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Trump’s first 100 days supercharged a global ‘freefall of rights’, says Amnesty
World now in era of repressive regimes’ impunity, climate inaction and unchecked corporate power, says reportT…
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‘It means death’: Afghan women’s rights activists face deportation from Pakistan
Police go door-to-door arresting Afghans as government pledges to send millions back home to Taliban ruleMore …
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UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian sl…
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Japanese man granted retrial after 45 years on death row
Iwao Hakamada, 87, was convicted of four murders in 1968 but granted ‘temporary release’ in 2014 after new evi…
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Amnesty faces pressure to leave Thailand amid ‘growing intolerance’
Royalist groups have organised petitions calling for Amnesty to be expelled from the country, accusing it of t…
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Oxfam says its work in India is imperilled by ban on foreign funding
Government has banned Mother Teresa charity and many other NGOs from receiving donations from abroadOxfam Indi…
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Amnesty International to close Hong Kong offices due to national security law
Human rights watchdog cites staff safety among reasons over decision to leave city for first time in 40 yearsA…
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Hungary’s LGBT protests and Juneteenth Day: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms from China to Colombia Continue reading..…
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Thousands of Myanmar citizens in Australia at risk of being deported to violence back home
Labor urges Morrison government to extend the stay of temporary visa holders and expand sanctions against mili…
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Myanmar: UN calls for ‘utmost restraint’ from military as more deaths reported
British-drafted UN statement watered down by China, Russia and India while military accuses Aung San Suu Kyi o…
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Facebook and YouTube accused of complicity in Vietnam repression
Amnesty report accuses sites of openly signalling they will bow to authoritarian regimesFacebook and YouTube a…
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By kicking Amnesty out, India is betraying its founding ideals | Rajat Khosla
Our work is not some sinister plot to tarnish India’s reputation. It is inspired by the country’s own traditio…
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Amnesty to halt work in India due to government ‘witch-hunt’
Authorities froze bank accounts after criticism of government’s human rights recordAmnesty International has b…
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Amnesty investigation links brewer Kirin to Myanmar military crimes
Billions in dividends from ventures with conglomerate MEHL funnelled to army units implicated in Rohingya crac…
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Hundreds of Rohingya refugees stuck at sea, say rights groups
Malaysia and Thailand asked to urgently help people on as many as five boatsHundreds more Rohingya refugees re…