Amnesty International
This decree must be repealed
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- This decree must be repealed
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- LGBTI people already face major discrimination and decrees like this in Peru only lead to further hatred and misunderstanding. The decree must be repealed.
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- Thailand: How online violence and Pegasus spyware is used to silence women, girls and LGBTI people
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- 8:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Women, girls and LGBTI activists rely on the online space to come together, organize, and resist ✊✊🏽✊🏿
But this comes at a price.
In Thailand, activists have faced digital violence just for speaking up, and being themselves. Three Human Rights Defenders, Anchana Heemmina, Niraphorn Onnkhaow and Manun Wongmasoh share their experiences of abuse they’ve faced, as a means to silence them.
It doesn’t have to be this way. We're calling on governments to #ProtectTheProtest online for women, girls and LGBTI people.
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- Lawyer arrested on LIVE TV
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Those arrested solely for the peaceful exercise of their human rights must be immediately released. All the charges against them must be dropped.
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- Saudi Arabia’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Manahel al-Otaibi
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Saudi Arabia’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old fitness instructor and women’s rights activist, sentenced to 11 years in prison. This directly contradicts the authorities’ narrative of reform and women’s empowerment.
Sign the petition to demand Manahel’s release and all those unjustly detained in Saudi Arabia for peacefully exercizing their human rights. http://amn.st/6054j3zhQ
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- This Ukrainian building known locally as "Harry Potter castle" has been destroyed
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- This Ukrainian building known locally as "Harry Potter castle" has been destroyed; at least 5 people killed and over 30 injured. Russian aggression in Ukraine must end.
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- Students in the USA are protesting in support of Palestinians’ rights
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As Israel's brutal war in Gaza grows more devastating each day, it’s no wonder so many students are moved to protest. All states must respect and ensure the right of peaceful assembly, urgently suspend arms transfers to Israel and call for a ceasefire now.
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- Amnesty International explainer on our global crisis response investigations and refugee research.
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- 14:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 'Be There' is an Amnesty International programme focused on supporting people affected by crisis and conflict through bringing together’s Crisis Response and Refugee & Migrant Rights work. 2023 saw a busy year with the teams working across the globe either leading on or supporting projects in 69 countries. The work has ranged from outbreaks of conflict in Sudan and IOPT; to on-the-ground investigations in countries including Ukraine, Canada, the Pacific Islands, Northeast Syria, Northeast Nigeria, Türkiye and Chad; to our ongoing campaigns and advocacy work. Longer term work on the impact of conflict on children and older persons has continued, new work on climate refugees has started, and a celebration of Community Sponsorship ended the year with a large gathering event in Lisbon with partner GRSI. It’s been a great year of collaborations, and another strong year of human rights impact.
Produced by Fat Rat Films.
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- Iranian authorities must quash Toomaj Salehi’s conviction and death sentence and release him
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
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- Amnesty Launches Annual Report on the State of Human Rights Worldwide.
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- 2:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Read The full report here: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/04/amnesty-international-sounds-alarm-international-law-flagrant-rule-breaking-governments-corporate-actors/
Powerful governments cast humanity into an era devoid of effective international rule of law, with civilians in conflicts paying the highest price.
Rapidly changing artificial intelligence is left to create fertile ground for racism, discrimination and division in landmark year for public elections.
Standing against these abuses, people the world over mobilized in unprecedented numbers, demanding human rights protection and respect for our common humanity.
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- French authorities must respect and protect the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- French authorities must respect and protect the rights to freedom of expression
and peaceful assembly and address protesters' demands to end systematic racism ✊
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- States must intensify their efforts to combat climate change to protect human rights.
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Despite many recent natural disasters like these floods, which are worsened by climate change, governments are not doing enough to phase out fossil fuels. States must intensify their efforts to combat climate change to protect human rights.
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- People in Georgia are protesting
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- People in Georgia are protesting a new bill that threatens their right to freedom of association. Georgian authorities must respect the rights to peaceful assembly and expression.
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- Landmark climate ruling from The European Court of Human Rights 🎉
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Landmark climate ruling from the European Court of Human Rights 🎉
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- Criticizing the President should never be a crime.
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Criticizing the President should never be a crime. Criminalizing peaceful criticism of President Museveni violates freedom of expression in Uganda.
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- Using sporting events like the WTA finals as a Public Relations tool cannot erase the truth.
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Saudi Women who have spoken up for human rights are now behind bars. Using sporting events like the WTA finals as a Public Relations tool cannot erase the truth.
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- Survivor of Police Violence Who Lost an Eye to a Rubber Bullet Explains All
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- 2:29
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- TAKE ACTION: https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/take-the-torture-out-of-the-protest/
Ever wondered how dangerous a rubber bullet can be? Stay with us as we delve into the devastating consequences illustrated in slow-motion. Witness firsthand the brutal reality faced by Leidy and over 100 Colombians who protested against controversial tax reforms in 2021.
At just 22, Leidy's life changed forever when she was hit by a rubber projectile during a protest. The result? Permanent blindness in one eye, forcing her to rely on a prosthetic.
Join Leidy and Amnesty International in their urgent call for a global treaty to regulate the trade of "less lethal" weapons used by the police all over the world.
Progress happens when we come together to demand change. We should be able to do this without fear of being harmed, hurt, or even killed by the misuse of policing equipment.
Take a first step and sign the petition! https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/tak...
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- Footballer Vinicius Jr has suffered persistent racist abuse in Spanish stadiums.
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Footballer Vinicius Jr has suffered persistent racist abuse in Spanish stadiums. This is not something new and must be stopped. Sporting organisations must take meaningful action to stop racist abuse.
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- Kenya’s Ministry of Health must listen to the plea and address concerns by medics
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Kenya’s Ministry of Health must listen to the plea and address concerns by medics and authorities must protect and facilitate their right to protest.
#ProtectTheProtest ✊
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- Humanitarian organizations have been warning of famine in Sudan for months.
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Humanitarian organizations have been warning of famine in Sudan for months. The international community must urgently increase humanitarian aid to Sudan. The warring parties must also allow unhindered humanitarian access to all of Sudan and must end all attacks on humanitarian workers and facilities.
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- The Truth Behind Saudi Arabia's Reform Spectacle
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- 6:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In the ‘Manifesto for Repression’ report, our analysis of a leaked draft of the penal code exposes Saudi authorities' promises of human rights reform as a charade. Indeed, the draft legislation would enable them to further crack down on human rights by codifying and entrenching existing problematic judicial practices such as the use of the death penalty as a primary punishment and the criminalisation of rights to freedom of expression and bodily autonomy, including defamation, questioning the integrity of the judiciary, consensual sexual relations, homosexuality and abortion.
Most – if not all – human rights defenders, women’s rights activists, independent journalists, writers and activists in the country have been arbitrarily detained for their human rights work or peaceful expression, put through prolonged unfair trials – most often by the infamous Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) – or released after serving their sentences but under conditions that include...
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- Fighting Sexual Exploitation of Children Through Human Rights Education
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- 7:21
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Aiki Matsukura (she/her) has been actively engaged in volunteer work since high school. As a youth member of Free the Children Japan, Aiki and her friends raised funds for two years, and donated a library for children living under poverty in Mongolia. Aiki continued to support its operation for five years. Her volunteer activity has been recognized by Soroptimist International and she was awarded the Violet Richardson Award in 2009.
“The reason I became a human rights educator is that I strongly wish to create a society where no one lives in fear of experiencing any kind of violence.”
Through human rights education you can empower yourself and others to develop the skills and attitudes that promote equality, dignity and respect in your community, society and worldwide.
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- Haiti is facing an unprecedented human rights crisis
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The international community must support solutions led by Haitian society, to save lives and provide security and stability for all people in Haiti.
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- Congratulations to 20 Days in Mariupol for winning the Oscar for Best Documentary.
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Congratulations to 20 Days in Mariupol for winning the Oscar for Best Documentary.
#TruthJusticeReparations for victims of Russian aggression in Ukraine.
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- Communication servicein all of Sudan must be fully restored
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- 0:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Without communication, humanitarian operations and emergency services in Sudan are likely to grind to a complete halt, putting millions of lives at risk.
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- Fighting Racism Through Human Rights Education
- Runtime
- 7:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Irfaan Mangera (he/him) is an activist, organiser, and community builder. He worked as the Youth Activism Programme Manager at the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, organising, mobilising and developing socio-political consciousness of young people across 30+ community based youth activist clubs. Covering focus areas like climate justice, service delivery and democracy building initiatives, menstrual and mental health, debating, history tours, anti-racism and civic and human rights education. Through the Foundation, he has spearheaded the creation of the National Youth Coalition with many other activists, in building a space for youth in South Africa to strengthen their voice in creating systemic change. He served as its interim chairperson.
Through human rights education you can empower yourself and others to develop the skills and attitudes that promote equality, dignity and respect in your community, society and worldwide.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/human-rights-educati...
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- Rulings and legislation like this from Alabama, USA, have dangerous consequences.
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Rulings and legislation like this in one from Alabama, USA, have dangerous consequences. Reproductive rights are human rights.
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- Empowering Children in Situations of Vulnerability Through Human Rights Education
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- 6:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Andrés Allán Sánchez Osorio (he/him) is the honorary President and Founder of Fundación Efecto Valores, which promotes mechanisms of participation and education in human rights for children and adolescents without parental care and who live in areas with high rates of violence in Mexico.
In order to reduce the stigma and criminalization of girls, boys, adolescents and young people who live in such areas, he uses documentary film as a tool for transformation, citizen participation and collaborative work. He trains young people on human rights and prevention of violence as well as build their skills to develop short documentary films based on participatory diagnosis on violence from the members of the communities.
Allán has more than 10 years of experience working on issues related to the rights of children and youth, crime prevention, child and youth participation, advocacy and accompaniment of cases of adolescents and young victims of human trafficking an...
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- Generation 2048: Time To Resist, Disrupt and Transform
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Are we ready to be that 2048 generation? The successor to those who, out of the ashes of a war-torn world, transformed history through the disruptive power of the UDHR? Or will we instead be the generation that turned a blind eye to the oppression of others so long as our own power and influence was maintained?
The UDHR legacy challenges us to go on the offensive. It demands that we resist the globalised, transnational and localised attacks against rights. But it also tells us this won’t be enough. It asks of us too that we disrupt the building of world orders that reproduce historical privileges and injustices, violate rights and silence defenders; and that we transform global governance by re-imagining, innovating, leading.
We can, we must – build bold, visionary leadership, institutions and systems – that can protect our planet, for future generations, and from all that torments us.
Join us and together, let’s become this genera...
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- Peru must allow LGBTI couples the same rights as heterosexual couples.
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Peru must allow LGBTI couples the same rights as heterosexual couples.
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- By providing arms, EU states & the USA are violating their responsibility to prevent genocide
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- By providing arms to Israel, EU states & the USA are violating their responsibility to prevent genocide and risk contributing to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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- The Indian Government must urgently de-escalate the situation
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Indian Government must urgently de-escalate the situation and guarantee the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
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- Pakistan authorities have shutdown mobile services on election day
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Voting and polling stations in Pakistan have now closed throughout the country and mobile services are still suspended. Pakistan authorities must lift all blanket restrictions on access to telecommunications and mobile internet.
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- We call for an end to Russian aggression in Ukraine
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- We call for an end to Russian aggression in Ukraine, and for all those responsible for crimes under international law to be held to account in fair trials.
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- Authorities in Senegal must respect the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
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- The charges against Greta Thunberg and 4 other activists have now been thrown out!
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The charges against Greta Thunberg, 4 other activists have now been thrown out. Peaceful protest is a human right and must be respected ✊
#ProtectTheProtest
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- Apologies like this one from Mark Zuckerberg are not enough
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Apologies like this one from Mark Zuckerberg are not enough. Social media companies like Meta and TikTok need to do more to protect people from harm. Sign our petition to make TikTok safer here: http://amn.st/6058pmaQe
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- Bi-2 band members must not be deported to Russia
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Thai authorities must uphold their international obligations not to return Bi-2 band members to Russia where they are at risk of persecution.
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- Kenyan people are fighting for justice and saying ”no more” ✊
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Between 2016 and 2023 over 500 women have been killed in Kenya, but people are fighting for justice and saying ”no more” ✊
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- Smells Like - Documentary Film From Public Health Watch
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- 15:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- To accompany the release of a new Amnesty International report exposing the devastating human rights toll of the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry on local communities in the United States, we're hosting a short documentary produced by Public Health Watch.
Directed by Casey Beck and produced by Mary Cardaras
Produced in partnership with Public Health Watch.
Funded by the Pulitzer Center and Invoking the Pause.
Film originally shot and produced in June 2022.
You can find the Amnesty International report here: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/AMR51/7566/2024/en/
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- United States: Texas Communities Devastated by Environmental Pollution From Petrochemical Industries
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- TOXIC POLLUTION: Here’s what you need to know about how the #HoustonShipChannel petrochemical industry is harming local communities, environment and the climate. Change is needed NOW! Find out what companies, US Government & @EPA must do.
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- Promoting Respect for Gender Diversity Through Human Rights Education
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- 7:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Soufiane Hennani (he/him) is a doctor in Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy – Hassan II University, Casablanca. He is also an activist for gender justice and bodily and sexual freedoms in Morocco. His particular focus is on issues related to masculinities. In 2020, Soufiane created the podcast MACHI ROJOLA, aiming to rethink and promote positive masculinities in Morocco.
Through human rights education you can empower yourself and others to develop the skills and attitudes that promote equality, dignity and respect in your community, society and worldwide.
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#humanrights #gender #education
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- Many women are still imprisoned for having an abortion or pregnancy complication.
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Many women are still imprisoned for having an abortion or pregnancy complication. Authorities in El Salvador must immediately release all those unjustly imprisoned and decriminalize abortion without delay.
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- Brave Iranian journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi have been released on bail
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Brave Iranian journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi have been released on bail after 16 months behind bars. Just after their release, the judiciary announced a new case against them for appearing unveiled in public.
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- Human rights must be central to any security measures in Ecuador.
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
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- Lily Gladstone has made Golden Globes history 🎉
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Indigenous peoples are often marginalized and face discrimination in legal systems, but better representation can raise awareness of Indigenous Rights.
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- Russian aggression against Ukraine must stop.
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
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- Automation Gone Wrong: the victims of Serbia's Social Card Registry
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Roma people and other minorities in Serbia are falling victim to Serbia's Social Card Registry, a project funded by the World Bank
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- Three Decades on Alabama's Death Row Despite Flawed Legal Proceedings
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- 8:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Rocky Myers, a Black man with an intellectual disability, has spent three decades on death row in Alabama for murder. Assigned ineffective legal representation, Rocky was convicted following testimonies blighted by inconsistencies and alleged police pressure. Sentenced to death by a judge who imposed a death sentence against the jury’s wishes, Rocky was abandoned by his post-conviction lawyer, meaning he missed key dates for his appeal. Now he needs your help.
Tell the governor of Alabama to grant clemency to Rocky Myers. https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/help-stop-rocky-myerss-execution/
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- Deadly Israeli Attack on Journalists In Lebanon Must be Investigated as a War Crime
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- 11:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Israeli strikes on a group of seven journalists in south Lebanon on 13 October, which killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six others, were likely a direct attack on civilians that must be investigated as a war crime, Amnesty International said today.
Amnesty International verified over 100 videos and photographs, analyzed weapons fragments from the site, and interviewed nine witnesses. The findings indicate that the group was visibly identifiable as journalists and that the Israeli military knew or should have known that they were civilians yet attacked them anyway in two separate strikes 37 seconds apart.
More information :https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/12/lebanon-deadly-israeli-attack-on-journalists-must-be-investigated-as-a-war-crime/
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- Rohingya on the stranded boats are thought to be without food, water or a working engine.
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Rohingya men, women and children on the stranded boats are thought to be without food, water or a working engine. Regional governments must step in and rescue those stranded at sea.
