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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


Sorry, Amnesty: I am a Zionist. Let me tell you what that means

Amnesty was once on the right side of history. How did the group let itself fall so far?

 Peter Benenson, the British lawyer who founded Amnesty International in 1961, rekindles the original candle on the movement’s 20th anniversary outside St Martin in the Fields Church in London.

Ukraine-Russia War: Russia committed war crimes near Kyiv - Amnesty

The Amnesty report is the latest to document alleged war crimes committed by Russian forces when they occupied an area northwest of Kyiv, including the town of Bucha.

 A funeral service employee looks at bodies of civilians, collected from streets to local cemetery, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, Ukraine April 6, 2022.

Netherlands rejects Amnesty report accusing Israel of apartheid

Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra: “The cabinet does not agree with Amnesty’s conclusion that there is apartheid in Israel."

 Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) at the State Department in Washington, US, April 14, 2022.

Republican senators write bill to prohibit Amnesty from receiving funds

"Israel is such an important ally to the United States, and an organization that uses its platform to undermine their sovereignty should not be receiving US taxpayer funds," Sen. Mike Braun said.

 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 Intl. describes unprecedented human rights abuses in Ukraine

Describing the conflict as "an act of aggression," Amnesty noted that it has caused the worst refugee and human rights crisis in Europe since the Second World War.

A view shows an apartment building destroyed in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 25, 2022.

Amnesty USA chief to lawmakers: ‘I regret’ speaking for US Jews about Israel

Paul O’Brien told a reporter that Amnesty did not believe Israel should exist as a Jewish state.

 Amnesty International holds a press conference to announce its 211-page report named "Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity" in East Jerusalem

What does Amnesty International say about Iran?

The report characterizes Iran as having an economic and environmental crisis with high inflation, as well as lower wages and employment rates, deforestation and water pollution.

 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

My Word: Gut feelings on Amnesty International

When it comes to the Jewish state, Amnesty International’s US director Paul O’Brien doesn’t have healthy gut feelings so much as hateful Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

 JEWS AND ARABS wait for a tram at a Jerusalem light rail stop.

All 25 Jewish House Democrats blast Amnesty head’s comments on Israel

Paul O’Brien defended Amnesty’s recent report designating Israel as an “apartheid” state.

House impeachment manager and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) sits in his seat reading a pocket copy of the US Constitution as he waits for the start of US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of the US Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capito

Amnesty International's report on Israel is full of distortions and lies - editorial

It is now clearer than ever that the goal of Amnesty International’s report is the exact opposite of recognizing the right of Israel to exist as the world’s only Jewish state.

 SECRETARY-GENERAL of Amnesty International Agnès Callamard speaks during a press conference in east Jerusalem on February 1.