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We defend human rights around the world. Let's get to work. For media enquiries, please contact @amnestypress at [email protected]

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The Taliban continues to violate the human rights of women and girls through a new decree that entrenches child marriage in law - making an already dismal situation even worse for them. The decree addresses the circumstances in which women and girls can seek marriage separation.
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Fired for asking a question? We stand with Italian journalist Gabriele Nunziati as he takes legal action against Agenzia Nova after his contract was terminated following a question he asked the European Commission about Israel paying for the reconstruction of Gaza last October.
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Entire Palestinian communities across Area C of the occupied West Bank are being erased from lands they have lived on for generations by Israel's accelerating policy of ethnic cleansing and annexation. Sign the petition and call on world leaders to halt Israel's ethnic cleansing
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Read our full report that documents how Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in Area C of the occupied West Bank in a bid to expand settlements, entrench apartheid and accelerate annexation:
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Acceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank...
The international community’s tacit or explicit support for Israeli crimes, including genocide and apartheid, or their failure to act resolutely to stop them has emboldened the Israeli authorities ...
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Video after video shows Israeli settlers violently harassing and attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, seizing their livestock, bulldozing their schools, setting fire to their property and even killing Palestinians as part of a brutal campaign to forcibly displace
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Israeli authorities have deliberately accelerated formal annexation of the occupied West Bank through a state-driven ethnic cleansing campaign targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in Area C of the West Bank, while committing the crime against humanity of forcible
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Acceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank...
The international community’s tacit or explicit support for Israeli crimes, including genocide and apartheid, or their failure to act resolutely to stop them has emboldened the Israeli authorities ...
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By approving billions in new funding for ICE and CBP despite ongoing reports of human rights violations and other abuses, lawmakers have shamefully rewarded agencies that have carried out militarized raids, unlawful arrests and detention, racial profiling, and other actions that
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The World Cup brings people together like no other event. That is what football is. That is what humanity can be. Three fans, who also work for Amnesty International, will be travelling to the #WorldCup this year. Here they share their thoughts on why everyone attending the
Three fans share their hopes and fears for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
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Amnesty International
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Jun 8
Women searcher collectives, who are planning a peaceful protest to coincide with the opening match of the 2026 #FIFAWorldCup at the Mexico City Stadium, must be protected and heard.
Mexican women searchers must be protected during World Cup protest
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Amnesty International
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Jun 8
With just a few days before the Men’s World Cup kicks off, thousands of fans from around the world risk being shut out of one of the biggest sporting events on the planet. Many have waited a long time and saved to pursue their dream of seeing their nations compete in the
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As hostilities escalate between #Iran and #Israel once again, Amnesty reiterates its calls for a durable and genuine ceasefire & long-term solutions to protect human rights and address root causes. In #Lebanon, where a ceasefire never really took hold, fighting continues to
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The Cambodian government’s high-profile crackdown on scamming compounds has failed to dismantle the vast majority of sites in the country or protect and support thousands of people subjected to human trafficking, torture and slavery. New report, out now.
Cambodia: Evidence suggests scamming compounds bypassed despite high-profile ‘crackdown’
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Afghanistan remains the only country in the world that bans secondary education for girls and women. To ensure girls still have the opportunity to learn, Fatema Uzgun Nusrat now runs an online school called The Behdukht Academy. Find out more:
“I set up an online school, so girls in Afghanistan can still study”
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