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Campaigners urge UN rights chief to act on China Xinjiang abuse report
Reuters via AOL· 20 hours agoThe groups, including the World Uyghur Congress and Amnesty International said UN High Commissioner...
Racist posts sent to Labour’s Dawn Butler after viral campaign video reported to police
The Independent via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoAmnesty International’s Toxic Twitter report, published in 2018, showed that Black women are 84 per...
Global: Gender Apartheid Must Be Recognized as a Crime Under International Law
Amnesty International· 4 days agoGender apartheid must be recognized as a crime under international law to strengthen efforts to combat institutionalized regimes of systematic oppression and domination imposed ...
World is watching UK General Election, say human rights organisations
Press Association News via AOL· 1 day agoSacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s chief executive, said the “world is watching this...
Probe Begins Into Police Conduct During Kenya's Anti-Government Protests
US News & World Report· 3 hours agoAn investigation began Friday in Kenya into police conduct during protests against a government plan to impose new taxes, according to the country's police watchdog. The chairperson ...
At least 200 injured, 100 arrested in Kenya tax protests: Rights groups
Al Jazeera· 4 hours agoAt least 200 people were injured and more than 100 arrested across Kenya in nationwide protests...
Angola: Police must respect protest rights during planned 22 June demonstrations
Amnesty International· 2 days ago...should not be an occasion for Angolan police to arbitrarily arrest people, or to shoot at...
Egypt: Release protesters and activists detained over Palestine solidarity
Amnesty International· 7 days agoOver the past seven months, Amnesty International and Egyptian human rights groups have documented...
Namibian court strikes down law criminalising same-sex relationships
AFP via Yahoo News· 38 minutes agoA top Namibian court on Friday struck down colonial-era laws criminalising same-sex relationships in...
Police battle anti-tax demonstrators as Kenya protests spread
BBC via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoLawyers and rights groups have condemned the police for using excessive force against peaceful...