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The Israeli military has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians by destroying homes and essential civilian infrastructure in Jenin and Tulkarem refugee camps
Israel’s destructive West Bank military operation fuels mass forced displacement of Palestinians
The Israeli military has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians by destroying homes and essential civilian infrastructure in Jenin and Tulkarem
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June 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Israeli military has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians by destroying homes and essential civilian infrastructure in Jenin and Tulkarem refugee camps
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Today @ITUC and @ituc_africa filed a landmark complaint against Saudi Arabia at the ILO, alleging widespread violations of migrant workers’ rights in the country that’s set to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
Global trade unions have filed a complaint against #SaudiArabia at the UN's @ilo.org #ILC2025, citing severe abuses of migrant workers—including wage theft, passport confiscation & debt bondage.
According to the #RightsIndex25, Saudi Arabia is rated 5 - “no guarantee of rights”.
According to the #RightsIndex25, Saudi Arabia is rated 5 - “no guarantee of rights”.
Trade unions take Saudi Arabia to UN labour body over exploitation and deaths of migrant workers
Workers' representatives at the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) have formally filed a complaint against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, citing widespread violations of migrant ...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Today @ITUC and @ituc_africa filed a landmark complaint against Saudi Arabia at the ILO, alleging widespread violations of migrant workers’ rights in the country that’s set to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
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Along with dictators around the world, we're "celebrating" the end of journalism.
#AmnestyMediaAwards
#AmnestyMediaAwards
June 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Along with dictators around the world, we're "celebrating" the end of journalism.
#AmnestyMediaAwards
#AmnestyMediaAwards
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While the world celebrates Eid, Israel is bombing, displacing and starving Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime.The global community must act now to lift the blockade and stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
June 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
While the world celebrates Eid, Israel is bombing, displacing and starving Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime.The global community must act now to lift the blockade and stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
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We are deeply alarmed by reports that #BBC journalist #FerasKilani and his team were held at gunpoint and detained for seven hours by the IDF in southern Syria.
Journalists must be able to do their work without fear or threat: www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Journalists must be able to do their work without fear or threat: www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Statement on BBC correspondent Feras Kilani and colleagues being detained at gunpoint by Israel Defense Forces
www.bbc.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We are deeply alarmed by reports that #BBC journalist #FerasKilani and his team were held at gunpoint and detained for seven hours by the IDF in southern Syria.
Journalists must be able to do their work without fear or threat: www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Journalists must be able to do their work without fear or threat: www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
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On Day 250 of Laila Soueif’s hunger strike to free her son, read this powerful reflection by her sister – and Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s aunt – the writer Ahdaf Soueif. #FreeAlaa
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Ahdaf Soueif | Day 250
In a Facebook post from 2012, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who had just spent time in Tora prison, south of Cairo, begs us not to...
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June 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
On Day 250 of Laila Soueif’s hunger strike to free her son, read this powerful reflection by her sister – and Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s aunt – the writer Ahdaf Soueif. #FreeAlaa
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
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Amnesty has documented scores of death threats, bomb threats and violent attacks against journalists in Northern Ireland.
🎬 Powerful testimony from Belfast journalists Allison Morris, Paula Mackin, Richard Sullivan, Martin Breen and Steven Moore. youtu.be/eXriDvx51mE?...
🎬 Powerful testimony from Belfast journalists Allison Morris, Paula Mackin, Richard Sullivan, Martin Breen and Steven Moore. youtu.be/eXriDvx51mE?...
Why is Northern Ireland the most dangerous place in the UK to be a journalist?
YouTube video by Amnesty International UK
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June 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Amnesty has documented scores of death threats, bomb threats and violent attacks against journalists in Northern Ireland.
🎬 Powerful testimony from Belfast journalists Allison Morris, Paula Mackin, Richard Sullivan, Martin Breen and Steven Moore. youtu.be/eXriDvx51mE?...
🎬 Powerful testimony from Belfast journalists Allison Morris, Paula Mackin, Richard Sullivan, Martin Breen and Steven Moore. youtu.be/eXriDvx51mE?...
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In the age of online information, it feels harder than ever to stay informed. To help you cut through the noise, every Friday we publish a roundup of the key stories covering censorship & free expression.
From #DRCongo to #Israel here are the top stories⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/06/week...
From #DRCongo to #Israel here are the top stories⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/06/week...
The week in free expression: 31 May–6 June 2025 - Index on Censorship
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
www.indexoncensorship.org
June 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In the age of online information, it feels harder than ever to stay informed. To help you cut through the noise, every Friday we publish a roundup of the key stories covering censorship & free expression.
From #DRCongo to #Israel here are the top stories⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/06/week...
From #DRCongo to #Israel here are the top stories⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/06/week...
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"The British government must not repeat past mistakes on Burma", our Programme Director, Zoya Phan, speaking at the launch of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission’s new report on Myanmar, “Unspeakable Tragedy”, in Parliament earlier this week.
June 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"The British government must not repeat past mistakes on Burma", our Programme Director, Zoya Phan, speaking at the launch of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission’s new report on Myanmar, “Unspeakable Tragedy”, in Parliament earlier this week.
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It’s clear when some wish to divide us.
Let’s steer away from scare tactics and undermining human rights - and actually focus on protecting and upholding human rights that help us all.
That includes the European Convention on Human Rights. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Let’s steer away from scare tactics and undermining human rights - and actually focus on protecting and upholding human rights that help us all.
That includes the European Convention on Human Rights. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Badenoch launches review into possible ECHR exit
A review by the shadow attorney general will examine whether the UK should exit certain domestic and international agreements.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It’s clear when some wish to divide us.
Let’s steer away from scare tactics and undermining human rights - and actually focus on protecting and upholding human rights that help us all.
That includes the European Convention on Human Rights. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Let’s steer away from scare tactics and undermining human rights - and actually focus on protecting and upholding human rights that help us all.
That includes the European Convention on Human Rights. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Last month, authorities in El Salvador arrested Ruth Eleonora López, a prominent human rights lawyer.
Her arrest is part of a wider crackdown against journalists and rights defenders by the Bukele government. Learn more ⤵️
Her arrest is part of a wider crackdown against journalists and rights defenders by the Bukele government. Learn more ⤵️
June 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Last month, authorities in El Salvador arrested Ruth Eleonora López, a prominent human rights lawyer.
Her arrest is part of a wider crackdown against journalists and rights defenders by the Bukele government. Learn more ⤵️
Her arrest is part of a wider crackdown against journalists and rights defenders by the Bukele government. Learn more ⤵️
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Azharul Islam has been freed n Bangladesh, after serving 13 years on death row. @amnesty.org and other human rights organizations had consistently raised serious flaws over his trial being a gross miscarriage of justice. bsky.app/profile/afpn...
BREAKING Bangladesh's top court has overturned a conviction against A.T.M. Azharul Islam, a key leader of the country's main Islamist party, who has been on death row since being sentenced under the regime ousted last year
June 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Azharul Islam has been freed n Bangladesh, after serving 13 years on death row. @amnesty.org and other human rights organizations had consistently raised serious flaws over his trial being a gross miscarriage of justice. bsky.app/profile/afpn...
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JOIN US for a screening of 'The Encampments' at Picturehouse Central on Thursday 5 June!
This powerful documentary follows the US student encampments that ignited a movement by protesting their universities' ties to the war on Gaza
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
This powerful documentary follows the US student encampments that ignited a movement by protesting their universities' ties to the war on Gaza
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
June 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
JOIN US for a screening of 'The Encampments' at Picturehouse Central on Thursday 5 June!
This powerful documentary follows the US student encampments that ignited a movement by protesting their universities' ties to the war on Gaza
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
This powerful documentary follows the US student encampments that ignited a movement by protesting their universities' ties to the war on Gaza
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
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NEW: Libya’s fragmented justice sector is suppressing fundamental freedoms and obstructing accountability.
In a new report, HRW documents outdated and repressive legislation, lack of fair trial rights, and rampant due process violations.
In a new report, HRW documents outdated and repressive legislation, lack of fair trial rights, and rampant due process violations.
Libya: Barriers to Justice
Libya’s fragmented justice sector is suppressing fundamental freedoms and obstructing accountability for abuses.
www.hrw.org
June 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NEW: Libya’s fragmented justice sector is suppressing fundamental freedoms and obstructing accountability.
In a new report, HRW documents outdated and repressive legislation, lack of fair trial rights, and rampant due process violations.
In a new report, HRW documents outdated and repressive legislation, lack of fair trial rights, and rampant due process violations.
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Congratulations to Belarusian publishers Nadia Kandrusevich and Dmitri Strotsev for receiving the 2025 IPA Prix Voltaire at WEXFO yesterday for their commitment to publishing despite threats, harassment and having to flee #Belarus: internationalpublishers.org/2025-ipa-pri...
2025 IPA Prix Voltaire Recongises Exiled Belarusian Publishers Nadia Kandrusevich and Dmitri Strotsev – International Publishers Association
Belarusian publishers Nadia Kandrusevich (Koska) and Dmitri Strotsev (Hochroth Minsk) jointly awarded the 2025 International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire at the award ceremony World Expressi...
internationalpublishers.org
June 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Congratulations to Belarusian publishers Nadia Kandrusevich and Dmitri Strotsev for receiving the 2025 IPA Prix Voltaire at WEXFO yesterday for their commitment to publishing despite threats, harassment and having to flee #Belarus: internationalpublishers.org/2025-ipa-pri...
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#Pakistan has stepped up arbitrary deportations of #Afghan nationals. RSF and 14 other organisations are urging the government to comply with the principle of non-refoulement. The safety of Afghanistan journalists who have fled the Taliban must be guaranteed.
Pakistan: Mass expulsion of at-risk Afghans imperils lives of writers, journalists, human rights defenders and others persecuted by the Taliban — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending F...
We, the undersigned organisations, call on the government of Pakistan to immediately halt the arbitrary mass deportation of Afghan nationals in line with the country’s human rights obligations ...
www.pen-international.org
June 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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🚨New Report: Hunted From Above documents Russia’s use of armed quadcopter drones to deliberately target civilians in Kherson, Ukraine. These attacks are not random—they are precise, intentional, and #WarCrimes. 🧵 www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Ukraine: Russia Using Drones to Attack Civilians
Russian forces have repeatedly used drones to attack civilians and civilian objects in Kherson city in southern Ukraine, serious violations of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a report rele...
www.hrw.org
June 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
🚨New Report: Hunted From Above documents Russia’s use of armed quadcopter drones to deliberately target civilians in Kherson, Ukraine. These attacks are not random—they are precise, intentional, and #WarCrimes. 🧵 www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
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The EU’s patience with #Hungary is wearing thin. With Orbán’s government attacking LGBTQ+ rights, democracy and press freedom, when will the #EU take firm action? Read more ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/06/eu-l... @sarahdawood.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The EU’s patience with #Hungary is wearing thin. With Orbán’s government attacking LGBTQ+ rights, democracy and press freedom, when will the #EU take firm action? Read more ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/06/eu-l... @sarahdawood.bsky.social
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Since 2 March 2025 Israel has prevented the entry of all humanitarian supplies and commercial goods including food, water, medicine and fuel into the occupied Gaza Strip.
May 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Since 2 March 2025 Israel has prevented the entry of all humanitarian supplies and commercial goods including food, water, medicine and fuel into the occupied Gaza Strip.
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The deployment of armed Ugandan soldiers and military equipment to South Sudan since 11 March 2025 flagrantly violates the arms embargo.
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UN Security Council must renew and enforce South Sudan arms embargo to protect civilians
Ugandan military presence in clear breach of embargo terms
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May 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The deployment of armed Ugandan soldiers and military equipment to South Sudan since 11 March 2025 flagrantly violates the arms embargo.
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Dear supporters, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation today declared Amnesty International an "undesirable organization"
May 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Dear supporters, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation today declared Amnesty International an "undesirable organization"
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When a government attacks Amnesty International, you can pretty much guarantee that government has been up to no good.
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“Undesirable” Human Rights : Daily Brief
#Russia’s attack on Amnesty International is both a government confession of guilt in human rights abuses and high praise for Amnesty’s work. Read Andrew Stroehlein in Human Rights Watch’s Daily Brief...
www.hrw.org
May 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Act now, call for an end to Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza 👇
End Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Act now and call on Israel to immediately stop committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
www.amnesty.org
May 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Act now, call for an end to Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza 👇
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In recent days, horrifying images of starvation and deadly attacks in the occupied Gaza Strip have shocked the world.
On the anniversary of the Nakba, tens of thousands took to the streets globally, demanding action and justice for Palestinians ⬇️
On the anniversary of the Nakba, tens of thousands took to the streets globally, demanding action and justice for Palestinians ⬇️
May 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In recent days, horrifying images of starvation and deadly attacks in the occupied Gaza Strip have shocked the world.
On the anniversary of the Nakba, tens of thousands took to the streets globally, demanding action and justice for Palestinians ⬇️
On the anniversary of the Nakba, tens of thousands took to the streets globally, demanding action and justice for Palestinians ⬇️
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Today, tomorrow, and every day after that. Black lives matter.
Learn more about how racial discrimination impacts society 👉 http://amn.st/63327NUxic
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May 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today, tomorrow, and every day after that. Black lives matter.
Learn more about how racial discrimination impacts society 👉 http://amn.st/63327NUxic
Learn more about how racial discrimination impacts society 👉 http://amn.st/63327NUxic