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Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent further loss of civilian lives and to ensure access to life-saving aid for people in Gaza amidst an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. “Over the past two...
October 30, 2023
ACTIVITIES
On 12 April 2023, the United Nations General Assembly requested the International Court of Justice (the ICJ) to provide an Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States across the world in respect to climate change. States have been requested to submit their legal memorandum by 22 January 2024,...
October 16, 2023
Press Release/Statement
Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups flagrantly violated international law and displayed a chilling disregard for human life by carrying out cruel and brutal crimes including mass summary killings, hostage-taking, and launching indiscriminate rocket...
October 13, 2023
Press Release/Statement
१० अक्टोबर साउदी अरेबियाका अमेजन गोदामहरूमा अनुबन्धित श्रमिकहरूलाई भर्ना गर्ने एजेन्ट र श्रम आपूर्ति कम्पनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई धोका दिनुका साथै, पारिश्रमिकमा ठगी गर्ने, अत्यन्तै नराम्रो अवस्थामा राख्ने तथा वैकल्पिक रोजगारी खोज्न वा देश छोड्नबाट रोक्ने जस्ता कार्यहरू गरेको एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनलले आज...
October 11, 2023
Press Release/Statement
Contracted workers in Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia were deceived by recruitment agents and labour supply companies, cheated of their earnings, housed in appalling conditions and prevented from finding alternative employment or leaving the country, Amnesty International said today. A new...
October 10, 2023
Press Release/Statement
Israeli security forces and Palestinian armed groups must make every effort to protect the lives of civilians in today’s outbreak of fighting in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said Amnesty International amid a mounting civilian death toll. Today’s escalation in violence began with...
October 9, 2023