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Law enforcement officials sent to police the region devastated by Türkiye’s 6 February earthquakes have beaten, tortured, and otherwise ill-treated people they suspect of theft and looting, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.

5th April 2023
Türkiye: Police and gendarmerie commit abuses in earthquake zone

4th April 2023
UK government’s hypocrisy threatens Good Friday Agreement

Brian Yap, research consultant of Amnesty International Malaysia, holds a copy of a report on the death penalty in Malaysia, during its launch in Petaling Jaya on October 10, 2019. - Malaysian police sometimes use torture to extract confessions from suspects in death penalty cases, who often face unfair trials, Amnesty International said on October 10, piling pressure on the government to abolish capital punishment.

3rd April 2023
Malaysia: Historic change unfolding as Dewan Rakyat votes to repeal mandatory death penalty

30th March 2023
Iran: Bernard Phelan must be immediately released

Migrants in a dinghy sail in the Channel toward the south coast of England on September 1, 2020 after crossing from France. - Migrant crossings of the Channel between France and England have hit record numbers, with thousands having arrived in small boats since the beginning of the year. The issue is politically-charged in the UK, with the country's right-wing newspapers decrying the arrivals and many ruling Conservative lawmakers calling for tougher border enforcement. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

28th March 2023
Amnesty International Annual Report highlights Europe’s Double Standards on Human Rights, and an International System unfit to deal with Global Crisis

27th March 2023
Malaysia: Bills introduced to lead to abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty

24th March 2023
France: Allowing mass surveillance at Olympics undermines EU efforts to regulate AI

21st March 2023
Over 200K people globally demand an end to Israeli apartheid against Palestinians

20th March 2023
Russia: ICC’s arrest warrant against Putin a step towards justice for victims of war crimes in Ukraine

Illustration of child protestor being tortured in Iran

16th March 2023
Iran: Child detainees subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence in brutal protest crackdown

A Hyundai excavator carrying out demolitions in Masafer Yatta

16th March 2023
Israel/OPT: Hyundai CE must end link with war crimes in Masafer Yatta

Portrait of Justyna Wydrzyńska, activist from polish ngo "Aborcyjny Dream Team" ("Abortion Dream Team")

14th March 2023
Poland: Conviction of activist Justyna Wydrzyńska prosecuted for aiding an abortion offers “chilling snapshot” of future

South African police officers fire rubber bullet as they chase protestors in the streets of Johannesburg, on April 23, 2019 during a protest against the lack of service delivery or basic necessities such as access to water and electricity, housing difficulties and lack of public road maintenance. - Police and protesters exchanged volleys of teargas and stones in Johannesburg on April 23, 2019 after a suburb erupted into protest over public services ahead of polls on May 8. Dozens of residents in the working class Turffontein suburb blocked the main road through ward 55, burning tyres, mattresses and tree branches over allegedly unfair allocation of nearby new social housing. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

14th March 2023
Global: Dozens killed and thousands maimed by police misuse of rubber bullets

Construction Continues at 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Stadiums

13th March 2023
FIFA receives open letter backed by a million signatures demanding justice for abused World Cup workers

Women in Saudi Arabia, Personal Status Law, International Women's Day

8th March 2023
Saudi Arabia: Personal Status Law codifies discrimination against women

8th March 2023
Türkiye: International Women’s Day march must go ahead “without bans, beatings and other police violence”

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