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Iran: Massacre of protesters demands global diplomatic action to signal an end to impunity 

Verified videos and credible information from eyewitnesses in Iran reveal mass unlawful killings committed on an unprecedented scale amidst an ongoing internet shutdown imposed by the authorities since 8 January to conceal their crimes, Amnesty International said today. The organization is urging UN Member states to recognize that systemic and continuing impunity for the crimes […]

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In Myanmar, civilians bear consequences of Starlink cuts

By Joe Freeman, Amnesty International’s Myanmar Researcher, and Aung Naing Soe, Burmese journalist and filmmaker One morning last November, Bee Kyal’s phone pinged with a message about a fighter jet taking off from a military base in central Myanmar’s rural Sagaing region. Reacting quickly, the resistance fighter picked up a walkie-talkie and shouted into it, […]

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Uganda: Authorities must urgently lift internet restrictions ahead of crucial election day

In response to the Uganda Communication Commission’s (UCC) decision to indefinitely suspend internet services and certain mobile phone services ahead of tomorrow’s high stakes general election, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s East and Southern Africa Regional Director said:  “This indefinite internet shutdown is a brazen attack on the right to freedom of expression which includes access to information. It is especially alarming coming as it does just before a crucial election already marred by massive repression and an unprecedented crackdown on opposition parties and dissenting voices.  “Blanket shutdowns disrupt people’s mobility, livelihoods and their ability to access […]

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Brutal Police Raid on LGBT-friendly Venue in Azerbaijan

Click to expand Image A view of Baku’s skyline, Azerbaijan, June 9, 2022. © 2022 Hoch Zwei/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo Last month, Azerbaijani police raided a venue in the capital Baku, known as a safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and detained over 100 people. According to witnesses and independent media, those detained […]

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Bangladeshi Women, Girls, Minorities Face Rising Violence

Click to expand Image Activists attend a procession to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 25, 2025. © 2025 MD Abu Sufian Jewel/NurPhoto via AP Photo On February 12, Bangladesh is scheduled to hold its first general elections since the country’s August 2024 Monsoon revolution. But […]

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Kazakhstan/China: Drop Charges against Activists for Xinjiang Protests

Click to expand Image Family members and neighbor (far right) of Alimnur Turganbay, a Kazakhstan citizen detained in China, outside their house in Uzynagash village, located outside Almaty, Kazakhstan on August 4, 2025. © 2025 Chris Rickleton (London, January 15, 2026) – Kazakh authorities should drop charges against 18 Kazakh activists who peacefully protested against Chinese government […]

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Uganda: Blanket Internet Shutdown Violates Rights

Click to expand Image A member of the Ugandan police force gives instructions to supporters of Uganda’s incumbent president and National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni entering the rally grounds ahead of the party’s closing campaign rally ahead of the 2026 Ugandan general elections, in Kampala on January 13, 2026. © 2026 AFP […]

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UK Government Seeks to Restrict Protests, Including Some Against Pharmaceutical Companies

Click to expand Image Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) bill on January 15, 2022 in London, UK.  © 2022 Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images UK lawmakers are set to vote on January 14 on a proposed amendment to the Public Order Act 2023 […]