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Austrian lower house passes headscarf ban for under-14s in schools

Austria's lower house of parliament passed the ban despite uncertainty over whether such legislation is unconstitutional, as a previous ban was ruled unconstitutional five years ago.

High school students studying classes at school
A "Ceasefire in Gaza" banner hangs in the window of an Amnesty International store in Lund, Sweden, June 11, 2024; illustrative.

Murder, rape, and extermination: Hamas guilty of crimes against humanity, Amnesty charges

A massive banner has been unfurled at Hostages Square during the two-year rally with a direct appeal to President Trump: “It’s Now or Never”

IDF intercepts missile from Yemen, IDF reveals Hamas tunnels by Jordanian hospital

 Amnesty International activists in Sydney, Australia in 2011.

Amnesty calls for immediate release of hostages, but excludes Goldin, soldiers


Why Amnesty’s 'apartheid' slander makes peace and two-states harder - analysis

Amnesty International released a report accusing Israel of apartheid.

A bloodied Israeli flag hangs on the main building at the University of Cape Town on Monday at the start of Israel-Apartheid Week.

'Amnesty paves way to Israeli prosecution:' Palestinians applaud report

The report “puts the facts in perspective and describes the tragic reality of our Palestinian people,” said Hamas' Hisham Qassem.

A woman holds a Palestinian flag during a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ at the Israel-Gaza border fence in 2019.

Stop Israeli apartheid, halt arms sales to Jewish state, Amnesty says

"We found that Israel’s cruel policies of segregation, dispossession and exclusion across all territories under its control clearly amount to apartheid."

 The logo of Amnesty International is seen next to director of Mujeres En Linea Luisa Kislinger, during a news conference to announce the results of an investigation into humans rights abuses committed in Venezuela during protests against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela February 20, 2

Amnesty's Israel apartheid charge aims to erase Jewish state - Foreign Ministry

"Amnesty wants to use sanctions, boycotts, arrests of Israeli officials to attack Israel’s existence as a Jewish state," NGO Monitor stated.

Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate against South Africa-Israel relations in Cape Town in 2018.

Iranian-Americans protest for dismissal of 'mass murderer' at Oberlin College

In 2018, Amnesty International published a 201-page comprehensive report titled “Blood-Soaked Secrets” that cited Mahallati nine times with respect to allegations that he aided the theological state.

 Protest for the removal of Oberlin College professor Mohammad Jafar Mahallati

Amnesty International says Syrian refugees tortured on return

Syrian refugees were imprisoned, tortured, and disappeared after returning to Syria, according to a report by Amnesty International.

Syrian refugees walk as they carry containers at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon March 12, 2021

Iranian man arrested as child executed after decade in prison - Amnesty

Sajad Sanjari was arrested in 2010 for fatally stabbing a man who he said had tried to rape him.

Old rope with hangman’s noose (illustrative).

Amnesty and HRW urge Iran's regime to free Afkari brothers

A 45-page report details the "harrowing" torture and "ill-treatment" that the Afkari brothers suffered at the hands of the Iranian regime.

Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Navid Afkari.

Has NSO finally been caught violating human rights?

Human-rights groups and governments alike have investigated NSO for alleged human rights violations using its technology known as The Pegasus Project. Is this the final straw?

Computer hacking (illustrative)

HRW demands Iran release California resident from prison

"My mother has not had a single night of sleep since her partner and love of her life was forcefully taken after 40 years of marriage."

Jamshid Sharmahd and his daughter, Gazelle.