Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the United Kingdom focused on human rights. The organization claims it has more than eight million members and supporters around the world.
A new Qatari law criminalizing the publishing of "false or biased" statements could "significantly restrict freedom of expression", rights group Amnesty International said on Monday. Reuters - Published
An Israeli court on Thursday ordered closed-door hearings in Amnesty International's legal bid to stop NSO Group exporting surveillance software, which rights groups say is used to spy on journalists.. Reuters - Published
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani called on Wednesday for the release of any unarmed and innocent people who were detained during protests against gasoline price hikes, after two weeks of violent..
Unrest was sparked after the government announced a hike in petrol prices, and quickly turned political. Amnesty International has said at least 161 people have been killed, but Tehran has rejected..
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Amnesty International's legal bid to have Israel revoke the export license of the Israeli NSO surveillance firm will be heard behind closed doors, an Israeli court ruled on Thursday. Reuters - Published
Amnesty International will ask an Israeli court on Thursday to order Israel to revoke the export license of NSO Group, whose software is alleged to have been used by governments to spy on journalists.. Reuters - Published
Ethiopian lawmakers have replaced anti-terrorism legislation that had drawn criticism from rights activists, although Amnesty International said the new version still had the potential to be used.. WorldNews - Published
At least 304 people have been killed in Iran during anti-government unrest that broke out last month, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published
At least 304 people were killed in Iran during a three-day crackdown against protests across the country in November, according to a new Amnesty International toll published Monday. France 24 - Published
Amnesty International India on Friday sought an independent investigation into the alleged extrajudicial killings of four underâtrial prisoners by the Hyderabad police. The four had been arrested a.. IndiaTimes - Published
DUBAI: Iranâs supreme leader called Wednesday for those detained in recent gasoline price protests to be treated with âIslamic mercyâ even after authorities acknowledged government forces shot.. WorldNews - Published
Shirin Ebadi, the exiled Iranian lawyer and human rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, speaks to FRANCE 24 about the deadly protests in Iran over the past two weeks... France 24 - Published
Yemenâs civil war has exacted an enormous toll on people with disabilities, who find themselves on the margins of society and excluded from badly needed humanitarian assistance, Amnesty International.. WorldNews - Published
Mexico's president has failed to make substantial progress resolving human rights problems in his first year in office and his resistance to criticism risks creating a "hostile environment" for the.. Reuters - Published
London: At least 146 demonstrators were killed across Iran since leaders ordered security forces to stamp out protests that followed fuel price rises on November 15, Amnesty International said Monday... WorldNews - Published
Chile's defense minister on Friday issued a furious rebuttal of claims by Amnesty International that excessive force was "intentionally" used on protesters to "punish" them for taking to the streets. Reuters - Published
Chilean President Sebastiån Piñera has announced human rights investigations into the country's police force following an Amnesty International report accusing security forces of deliberately.. CBS News - Published
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has said that police may have broken protocols in responding to a month of protests, and prosecutors will investigate whether they violated human rights. His comments.. WorldNews - Published
Chilean police and soldiers backed by their commanders have carried out "generalized" attacks on people protesting over inequality with the intention of "punishing and harming" them, Amnesty.. Reuters - Published
Facebook and Google which offer services to billions of people without asking them to pay a financial fee are performing an assault on the right to privacy on an unprecedented scale, a stinging Amnesty.. WorldNews - Published
Amnesty International issued a scathing indictment of the worldâs dominant internet corporations, arguing in a new report that Google and Facebook should be forced to abandon what it calls their.. WorldNews - Published
The Iranian regime has cut internet and phone lines, making figures impossible to confirm, but they call reports of mass casualties "disinformation" CBS News - Published Also reported by •WorldNews •France 24
Amnesty International said on Tuesday that more than 100 protestors had been killed in 21 cities in Iran during unrest that broke out over a rise in fuel prices last week. Reuters - Published
Amnesty International on Tuesday called for the immediate release of two jailed Catalan leaders, saying that what it described as a "vague" and "overly broad" interpretation of sedition could have a.. Reuters - Published
Responding to the conviction and one-year prison sentence handed down to six members of the Peacock Generation, a satirical poetry troupe, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty Internationalâs Director for East.. WorldNews - Published
India's federal investigating agency raided the local offices of human rights group Amnesty International on Friday, the Central Bureau of Investigation said, in a probe into alleged violations of.. Reuters - Published
The raid comes a year after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had carried out investigations into charges that the rights group had tried to bypass the FCRA by floating a commercial entity, Amnesty.. DNA - Published
The re-trial of the so-called Nauru 19 begins this week in the tiny Pacific island nation. Amnesty International says those facing the charges have little chance of receiving a fair trial and have.. SBS - Published
Following a court decision to re-arrest writer Ahmet Altan just a week after he was released from jail following more than three years in pre-trial detention, Amnesty Internationalâs Europe Director,.. WorldNews - Published
Responding to news that Vice President Leni Robredo has accepted President Rodrigo Duterte's invitation to co-chair the government's anti-drugs committee, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty Internationalâs.. WorldNews - Published
Turkey is forcibly sending Syrian refugees to an area of Syria near the border where it aims to set up a "safe zone" even though the conflict there has not ended, Amnesty International said in a report.. Reuters - Published
Rights group Amnesty International has urged Hong Kong authorities to urgently investigate a bloody attack on the leader of one of the biggest pro-democracy groups in the Chinese-ruled city, ahead of a.. Reuters - Published
Amnesty International is urging Hong Kong authorities to launch a prompt and thorough investigation into a brutal attack on human rights defender Jimmy Sham, one of Hong Kongâs most prominent.. WorldNews - Published
Capital punishment in Malaysia disproportionately affects foreign nationals, who account for nearly half of those on death row, as well as women involved in drug trafficking, Amnesty International said.. Reuters - Published
Moroccan human rights activists have been targeted by hackers armed with sophisticated computing spying software amid a government crackdown on protests in recent years, according to research by.. Reuters - Published
Amnesty International on Tuesday demanded the Cuban government explain the charges against the head of the country's largest opposition group, whom Havana arrested a week ago, or release him from jail. Reuters - Published
World Cup 2022 host Qatar has made improvements in labor rights for its two million foreign workers, but reforms have not lived up to promises made, Amnesty International told Reuters in an interview. Reuters - Published
Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the Hong Kong government to investigate police use of force during nearly four months of protests, and to encourage Beijing to safeguard protesters' right to.. Reuters - Published
Hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar have gone without pay and many were forced to return to their home countries without compensation, despite recent reforms intended to improve worker rights, a.. Reuters - Published
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been given an award from Amnesty International for starting the Friday's for Future movement. Thunberg is in Washington D.C. for several days of rallies and lobbying.. WorldNews - Published
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