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Amnesty denounces “a new wave of war crimes” in Burma
Amnesty International denounced on Wednesday June 1 “a new wave of war crimes and probably crimes against humanityin Burma where the junta has multiplied air raids and artillery fire against…
Amnesty urges London to investigate Iranian-British ‘hostage-taking’ by Tehran
The NGO Amnesty International described Wednesday June 1 as “hostage taking» the six-year detention in Iran of the Iranian-British Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, released in March, calling on the British authorities to…
Syria: UN welcomes prisoner amnesty
The UN’s special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, on Sunday hailed the amnesty to be granted to thousands of Syrians convicted of crimes related to the “terrorism“, shortly before a…
Algeria: Amnesty concerned for the health of an activist in detention
Amnesty International said “worryWednesday, May 18 regarding the state of health of an activist in pre-trial detention in Algeria for 11 months and who has led two hunger strikes, the…
Amnesty International points to FIFA’s “responsibilities” in human rights “abuses”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Doha on April 1, 2022. HASSAN AMMAR / AP Six months before the FIFA World Cup in Qatar (November 21-December 18), the NGO Amnesty International…
Amnesty for opponents of the regime gives prisoners new hope
In a rare concession to the opposition, the Asad regime has released hundreds of political prisoners. In view of the experience with previous amnesties, however, one should be skeptical that…
“Discuss genocide issue”: Amnesty International sees Russian “hatred” for all Ukrainians
“Discuss issue of genocide” Amnesty International sees Russian “hatred” for all Ukrainians 05/11/2022 03:08 am “Russian aggression is a problem for the whole world,” says Agnès Callamard, secretary-general of Amnesty…
Ukraine: Amnesty International says it has “irrefutable evidence” of war crimes
Océane Théard, edited by Solène Leroux 7:21 p.m., May 06, 2022modified to 8:15 p.m., May 06, 2022 War crimes have indeed been committed in Ukraine. Amnesty International claims to have…
War in Ukraine – Amnesty documents dozens of war crimes near Kyiv – News
contents Killings of civilians and indiscriminate airstrikes by Russian troops confirm a new AI report. The pictures from the Ukrainian city of Bucha went around the world. Civilians lying on…
Russia closes local offices of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
Russia announced Friday the closure of the local offices of several reputable human rights NGOs, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. This announcement came in the midst of a…
Qatar: security agents subjected to “forced labor”, according to Amnesty International
The working conditions of security guards in Qatar, “including in projects related to the 2022 FIFA World Cup”are comparable to “forced labor”denounces the NGO Amnesty International in a report Thursday,…
Russia specifically commits war crimes – n-tv.de
Amnesty documents atrocities “15 liters of water for 55 people” 03/30/2022, 11:08 am Russian combat troops are deliberately destroying residential buildings, kindergartens and hospitals in Ukraine. Thousands of civilians are…