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Amnesty's World Championship warning: "Many will die"

Amnesty's World Championship warning: "Many will die"

Mon 11 Nov 2024 10:31 CET

Saudi Arabia is currently the only bidding country for the 2034 World Championship in football. Now, the human rights organization Amnesty is sounding the alarm and urging Fifa to refrain from choosing the country

Tougher Demands: Send People to Syria

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Tougher Demands: Send People to Syria

Thu 17 Oct 2024 05:31 CEST

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

"Behead them all"

"Behead them all"

Sat 5 Oct 2024 07:37 CEST

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

Nearly 200 Executed in Saudi Arabia This Year

Nearly 200 Executed in Saudi Arabia This Year

Sat 28 Sept 2024 23:14 CEST

Amnesty: Israel has leveled eastern Gaza to the ground

Amnesty: Israel has leveled eastern Gaza to the ground

Thu 5 Sept 2024 10:32 CEST

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

The State Visit Took Place Without Putin Being Arrested

The State Visit Took Place Without Putin Being Arrested

Tue 3 Sept 2024 07:31 CEST

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

UN Experts: Iran Has Executed Over 400 This Year

UN Experts: Iran Has Executed Over 400 This Year

Mon 2 Sept 2024 20:32 CEST

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

War on women in Mexico City's subway

War on women in Mexico City's subway

Mon 2 Sept 2024 06:05 CEST

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

Testimony from China: Woke up chained – without organs

Testimony from China: Woke up chained – without organs

Sat 24 Aug 2024 16:55 CEST

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

Environmental Organizations Sue Finnish Government

Environmental Organizations Sue Finnish Government

Thu 22 Aug 2024 16:03 CEST

Charismatic Profile Banned from Politics in Thailand

Wed 7 Aug 2024 11:06 CEST

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

Almost 700 arrested after protests in Nigeria

Sat 3 Aug 2024 20:59 CEST

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

South Korea recognizes same-sex rights

South Korea recognizes same-sex rights

Thu 18 Jul 2024 09:00 CEST

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

Anger towards Hamas in Gaza: "They are scum"

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Anger towards Hamas in Gaza: "They are scum"

Thu 11 Jul 2024 06:05 CEST

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

43 Life Sentences in Emirati "Parody"

43 Life Sentences in Emirati "Parody"

Wed 10 Jul 2024 22:45 CEST

IS Leader's Wife Sentenced to Death in Iraq

IS Leader's Wife Sentenced to Death in Iraq

Wed 10 Jul 2024 15:46 CEST

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

Dramatist and Director Imprisoned in Russia

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Dramatist and Director Imprisoned in Russia

Mon 8 Jul 2024 20:26 CEST

Used social media – had her ears cut off

Used social media – had her ears cut off

Thu 4 Jul 2024 19:30 CEST

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

No Conditional Release for Leonard Peltier

No Conditional Release for Leonard Peltier

Tue 2 Jul 2024 21:13 CEST

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

Environmental activists in Cambodia sentenced to prison

Environmental activists in Cambodia sentenced to prison

Tue 2 Jul 2024 18:31 CEST

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

Kenya deploys military against demonstrators

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Kenya deploys military against demonstrators

Tue 25 Jun 2024 11:13 CEST

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

Green light for mining project met with disappointment

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Green light for mining project met with disappointment

Tue 25 Jun 2024 10:06 CEST

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

Norlin, Lundin and Jinder Perform for Amnesty

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Norlin, Lundin and Jinder Perform for Amnesty

Tue 18 Jun 2024 07:46 CEST

"North Korea is very self-assured right now"

"North Korea is very self-assured right now"

Mon 17 Jun 2024 06:00 CEST

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