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Amnesty International
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Ecuadorian authorities must facilitate dialogue and listen to the legitimate demands of Indigenous Peoples and respect, protect and facilitate people’s right of peaceful assembly. #ProtectTheProtest
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@amnesty
Amnesty International
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World leaders came together yesterday for a summit in Egypt and signed an agreement to consolidate the ceasefire after the release of hostages from Gaza and Palestinian prisoners and detainees from Israel. There must now be a full cessation of hostilities in the occupied Gaza
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Amnesty International
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The release of the last 20 living hostages from the Gaza Strip and 1,966 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel ends their harrowing ordeals in detention and captivity and brings long-awaited relief for them and their families. But it will not undo the immense suffering they have
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@AmnestyNigeria
Amnesty International Nigeria
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Ten years later, many survivors of Boko Haram and military abuses still await justice, support, and dignity. @officialABAT it’s time to #EmpowerOurGirls and help them reclaim their future. @amnesty @AmnestyWARO
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@amnesty
Amnesty International
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Today’s award must be a celebration of the resistance and resilience of those fighting peacefully for justice and human rights, from communities, unions, parties, and movements in the exercise of political rights, demanding change, at great personal risk, proving that humanity
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Amnesty International
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This is an important recognition to María Corina Machado, but also to the people of Venezuela who, for years, have endured repression and persecution for daring to think differently and challenging authorities over human rights violations.
@NobelPrize
The Nobel Prize
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BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to
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Amnesty International
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In low-lying island nations like Tuvalu and Kiribati, families are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis — the rising sea is swallowing coastlines.
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@AgnesCallamard
Agnes Callamard
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Where is Humphrey #Polepole? We are deeply alarmed that he might have been forcibly disappeared and possibly assaulted. Far too many people have disappeared in #Tanzania, over the recent years without any accountability. Authorities must bring this impunity to an end.
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@amnesty
Amnesty International
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Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty. Over the past year, executions have significantly increased in countries such as Singapore, Kuwait, Iran and the USA, while people continue to be executed at an alarming rate in Saudi Arabia. Among these rises, some governments
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@amnesty
Amnesty International
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It is time to seize the opportunity to end this horror, mend what can be mended and salvage what is left of our shared humanity. #HumanityMustWin
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@amnesty
Amnesty International
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Where is Humphrey #Polepole? We are deeply alarmed that he might have been forcibly disappeared and possibly assaulted. Far too many people have disappeared in #Tanzania, over the recent years without any accountability. Authorities must bring this impunity to an end.
@AmnestyEARO
Amnesty Eastern Africa
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#Tanzania: authorities must immediately disclose the fate and whereabouts of a former Tanzanian ambassador to Cuba, Humphrey Polepole They must also ensure his safety and bring those responsible accountable. https://t.co/YnjdT30CCK
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@AmnestyMENA
Amnesty MENA
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After two years of shameful double standards and vetoes that strangled the UNSC as a livestreamed genocide in #Gaza is broadcast to the world, it is time to end this horror, mend what can be mended & salvage what is left of our shared humanity. https://t.co/NEpwmUgWs9
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There must be a full cessation of hostilities and a total lifting of the blockade.
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@amnesty
Amnesty International
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Call on the Aotearoa New Zealand Government to step up its support for the Pacific people by providing rights-based humanitarian visas for the impacted families ⬇️ https://t.co/I8msefycHO
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Tuvalu and Kiribati families deserve living with dignity. Demand humanitarian visas from Aotearoa New Zealand today.
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Amnesty International
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In low-lying island nations like Tuvalu and Kiribati, families are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis — the rising sea is swallowing coastlines.
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Amnesty International
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Our new report ‘Navigating Injustice’ exposes how Aotearoa New Zealand government’s discriminatory migration system fails Pacific People who face the life-threatening impacts of climate change. Our full report, out now: https://t.co/PtUv4vCYOb
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Aotearoa New Zealand's migration policies tear families apart.
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@amnesty
Amnesty International
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The trade in tools of torture is currently out of control. For too long, states have ignored the trade and allowed the export of equipment used for torture and other ill-treatment. Tools of torture include inherently abusive equipment as well as the abusive use of policing
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@veritycoyle
verity coyle
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Excellent to see 46 countries reiterate their support for the development of a legally binding Torture-Free Trade instrument. Concrete progress. #TortureFreeTrade
@AmnestyEU
Amnesty EU
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@amnesty welcomes the @coe decision toward torture- & death penalty-free trade. After a review of CM/Rec(2021)2 on measures against trade in goods used for the death penalty & torture, @CoE committed to further efforts to control this trade worldwide. https://t.co/09iwltY3tf
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@amnestypress
amnestypress
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We are devastated at today's execution of Pannir Selvam Pranthaman. It is indefensible that the Singapore government callously continues to execute people in the name of drug control, against international human rights law. We urge it to stop. https://t.co/k6ZoFOYVpj
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Responding to the Singapore government scheduling the execution of Malaysian national Pannir Selvam Pranthaman for Wednesday 8 October, Amnesty International’s Death Penalty Advisor Chiara Sangiorgio...
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@amnesty
Amnesty International
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The ICC conviction of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd – Al- Rahman should serve as warning to others committing abuses amid ongoing conflict. The ICC convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman also known as “Ali Kushayb” for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed between August
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@amnesty
Amnesty International
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Today marks two years since the deadly Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel, during which at least 1,200 Israelis and other nationals – mostly civilians- were killed and 251 people were taken hostage, 20 are still alive and held in Gaza. Today marks two years since Israel began
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