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Qatar 2022 is here – a tainted World Cup barely worthy of the name

We’re here for Friday’s group stage draw but we’re here because of off-field decisions with far-reaching consequences. So as the draw makes Qatar 2022 ‘real’, is this a real World Cup?

The Independent UK

Stay and be killed or leave and be killed? One family’s impossible decision to escape the besieged city of Chernihiv

Exclusive: Since the war began, Russia has bombarded the city of Chernihiv, leaving thousands of civilians with no way to escape and supplies dwindling. One mother whose family survived their home being bombed and then fled to safety shares their story with Rachel Sharp

The Independent UK

Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk under fire over hosting fight in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is the frontrunner to host Joshua's rematch with Usyk, but the decision to hold the fight in the country has come under fire by human rights organisation Amnesty International

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Anthony Joshua’s rematch against Oleksandr Usyk should not be held in Saudi Arabia, say Amnesty International

The Ukrainian’s promoter has revealed discussions over the fight being staged in June

The Independent UK

War in Ukraine: Amnesty chief slams 'failure to reform' UN institutions

As the global rights watchdog Amnesty International unveils its annual report, the group's Secretary General Agnès Callamard joined us for Perspective. In the report, she accused Russia of turning humanitarian corridors in Ukraine into "death traps" – a tactic she says was used in Syria and Chechnya. Callamard also hit…

France 24

Amnesty criticises France for alleged rights failings and 'double standard' on refugees

In its annual report on the status of human rights in the world, rights group Amnesty International criticised France’s rights record, in particular its refugee policy. The report claims that French rights failings and 'double standard(s)' leave many living in squalid and humiliating circumstances while Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion are…

Radio France Internationale

Premier League grapples with human rights questions after Abramovich sanctions

A human rights test would likely upend the structure of soccer's most popular league.

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UK’s draft refugee and police laws are ‘human rights vandalism’, says Amnesty

Rights group’s annual report accuses Britain of setting ‘worrying reverse course’ in bills on refugees, policing, protest and welfare

The Guardian - UK

Amnesty's leader accuses Russia of war crimes in Mariupol

Amnesty International is accusing Russia of committing war crimes in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Biden cautious over Russia promise

Ukraine news from March 29: Joe Biden urges caution over Russia’s pledge to reduce military activity near Kyiv.

Al Jazeera

Australia-New Zealand refugee deal: what we know so far

Nine years after it was first made, Australia has finally taken up New Zealand’s offer to accept refugees held in Nauru and other facilities

The Guardian - AU

If the FA wants to make a difference over Qatar it must speak up on compensation

A valuable World Cup legacy would be financial support for families of migrant workers who died or were robbed of wages

The Guardian - UK

‘Morally bankrupt’: outrage after pro-Israel group backs insurrectionist Republicans

Aipac defends move by saying that support for the Jewish state overrides other issues as it faces a storm of criticism

The Guardian - US

Who is Alexei Navalny as Russian opposition leader handed guilty verdict in Moscow

Vladimir Putin opponent and Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny has been found guilty of fraud in an internationally condemned trial. The lawyer has faced death threats, jail and a Novichok poisoning already

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‘I await divine justice’: Rebels bring woes to Ethiopia’s Amhara

Amhara residents say Tigrayan fighters unleashed a campaign of horror during a five-month occupation of the area.

Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe comes home

We hear from an Amnesty International UK campaigner who worked closely with the families

ABC News

Russian 'dumb bombs' killed civilians lining up for food in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Amnesty says

Dozens of Ukrainians lining up for food were killed when a plane dropped bombs on a residential area where there were no obvious military targets, an investigation has found.

Dublin Live

Executive director of Amnesty International in Ireland says solidarity 'hugely important' for Ukrainian people as vigil held in Dublin

Supporters held a vigil in Dublin city centre today

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The Independent UK

Lack of Executive must not hinder refugee plans, Stormont ministers are warned

Amnesty International has written to those ministers who remain in place, calling for urgent action to prepare to accept people fleeing the war.

ABC News

Ukraine's ambassador to US says Russia used a vacuum bomb, international groups say banned cluster munitions used to strike shelter

Russia is accused of attacking a preschool with widely banned cluster munitions while civilians were sheltering inside, with Amnesty wanting the allegations investigated as a war crime.

Wales Online

16 Ukrainian children killed and 45 injured in Russian attacks, says Zelensky

"The Russian troops should immediately stop carrying out indiscriminate attacks in violation of the laws of war."

Bangkok Post

Royalists submit letter demanding expulsion of Amnesty

About 200 royalists gathered at Government House on Thursday and filed a complaint with 1.2 million signatures calling for the expulsion of Amnesty International for allegedly acting in defiance of the Thai justice system.

The Independent UK

Thai royalists submit petition to oust Amnesty International

Thai royalists have stepped up their campaign to drive out the country’s branch of rights group Amnesty International, handing over copies of a petition to government ministries that they say is backed by more than a million signatures

The Guardian - UK

More Polish opposition figures found to have been targeted by Pegasus spyware

Analysis by Amnesty International linked them to Pegasus Project leak of more than 50,000 phone numbers

Reuters

Kuwait court overturns law criminalising imitation of opposite sex

Kuwait's Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned an article of the penal code criminalising the imitation of the opposite sex, in a move welcomed by Amnesty International as a "major breakthrough" for transgender rights in the Gulf Arab region.

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