender Day of Visibility: 💙 Trans rights are human rights 💗 Trans rights are human rights 🤍 Trans rights are human rights

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Thai authorities must drop all charges against individuals for peacefully protesting and must enable children to exercise their rights to peaceful expression and assembly.

Peaceful protest is a human right. #ProtectTheProtect

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French authorities must ensure the safety of protesters and refrain from using unnecessary or excessive force. #ProtectTheProtest ✊

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In a landmark moment, the UN has backed Pacific Island states by asking the International Court to advance climate justice. Today’s victory sprang from the efforts of youth activists in Pacific Island states—we salute them for their remarkable achievement.

UN asks International Court to advance climate justice

UN backs Pacific Island states by asking the International Court to advance climate justice.

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The fire in the migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez in the early hours of 28 March, in which at least 40 migrants died, lay bare a truly inhumane system of immigration enforcement 👇

Fatal fire in migrant detention center is result of inhumane policies

It was a consequence of the restrictive and cruel immigration policies shared by the Mexican and US governments

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We continue to work with a growing network of civil society partners to detect and respond to the unique cyber-surveillance threats faced by human rights defenders.

Amnesty International’s Security Lab has exposed a sophisticated hacking campaign by a mercenary spyware company targeting Google’s Android operating system.

Amnesty International uncovers new hacking campaign linked to mercenary spyware company

The attack targeted Android operating system. As a result of the discovery, Google were able to release security updates protecting billions of Android, Chrome and Linux users from the exploit.