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On International Domestic Workers Day, we are shining a light on Kenyan migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. They, and 1.2 million more migrant women employed there as domestic workers, continue to face abuse, exploitation and a lack of meaningful protection under the law.

We stand in solidarity with these brave women and all the human rights defenders campaigning to end exploitation and organizing to ensure all domestic workers have the dignity, legal protection, and respect they deserve.

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Mexico City and all federal authorities must uphold the right to protest for all groups and families demonstrating during the World Cup.

Groups have been campaigning for the search and identification of their disappeared loved ones for years - work that is a legitimate form of human rights defense. This must be recognized, respected and protected. Guaranteeing the right to protest is an obligation of the Mexican State.

Events surrounding the World Cup must point to humanity, not cruelty.
#HumanityMustWin

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Do you feel free to criticize your government?

In Indonesia, speaking out can come at a cost. Activists, journalists and human rights defenders are increasingly being branded as "foreign agents" - or antek asing - in coordinated online campaigns designed to discredit their work and undermine public trust.

Drawing on findings from our new report, Building Up Imaginary Enemies, this video reveals how disinformation is being used as a political weapon to silence dissent, how coordinated networks amplify false narratives across social media, and why these attacks pose a threat to freedom of expression and human rights.

Read the full report:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa21/0931/2026/en/

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Fired for asking a question?

We stand with Italian journalist Gabriele Nunziati as he takes legal action against Agenzia Nova after his contract was terminated following a question he asked the European Commission about Israel paying for the reconstruction of Gaza last October.

In Europe, the silencing, censorship and repression of journalists speaking out against Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip are arbitrarily restricting the right to freedom of expression.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military has been killing scores of Palestinian journalists in Gaza who were bravely continuing to report despite being themselves victims of Israeli abuses. No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed than Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

Humanity must win.

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Video after video shows Israeli settlers violently harassing and attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, seizing their livestock, bulldozing their schools, setting fire to their property and even killing Palestinians as part of a brutal campaign to forcibly displace Palestinians and expand control over the land – with full political and financial backing from the highest authorities of the Israeli state.

This is what a policy of state-led ethnic cleansing looks like.

Watch. Share. Demand action.

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Private tea estates in Sri Lanka are systematically violating labour laws in their treatment of Malaiyaha Tamil workers.

We urge the authorities to fully enforce the law, dismantle the barriers preventing the Malaiyaha Tamil community from accessing their rights, and strengthen labour protections and accountability across private tea estates.

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Yves Sakila should still be alive today.

Restraining him on the ground for almost five minutes is deeply disturbing and yet another deplorable example of unlawful force being used against a Black man.

This must stop.

Yves has lived in Ireland for decades. Ireland has an obligation to eradicate racism and to protect people's right to life.

While investigations take place, hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in support of Yves’s family and the Congolese community in Ireland.

We demand #JusticeForYves.

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Russia’s drone and missile strikes on Dnipro, Ukraine are the latest in a series of attacks on the country amid Russia's ongoing war of aggression. The strikes, which happened earlier today, injured at least 18 people. Among them were children. The attacks hit civilian buildings and set them alight, causing firefighters to attend the scene.

Last week, Russia carried out one of its largest aerial attacks yet on Ukraine, involving over 1,500 long-range drones and missiles. In Kyiv alone, one Russian strike on a residential building killed at least 24 people including children, as rescuers cleared the rubble. Across the city, dozens of civilians were injured and residential buildings were damaged. Earlier that day, other Ukrainian cities, including Rivne and Ivano-Frankivsk, were also under attack, with civilians killed and injured there as well.

A UN vehicle carrying aid to Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson was also struck last week, followed by another hit while the delivery was underway.

Amnesty International has documented numerous war crimes and other crimes under international law committed by Russian forces since the beginning of its war of aggression against Ukraine. This includes deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. These are crimes under international law. Russia’s aggression must be stopped, and civilians in Ukraine must be protected.

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Executions in 2025 soared to the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 1981. Iran was the main driver behind the spike, doubling its 2024 figure, a dangerous trend as the authorities used the death penalty to instil fear and punish dissent.
The top five countries are: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the United States.

The authorities of several countries placed the death penalty at the centre of flawed public security and “tough on crime” narratives to assert control, project state power and score political points – rather than deterring crime, authorities weaponize the death penalty to criminalize protest and dissent to show the strong hand of the state instead.
Meanwhile, countries that do move towards abolition often show a powerful demonstration of shared humanity. It’s time for countries that still retain the death penalty to step into line with the rest of the world and leave this abhorrent practice in the past.

The year 2025 saw a significant rise in prison executions, with a 78% increase compared to the previous year. This trend in controversial news highlights countries utilizing the death penalty under the guise of public safety, impacting global justice. We must advocate for human rights and a fair justice system worldwide.

Our new report, Death Sentences and Executions 2025, out now:

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