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A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine on 4 August, 2022

Zelensky condemns Russian ‘terror’ after damage to nuclear plant

Kyiv and Moscow have blamed each other for the attacks on the Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe’s largest atomic power complex

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Head of Amnesty Ukraine quits over rights report

The head of Amnesty International's Ukraine office has resigned, accusing the rights organisation of parroting Kremlin propaganda in a controversial report that criticised the war-torn country's ...

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Amnesty demands release of school teacher Hriday

Amnesty International has urged the Bangladeshi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Hriday Chandra Mondal, a schoolteacher who was arrested on charges of “hurting religious ...

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Former Amnesty India chief stopped from leaving country

Amnesty International's former India chief said Wednesday he was stopped from flying to the United States because of government legal action against the human rights watchdog

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Right to access information must be ensured

The Information Commission on Tuesday ordered the police to provide the information sought under the Right to Information Act within the next 20 days

People react as they are reunited with their family members outside the Insein Prison following her release in Yangon on 18 October, 2021

'Myanmar junta re-arrests more than 100 released in amnesty'

Myanmar’s junta has re-arrested more than 100 anti-coup protesters freed in a recent amnesty, according to a local monitoring group that tracks detentions and killings in the country

Yangon, Yangon division : Newly-released prisoners wave from a bus as they depart the Insein Prison in Yangon on 18 October, 2021

Relatives crowd prison after Myanmar junta protester amnesty

Family members of Myanmar's pro-democracy prisoners crowded outside a jail Tuesday, hoping their relatives would be among thousands the junta has promised to release as it faces growing international ...

Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of binary code are seen in this picture illustration taken 28 March 2018.

50,000 phone numbers worldwide on list linked to Israeli spyware: Reports

The leak was of a list of more than 50,000 smartphone numbers believed to have been identified as people of interest by clients of NSO since 2016

Banners of presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi are seen in a street in Tehran, Iran on 15 June 2021

Iran ‘elected its most extremist president to date’: Israel

Hardliner Iranian cleric Ebrahim Raisi’s victory on Saturday in a presidential election drew starkly opposed reactions, with Russia hailing a sign of greater regional stability but some condemning it ...

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Rozina being targeted for critical reporting: Amnesty International

Amnesty International said on Wednesday that journalist Rozina Islam is being targeted from her critical reporting as the authorities have failed to show the concrete evidence pointing to a ...

A man is being inoculated with a jab during the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital in Dhaka on 8 April 2021

Amnesty urges South Asian govts to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines

Governments in South Asia must ensure that vulnerable groups are not excluded from access to COVID-19 vaccines, said Amnesty International

Family members cry near a spot with a protester was killed during a protest against the military coup in Yangon.

Myanmar Coup Army using battle tactics against protesters: Amnesty

The rights group said it had verified more than 50 videos from the crackdown, in which the United Nations says security forces have killed at least 60 protesters

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Amnesty concerned at charges framed against Prothom Alo editor

Amnesty International has expressed concern over charges being framed against nine persons including the Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman in connection with the death of Dhaka Residential Model ...

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Amnesty seeks independent probe into Mozambique naked woman execution

Video footage emerged this week showing men in army uniform beating a woman they accused of being an insurgent and then pumping bullets into her.

Spyware by Israel’s NSO used against journalist: Amnesty

Spyware by Israel’s NSO used against journalist: Amnesty

Amnesty International said Monday that software developed by Israeli security firm NSO Group was used to attack a Moroccan journalist, the latest in a series of allegations against the company

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