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Executions in Saudi Arabia surged last year to a record high, Amnesty International said Monday, as activists increasingly warn about the kingdom’s use of the death penalty in non-violent drug cases. CBC | World News
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Militarized Gaza aid system shows Israel’s continued use of starvation as weapon of war, Amnesty report says
A new Amnesty International report says the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed group that took over aid distribution in the territory more than a month ago — uses a militarized aid mechanism that enables Israel to use starvation as a weapon of war and inflict genocide against Palestinians. CBC | World News
Read More »Amnesty report concludes Israel’s actions against Palestinians in Gaza constitute genocide
A new report from Amnesty International found that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in its nearly 14-month-long deadly campaign in Gaza that has killed more than 44,000 people and displaced most of the enclave’s population. CBC | World News
Read More »Security officials kill 9 during protests over Nigeria’s economic crisis, Amnesty International says
At least nine people were killed by security forces as protesters clashed with police during mass demonstrations over the country’s economic crisis, a rights group said Friday, while authorities said a police officer was killed and several others injured. CBC | World News
Read More »Fury erupts over Labour ‘amnesty’ for 90,000 illegal migrants
Labour has been accused of handing an ‘amnesty’ to tens of thousands of asylum seekers after scrapping the Rwanda scheme. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Minister warns a vote for Farage’s Reform is a ‘vote for Labour’s immigration amnesty’
EXCLUSIVE: A Home Office minister has warned backing Nigel Farage’s party will lead to the UK becoming a magnet for migrants – under a Labour Government Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »DON’T DO IT! Families furious as Boris pledges to grant UK ‘Troubles’ soldiers amnesty
BORIS JOHNSON was warned that any attempt to introduce an amnesty for military personnel who served in Northern Ireland would be strongly resisted by victims’ families. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘Appalling assault’: At least 143 killed in Iran during recent protests, Amnesty says
At least 143 people have been killed in protests in Iran since Nov. 15, Amnesty International said on Monday, adding that it had “clear evidence” that Iranian security forces used firearms against unarmed protesters. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkey ‘outsourcing war crimes’ to armed groups, Amnesty says after Kurdish politician’s murder
Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf was killed, and her body mutilated, in the early days of Turkey’s military incursion in northern Syria. A human rights group says her death is an example of war crimes carried out by Turkish-backed Syrian armed groups. CBC | World News
Read More »Rohingya subjected to ‘dehumanizing apartheid’: Amnesty International
Myanmar has subjected Rohingya Muslims to long-term discrimination and persecution that amounts to “dehumanizing apartheid,” Amnesty International said Tuesday in a report that raises questions about what those who have fled a violent military crackdown would face if they returned home. CBC | World News
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