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Ghana abolishes death penalty, with expected reprieve for 176 condemned prisoners

Country joins growing list of African nations free of capital punishment, but execution remains for high treason

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s $6bn spend on ‘sportswashing’

Exclusive: Billions deployed since early 2021 in a move critics say is an attempt to distract from human rights record

The Guardian - UK

Ghana's former sanitation minister arrested in corruption probe

A former government minister is investigated for corruption in Ghana. The inquiry comes after Cecilia Abena Dapaah reported her housekeeper for stealing a large sum of money, but prosecutors want to know where the money came from. Also in this edition: at least 30 people have been killed by a…

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An Egyptian court hands down 3-year prison sentence to rights activist in case that echoed in Italy

An Egyptian court has sentenced a rights activist to three years in prison over an opinion article he wrote in 2019

The Independent UK

Victim’s brother urges MPs to reject contentious legacy Bill

The UK Government has said its legacy proposals are the best way to deliver for victims of the Troubles.

The Independent UK

US to give Ukraine widely banned cluster munitions despite fears

Banned by many countries, cluster munitions leave unexploded bombs that pose a risk to civilians for decades to come.

Al Jazeera

'I was tortured in notorious Iran jail as terminally ill son lay dying outside its walls'

On December 28, 2021 single parent Mehdi (Yasser) Akbari was left in despair after he learned that his only child, Amir-Ali, had passed away at a care facility while he was still trapped inside the notorious Evin prison on the outskirts of Tehran

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Amnesty says 'atrocities' committed by both sides in anglophone Cameroon's conflict

Amnesty International has reported that security forces, separatist rebels and ethnic militiamen – from both sides of the country's linguistic divide – have committed "atrocities" in the English-speaking regions of western Cameroon, including executions, torture and rape.

Radio France Internationale

'Atrocities' committed by all sides in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis, Amnesty says

In this edition: Human rights investigators from Amnesty International warn that civilians in Cameroon are suffering sexual, physical and psychological violence as they're targeted by all the main players in an Anglophone separatist crisis that's gripped the country since 2016. Also, Senegal's future looks immediately more stable after President Macky…

France 24

Teen’s killing raises a French policing issue that dare not be named

The killing of 17-year-old Nahel M. during a police traffic stop this week was a depressingly familiar addition to France’s list of police brutality cases. But when the UN called on the government to address racial discrimination in its police force, the official reaction was just as familiar and depressing…

France 24

Majority of public oppose Government’s legacy bill – Amnesty

Amnesty commissioned a UK-wide poll by Savanta, which indicates nine in 10 adults say people should still be prosecuted for serious crimes.

The Independent UK

Rights groups denounce Spain and Morocco's lack of justice as Melilla tragedy anniversary nears

Rights groups have denounced a lack of justice and transparency over the deaths of 37 migrants on June 24, 2022, as they attempted to cross the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla

The Independent UK

French climate protest group vows to fight on despite order to disband

Protests are planned and a legal battle is taking shape after the French government outlawed a climate activist group that it accuses of instigating violence and vandalism at demonstrations around France.

Radio France Internationale

Controversial legacy Bill is human rights-compliant, says Heaton-Harris

The Bill is set to reach the report stage at the House of Lords on Wednesday.

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Syrian Refugees In Lebanon Face Existential Threat Amid Anti-refugee Sentiment

Lebanese authorities campaign for mass deportations to Syria, violating international law and putting refugees in mortal danger.

The Independent UK

Peers urged to reject Northern Ireland legacy bill

Amnesty International said no amendments can save the ‘deeply damaging’ bill.

The Guardian - UK

‘The youth will fight’: why children have joined Senegal protests

Frustrations have grown over high youth unemployment and accusations of systemic corruption

Evening Standard

Who is Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and why is he in jail?

Alexei Navalny is already serving a nine-year sentence on charges Amnesty International says are fraudulent

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Al Jazeera

Tunisia bars TV, radio reports of opposition conspiracy cases

The cases banned from being covered involve at least 21 dissidents under investigation on accusations of ‘conspiracy’.

Zenger

Amnesty International Board Member Denies Israel’s Existence

Just days after joining Amnesty International’s Board, Rasha Abdel Latif shared a controversial message on social media.

The Independent UK

Protesters in Senegal accuse police of using armed civilians to quell unrest

Demonstrators and civil rights groups in Senegal are accusing the country's security forces of working with armed civilians who shot and killed several people who participated in recent anti-government protests

Radio France Internationale

Amnesty urges Macron to pressure Saudi prince over death sentences during Paris visit

Amnesty International on Thursday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to pressure Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is currently in France, to spare seven young men facing execution for crimes committed while minors.

The Guardian - UK

Qatar World Cup organisers ‘failed to protect workers,’ claims Amnesty

Amnesty said Fifa has ‘not effectively investigated the issue’ of migrants’ working conditions with 12-hour days having broken Qatari labour laws

The Independent UK

Qatar World Cup workers suffered ‘human rights abuses’, new Amnesty report finds

The investigation showed a “pattern of abuses against migrant workers” and accused Fifa of failing to investigate the issue, writes Miguel Delaney

Salon

"The human toll of apartheid" in Gaza

Amnesty calls on international court to probe "the apparently unlawful killings of Palestinian civilians" by Israel

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