Responding to the series of attacks leading to about 120 deaths and injuries in areas dominated by Hazara Shia communities in west Kabul over the last few days, Zaman Sultani, Amnesty International’s regional researcher, said: “The systematic attacks on the marginalised and persecuted Hazara Shia community in Afghanistan may amount to crimes against humanity and …
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Mental Health and Wellbeing at Amnesty
A mentally healthy movement is essential for individual health, collective wellbeing and productivity.
Myanmar: Detainees tortured to crush opposition to coup
● Beatings, gender-based violence and arbitrary arrests documented● Myanmar must immediately free all those unjustly detained● Profound psychological trauma experienced upon release Authorities in Myanmar’s prisons and interrogation centres routinely subject people detained for resisting the 2021 military coup to torture and other cruel or degrading treatment, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing, …
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Report: Deadly Mariupol theatre strike in Ukraine ‘a clear war crime’ by Russian forces
Amnesty investigation into Russian military forces committing a war crime.
Good news: Russian activist Yulia Tsvetkova is free
Russian activist Yulia Tsvetkova has been acquitted of ‘pornography’ charges for posting her body-positive illustrations of women online.
Non-Binary People’s Day is about more than ‘pronouns’
The fight for representation, understanding, and justice is about more than pronouns, it’s about love and care that is affirming and validating.
Refugee Moz Azimitabar is taking the Australian Government to court over its detention regime
The Australian government robbed Moz of 8 years of his life – but they failed to break his spirt. Amnesty stands with Moz.
Human rights WIP: #GameOver, Religious Discrimination Bill shelved, Bernardo and Nazanin are free, and more
Thanks to supporters, we’ve achieved some incredible wins in the first half of 2022. Here’s our human rights impact from Australia.
Refugees on Nauru need urgent evacuation to Australia
Calling for refugees and people seeking asylum on Nauru to be urgently evacuated to Australia while they await resettlement processes.
China: Families of Xinjiang detainees speak out as they await long-overdue UN report
Amnesty International today published heartbreaking new testimony from relatives of 48 ethnic Uyghur and Kazakh people detained in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, as it reiterated its call for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take action. The outgoing High Commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has yet to release a long-awaited report on serious human rights violations …