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Amnesty Accuses Israel Of 'Live-streamed Genocide' Against Gaza Palestinians

Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Israel of committing a "live-streamed genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza by forcibly displacing most of the population and deliberately creating a humanitarian catastrophe.

International Business Times

Donald Trump fuelling global human rights roll-back, warns Amnesty International

DONALD Trump is fuelling a global human rights rollback and letting his “corporate allies run amok”, according to a major new report.

The National (Scotland)

Trump’s first 100 days supercharged a global ‘freefall of rights’, says Amnesty

World now in era of repressive regimes’ impunity, climate inaction and unchecked corporate power, says report

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The UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards: new report

The right to social security is enshrined in several international agreements on human rights. But the UK’s system – even before the disability benefits cuts announced earlier this year – falls way below these standards.

The Conversation

‘Consciously cruel’ UK benefits system failing on human rights, charity warns

The UK's social security system has been branded “consciously cruel” by campaigners who say it “does not stand up to the international human…

The National (Scotland)

Ghana fails to protect women forced to flee from witch hunts, report finds

Ghanaian authorities have failed to protect the human rights of hundreds of women accused of witchcraft, Amnesty International has warned. Attacks by their accusers are forcing them to flee their communities in fear for their lives, taking shelter in camps with rudimentary facilities.

Radio France Internationale

Sci-fi Musk is brainstorming ways to breed his ‘legion’ more efficiently

A Wall Street Journal article offered disturbing details about the billionaire’s behavior. Imagine the backlash if he were a woman

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Amnesty International launches Hong Kong office overseas

Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas will be led by Hong Kong activists operating from different countries.

Al Jazeera

NGOs call on Europe to act as Sudan war hits grim two-year mark

The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands, uprooted more than 13 million and created what has been described as "the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded". As the catastrophe unfolds, NGOs say that Europe needs to step up its intervention…

Radio France Internationale

Syria's Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive

A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller attacks since the start of April

The Independent UK

Amnesty warns of 'dangerous misinformation' in Supreme Court woman definition case

AMNESTY International has warned against “dangerous misinformation” ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

The National (Scotland)

Is Ethiopia at war again? A look at the rebellion in one of its most powerful regions

A loose collection of rebel groups is challenging Ethiopia’s military in one of the country’s most populous and powerful regions

The Independent UK

Predictive policing has prejudice built in

Letters: Ilyas Nagdee of Amnesty International and others respond to government plans to use personal data to identify people most likely to become killers

The Guardian - UK

Sudan’s RSF accused of ‘sickening’ sexual violence on women, girls: Report

Amnesty International documents 36 cases of women and girls as young as 15 subjected to many forms of sexual violence.

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Radio France Internationale

Global executions on the rise as African states rethink capital punishment

While much of the world has left capital punishment behind, the most recent report by Amnesty International shows executions last year reached their highest level globally in almost a decade, while a number of African nations are considering reintroducing the death penalty.

Euronews

Global execution figures hit highest level in almost a decade, says Amnesty

Amnesty International says that 1,518 executions were carried out worldwide in 2024, marking a 32% increase on the previous year.

The Guardian - UK

Executions at 10-year high after huge increases in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International confirms 1,518 people executed in 2024 but says real total is likely to be thousands more

The National (Scotland)

Human rights row reignites over SNP funding for arms firms linked to Israel

THE credibility of the SNP’s commitment to human rights is at stake, a leading charity has warned Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes ...

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The Guardian - UK

Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia

Son of murdered academic calls on Facebook owner to ‘radically change how it moderates dangerous content’

The Guardian - UK

Talkin’ ’bout seeing Tracy Chapman live

Letters: David Morgan remembers the singer-songwriter as the opening act at a John Martyn concert, and Trevor Brewster reminds us of her presence at the start ofan Amnesty International tour

The Independent UK

India’s top court raps state government over ‘inhuman’ bulldozer demolitions

Amnesty International says demolition drives ‘discriminatorily target’ minority Muslims

Al Jazeera

‘This is our home’: D-day for Afghans facing Pakistan deportation

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have lived in Pakistan for decades face deportation from April 1.

Euronews

Will banning teens from social media or smartphones help curb misogyny? Experts disagree

The hit Netflix series Adolescence has fueled discussion about banning social media and smartphones for children. But experts warn a ban won’t work.

The Guardian - UK

‘It means death’: Afghan women’s rights activists face deportation from Pakistan

Police go door-to-door arresting Afghans as government pledges to send millions back home to Taliban rule

The National (Scotland)

Christina McKelvie on why Winnie Ewing was her inspiration from archived interview

This Q&A session with MSP Christina McKelvie, whose death was announced on Thursday, first appeared in the August 2017 issue of iScot magazine…

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