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Big Tech's outsize role in fuelling division, extremism: What can be done?

Amnesty International is accusing big tech platforms of playing an active role in fuelling racist violence. The accusation comes after riots erupted in the UK this summer following the publication of false information on social media, but it also applies to many other issues and conflicts around the world. The…

France 24 · Sep 27, 2024

Family of British citizen imprisoned in Egypt claim David Lammy ‘ignored’ them

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, 42, has spent the best part of a decade locked up on ‘bogus charges’ in Egypt

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

The role of big tech in fuelling racism: What can be done?

France 24 · Sep 26, 2024

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Migrant women face ‘second trauma’ when reporting sexual abuse in France

A recent report from Amnesty International reveals that undocumented women in France face significant barriers when reporting sexual violence, often encountering hostility from the institutions meant to help them. French NGOs say law enforcement has increasingly threatened migrants with deportation, even going so far as putting them in detention centres…

France 24 · Sep 19, 2024

Migrant women in France face ‘double violence’ when reporting sexual abuse

Migrant women who report sexual violence in France are often confronted with a “double violence” when dealing with authorities, Amnesty International said in a report, warning that they risk being ignored, arrested or even deported when seeking protection.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 19, 2024

How the world’s first open-source digital map of mass graves could help bring justice to victims in Ukraine and other war zones

These newly reported discoveries [of mass graves] confirm our darkest fears. The people of Ukraine and the world deserve to know how exactly those buried in the forest near Izium have died. Amnesty International

The Conversation · Sep 18, 2024

Amnesty calls for release of peaceful protesters in Angola

Health of three of four detained a year ago has deteriorated sharply after medical care withheld, charity says

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2024

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Starmer under pressure to distance UK from Italy’s hard-right immigration plans

Backbenchers and NGOs criticise decision to explore how country has cut migrant numbers at Rome talks

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2024

Indigenous teenager dies by suicide at Australian youth detention centre

Amnesty International calls for ‘inhumane, dangerous’ facilities to be shut down after second death of an Aboriginal teen in less than a year

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2024

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's convictions of two journalists

The convictions of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media groups and foreign governments over the city’s press freedom

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024

Burundi Still Under 'Wave Of Repression': Amnesty

Burundi's President President Evariste Ndayishimiye continues to rule with an unrelenting "wave of repression" despite hopes of change when he took office four years ago, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

International Business Times · Aug 20, 2024

‘SADC should speak out’: Zimbabwe activists face crackdown ahead of summit

Police flood Harare’s streets in anticipation of protests on the eve of Southern African Development Community meeting.

Al Jazeera · Aug 16, 2024

Far-right violence caused by UK failure to address institutional racism, campaigners warn

‘People of colour have faced a rowback on their civil and political rights over the past five years,’ UK’s leading racial justice thinktank says

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2024

Anti-racism activist in London reports break-in attempt after far-right threats

Ulrike Schmidt says police have not investigated incident in Walthamstow, which was interrupted by passersby

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024

Bangladeshi journalists hopeful of press freedom as Hasina era ends

Reporters cautiously optimistic as interim government takes over after years of intimidation and censorship

The Conversation · Aug 8, 2024

Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief is ‘prisoner of conscience’ after failure of Delgamuukw ruling 25 years ago

Dsta’hyl, a hereditary chief of the Wet’suwet’en Nation of northern British Columbia, recently became the first person in Canada to be named a “prisoner of conscience” by Amnesty International. The organization defines prisoner of conscience as “any person imprisoned or otherwise physically restricted (for example, through house arrest), solely because…

Al Jazeera · Aug 2, 2024

Police fire tear gas as Nigeria economic hardship protests resume

Curfews were ordered across several northern states on Friday after clashes erupted the previous day.

Al Jazeera · Aug 1, 2024

How the world reacted to Russia-West prisoner swap

Western countries and rights groups welcome the release of dissidents and journalists, including Evan Gershkovich.

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The Conversation · Aug 1, 2024

Bangladesh protests: brutal security crackdown sparks calls for international probe

Bangladeshi citizens took to the streets throughout July in nationwide protests sparked by students demanding reforms to the government’s job quota system. Security forces have quelled the unrest by deploying what many see as excess force.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2024

The Paris Olympics may look fair and inclusive on TV. The truth is much darker

From a headscarf ban for French athletes to social cleansing in the capital, these Games rest on a foundation of injustice, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

Al Jazeera · Jul 31, 2024

Why protest by ethnic Baloch has put Pakistan’s key port of Gwadar on edge

Authorities block highways to stop meeting of Baloch groups in city, leading to clashes in which at least two are dead.

Al Jazeera · Jul 29, 2024

Shot in the eyes, victims of Bangladesh protest violence face dark future

Hundreds of protesters and bystanders were hit in the eyes by pellets fired by security forces, and might lose vision.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 25, 2024

Amnesty urges UN to extend Darfur arms embargo to all of Sudan

The NGO Amnesty International has called on the United Nations to extend the arms embargo on Darfur to the rest of Sudan.

Marie Claire · Jul 25, 2024

France has banned its athletes from wearing Hijabs at the Paris Olympics

Amnesty International has called it “racist gender discrimination”

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2024

UAE jails Bangladeshi protesters for life after 'inciting riots' against their own government

Amnesty International has condemned the ‘extreme reaction’

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