Tag: Rights
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Niger’s New Emergency Law Threatens Rights
Niger’s military junta adopted a sweeping “general mobilization” decree on December 26. The new law grants…
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EU Leaders’ Syria Visit an Opportunity to Bolster Rights
On January 9, the European Union’s highest-level leaders, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…
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Election candidates must commit to protecting human rights
As voters prepare to go to the polls in Benin, candidates running in the country’s…
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Venezuela: US Risks Rights Disaster
(New York) – The Trump administration’s brazen military assault risks causing a new human rights…
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Venezuela’s people must be heard, insists UN human rights chief
The US action made “all States less safe around the world”, said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson…
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Hungary: Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee 145th Session, 2 -19 March 2026, List of Issues prior to Reporting
This submission outlines Amnesty International’s key concerns for Hungary’s seventh periodic report to the UN…
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Türkiye: Drop bogus charges against Istanbul Bar Association leadership: Joint statement by human rights and lawyers’ organizations
The continued prosecution of the president and 10 executive board members of the Istanbul Bar…
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Global: Amnesty International raises human rights concerns following US’s military action in Venezuela
Today’s military action by the US Trump Administration in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture…
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THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL COMMENT NO. 38
Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to provide the following preliminary observations on the right to…
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In Uzbekistan, Motor Sports Body Misses the Mark on Rights
The International Automobile Federation (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, or FIA), the international body governing motor…