UNBELIEVABLE: 22 | History Defined

Amnesty Denounces Arbitrary Detention of Protesters in Libya

Amnesty International has condemned the arbitrary detention of nine peaceful protesters and a journalist by an internal security agency in eastern Libya. “The Internal Security Agency (ISA), a collection of powerful armed groups operating in areas under the control of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), is arbitrarily detaining at…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 20, 2022

Myanmar junta says 1,600 prisoners to be freed in holiday amnesty

Relatives of hundreds of prisoners gathered outside Myanmar's Insein Prison on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian nation's new year.

Reuters · Apr 17, 2022

Amnesty Accuses Iran of 'Deliberate' Denial of Healthcare to Prisoners

Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Iran of deliberately denying life-saving medical care to prisoners, saying it had confirmed 96 cases since 2010 of detainees dying after a lack of treatment, AFP reported. The report by Amnesty comes after several high profile cases this year alone of prisoners who…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 13, 2022

Qatar World Cup: Security workers subject to ‘forced labour’ reveals damning report from Amnesty International

Amnesty International have criticised Fifa for “failing to put in place adequate processes” to prevent the abuse

Evening Standard · Apr 7, 2022

FIFA urged to do more to end abusive practices in Qatari private security sector

Interviewees reported being made to work 84-hour weeks in the notoriously perilous sector.

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

Fifa criticised after damning new report of labour abuses in Qatar ahead of World Cup

A new Amnesty International report has hit out at Fifa for failing ‘to put in place adequate processes’ to prevent the problems

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

Rights groups charge 'ethnic cleansing' in Ethiopia's Tigray

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International charge in a new report that widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

Rights groups warn of 'war crimes' and 'ethnic cleansing' in Ethiopia's Tigray

Two rights groups on Wednesday accused Ethiopian security forces and their allies of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Tigray, a long-contested part of northern Ethiopia.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 6, 2022

Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups

Human Rights Watch-Amnesty report accuses Ethiopian paramilitaries of war crimes and crimes against humanity

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2022

Colm O'Gorman resigns as Amnesty Ireland's executive director after 14 years

He said it had been a privilege to work with the organisation over the years

Dublin Live · Apr 4, 2022