Watching #FIFAWorldCup this year? Here's what we're watching ahead of...
Watching #FIFAWorldCup this year? Here's what we're watching ahead of the #WorldCup in the host countries. #HumanityMustWin ✊
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz’s announcement to accelerate the...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz’s announcement to accelerate the destruction of bridges and homes in southern Lebanon used the Israeli military's record of atrocity crimes in Gaza to threaten people elsewhere. The...
A US court has ruled that the addictive-by-design nature of Meta and...
A US court has ruled that the addictive-by-design nature of Meta and YouTube harmed a young woman and worsened their mental health. This court decision is clear: these platforms are unsafe by design and meaningful chang...
The European Parliament just endorsed EU proposals to ramp up sanctio...
The European Parliament just endorsed EU proposals to ramp up sanctions, surveillance and detention for undocumented people. These kinds of policies tear families apart, divide and create fear in our communities, and pu...
Kyrgyzstani investigative journalist Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy has been...
Kyrgyzstani investigative journalist Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy has been released after serving two years of a six-year sentence on unfounded “mass unrest” charges. She was targeted after reporting on alleged corruption, al...
The new Criminal Regulation that came in to effect this year makes an...
The new Criminal Regulation that came in to effect this year makes an already repressive legal system in #Afghanishtan even more draconian for women. Here's what you need to know.
Amnesty International has designated Russian poets Artyom Kamardin, Y...
Amnesty International has designated Russian poets Artyom Kamardin, Yegor Shtovba and Nikolai Dayneko as prisoners of conscience. Following their 2022 arrests for reading anti-war poetry in public, Kamardin and Shtovba...
Two years after the enactment of legislation under Hong Kong’s Articl...
Two years after the enactment of legislation under Hong Kong’s Article 23 , the law has further intensified a climate of fear in the city. In the past year alone, people have been arrested, charged, even prosecuted for...
Our differences aren’t the problem. The divide comes from refusing to...
Our differences aren’t the problem. The divide comes from refusing to recognise, accept, and celebrate them - as Audre Lorde warned. Justice means dismantling the discrimination that targets those differences. Another w...
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discriminati...
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Swipe to learn more about racial discrimination and what needs to be done to effectively eliminate it. Today and every day we fight for the elimin...
Across the world, people are still suffering the long-lasting effects...
Across the world, people are still suffering the long-lasting effects of #slavery and #colonialism and struggling to get the #reparations they deserve. To mark International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination,...
Daria Kozyreva, who received a two‑year‑eight‑month sentence for her...
Daria Kozyreva, who received a two‑year‑eight‑month sentence for her peaceful anti‑war stance, has now completed her term and walked free. She — like all those imprisoned solely for speaking out against Russia's war aga...
Thank you Thank you for writing. Thank you for taking action. Remembe...
Thank you Thank you for writing. Thank you for taking action. Remember, your words have power. #Write4Rights ✍️
Heard of Palantir? Here’s Palantir’s contract with the NHS explained....
Heard of Palantir? Here’s Palantir’s contract with the NHS explained. Get involved - link in bio @amnestyuk
Israel is deploying the same deadly playbook it used in 2024 in Leban...
Israel is deploying the same deadly playbook it used in 2024 in Lebanon to kill dozens of health workers and devastate healthcare services. Healthcare workers are risking their lives to save others. Under international...
We reiterate our call for all parties to the conflict in the #MENA re...
We reiterate our call for all parties to the conflict in the #MENA region to refrain from unlawful attacks on #energy infrastructures. The potential for vast, predictable, and devastating civilian harm arising from stri...
Our in-depth investigation finds that US has violated international h...
Our in-depth investigation finds that US has violated international humanitarian law by failing to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm in the deadly attack on a school in #Minab packed full of children...
India’s government has proposed amendments to the Transgender Persons...
India’s government has proposed amendments to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act. These changes risk the increase of state control over transgender people’s identities. The bill’s proposed removal of the...
We are beyond delighted and relieved that Leqaa Kordia has been relea...
We are beyond delighted and relieved that Leqaa Kordia has been released from arbitrary immigration detention. After spending a harrowing year in #ICE custody, Leqaa can return to New Jersey to reunite with her family a...
In January Sean Binders and fellow rescue volunteers were finally acq...
In January Sean Binders and fellow rescue volunteers were finally acquitted of all charges - humanity was on trial, and humanity won Listen to his full story on #OnTheSideOfHumanity. #HumanityMustWin ✊
In a world where human rights abuses are rife, speaking against them...
In a world where human rights abuses are rife, speaking against them is more urgent than ever. #HumanityMustWin
Civilians and civilian objects do not become lawful targets simply be...
Civilians and civilian objects do not become lawful targets simply because of an affiliation or perceived connection. Yet once again, Israel is destroying branches of al-Qard al-Hassan financial institution that serves...
In recent days Israeli-US air strikes have targeted multiple fuel sto...
In recent days Israeli-US air strikes have targeted multiple fuel storage and distribution facilities in Iran, and the Islamic Republic of Iran’s military has carried out attacks affecting fuel depots and oil and gas in...
Today marks one year since Argentinian photojournalist Pablo Grillo s...
Today marks one year since Argentinian photojournalist Pablo Grillo suffered life-changing injuries while documenting a protest outside Argentina’s National Congress in Buenos Aires. Pablo was doing his job, covering a...
According to UNICEF and latest reports, over 270 children across #MEN...
According to UNICEF and latest reports, over 270 children across #MENA have been killed since 28 February, with most children killed in #Iran and #Lebanon. These figures are staggering and escalating. They are a stark t...
Over the past 29 months the devastating, multilayered impact of Israe...
Over the past 29 months the devastating, multilayered impact of Israel’s ongoing genocide has pushed Palestinian women and girls in the occupied Gaza Strip to the brink. Women in Gaza are being denied the conditions nee...
14 year old Molly Russell deserved protection from the algorithms tha...
14 year old Molly Russell deserved protection from the algorithms that fed her negative content, and social media companies have a responsibility to prevent Molly’s tragedy from happening again. Contacts for helplines a...
When governments fail us, we rise. We organise. We resist. We demand...
When governments fail us, we rise. We organise. We resist. We demand more than empty promises. Because it's not equality until every woman, everywhere, has it. And we’re not stepping back. #Resist
As the escalation in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region conti...
As the escalation in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region continues to rise at speed, following the US and Israel attacks on Iran, and Iran’s retaliation, Amnesty reiterates its call for all parties to ensure civi...
The escalation in hostilities across the Middle East and North Africa...
The escalation in hostilities across the Middle East and North Africa region following the US and Israel attacks on Iran, and Iran’s retaliation, is putting civilians at grave risk. @amnesty urges all parties to abide b...