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Tougher Demands: Send People to Syria

The pressure is increasing all over Europe to deport more migrants – and even start returning refugees to Syria. But the aid organizations are furious.

Tougher Demands: Send People to Syria

"Behead them all"

In two containers, around 200 men were held captive for three months. They were denied food and water, abused and tortured – until most of them were dead.

"Behead them all"

Nearly 200 Executed in Saudi Arabia This Year

198 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia this year. This means that the country has carried out the highest number of executions in more than 30 years.

Nearly 200 Executed in Saudi Arabia This Year

Amnesty: Israel has leveled eastern Gaza to the ground

Israel's attempt to expand its so-called buffer zone against Gaza has led to large areas being practically razed to the ground, claims Amnesty. Entire villages are said to have been wiped out.

Amnesty: Israel has leveled eastern Gaza to the ground

The State Visit Took Place Without Putin Being Arrested

Vladimir Putin's state visit to ICC-member Mongolia has ended. The Russian president went home scot-free – despite Mongolia's obligations to the court in The Hague, which has issued an arrest warrant against him.

The State Visit Took Place Without Putin Being Arrested

UN Experts: Iran Has Executed Over 400 This Year

More than 400 people have been executed in Iran this year, according to a group consisting of eleven independent UN experts. .

UN Experts: Iran Has Executed Over 400 This Year

War on women in Mexico City's subway

Sexual assaults, harassment – even rapes and kidnappings. Mexico City's subway is called a "ground zero" for men's violence against women.

War on women in Mexico City's subway

Testimony from China: Woke up chained – without organs

He was subjected to torture, forced labor, medical testing, and operations in Chinese captivity – and survived. Now, Cheng Pei Ming's body is said to be the first concrete evidence of what the regime in Beijing has been accused of for years: state-sanctioned forced harvesting of organs from living inmates.

Testimony from China: Woke up chained – without organs

Environmental Organizations Sue Finnish Government

Six environmental organizations are suing Petteri Orpo's bourgeois government in Finland for violating the law by failing to take action to achieve the climate goals. The organizations note that Finland adopted "one of the most ambitious goals for net zero emissions among industrial nations" in 2022, committing to become climate-neutral by 2035.

Environmental Organizations Sue Finnish Government

Charismatic Profile Banned from Politics in Thailand

Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolves the country's largest opposition party Kao Klai. The party won a landslide victory in last year's election but was not allowed to take power.

Almost 700 arrested after protests in Nigeria

Nearly 700 people have been arrested in large protests in Nigeria. The large protests against the government's policy are taking place for the third day in a row.

Almost 700 arrested after protests in Nigeria

South Korea recognizes same-sex rights

South Korea's highest court recognized new rights for same-sex couples on Thursday. Now, cohabiting same-sex couples can be registered on the same health insurance in the country.

South Korea recognizes same-sex rights

Anger towards Hamas in Gaza: "They are scum"

The number of reported dead is approaching 40,000 and hundreds of thousands are threatened by starvation. With large parts of Gaza in ruins, 90 percent of the population has been forced to leave their homes.

Anger towards Hamas in Gaza: "They are scum"

43 Life Sentences in Emirati "Parody"

In total, 43 people have been sentenced to life imprisonment for "terror-related" crimes in the United Arab Emirates, according to the state-controlled news agency Wam. The convicted were prosecuted at the beginning of the year along with an additional 41 people, of whom "most are members of the terrorist organization Muslim Brotherhood" according to the prosecutors.

43 Life Sentences in Emirati "Parody"

IS Leader's Wife Sentenced to Death in Iraq

An Iraqi court has sentenced one of the deceased leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's wives to death. According to the court, the woman is an accomplice to crimes committed against Yazidi women who were taken captive by IS.

IS Leader's Wife Sentenced to Death in Iraq

Dramatist and Director Imprisoned in Russia

A Russian military court has sentenced a theater director and a playwright to six years in prison each. They are deemed to have justified terrorism in a prize-winning play that was staged in 2021 about women who were lured into marrying jihadists in Syria.

Dramatist and Director Imprisoned in Russia

Used social media – had her ears cut off

Men who have murdered, raped and assaulted women are going free in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to Amnesty. Survivors are said to receive neither protection nor justice.

Used social media – had her ears cut off

No Conditional Release for Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier is not granted parole. The American indigenous activist has spent most of his life in prison since he was convicted of shooting two FBI agents in 1975.

No Conditional Release for Leonard Peltier

Environmental activists in Cambodia sentenced to prison

A court in Cambodia has sentenced ten environmental activists to between six and eight years in prison. "Today's decision is yet another crushing blow to Cambodia's civil society", says Amnesty International's Montse Ferrer in a statement.

Environmental activists in Cambodia sentenced to prison

Kenya deploys military against demonstrators

Police have fired live rounds at demonstrators in Kenya's capital Nairobi. At least five people have been killed and a further number have been injured.

Kenya deploys military against demonstrators

Green light for mining project met with disappointment

The Supreme Administrative Court approves the government's controversial decision to permit the mining plans in Kallak in Jokkmokk municipality. The verdict is met with disappointment in several quarters.

Green light for mining project met with disappointment

Norlin, Lundin and Jinder Perform for Amnesty

Your eyes will be opened when Amnesty hosts a concert evening at Cirkus in Stockholm on 17 September. Among the guest artists performing together with the band are, among others, Annika Norlin & Jonas Teglund, Erik Lundin, and Little Jinder.

Norlin, Lundin and Jinder Perform for Amnesty

"North Korea is very self-assured right now"

Gigantic loudspeakers, K-pop music on USB drives and flyers. Balloons filled with cigarette butts, rubbish and faeces.

"North Korea is very self-assured right now"

Anger over Noury's release

The news that lifer Hamid Noury has been released sparks outrage. We think it's bloody ridiculous, says lawyer Kenneth Lewis, who was a plaintiff's assistant during the trial against Hamid Noury.

Anger over Noury's release