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From Spain to France, India to Chile, people are taking to the streets to defend what matters.

Because when rights are at stake, silence isn't an option.

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An attack on the ICC is an attack on the rights of all victims and survivors of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes to seek truth, justice and reparations.

The future of the ICC, and of international justice itself, will depend on people and governments who are willing to defend it from US bullying.

Take action to protect the #ICC: https://t.co/zZJL0RBbHz

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The attack on Abiemnom is one of South Sudan’s largest documented massacres since 2020. The attackers overran the town and within four hours, killed more than 200 people.

The community was left insufficiently protected despite prior intelligence that an attack was imminent.

Our latest report is out now. https://t.co/0yChLg9q3Y

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More than 200 people were killed in a massacre in Abiemnom town, South Sudan, despite authorities and UN peacekeepers having prior knowledge of an imminent attack.

Amnesty International’s new report, The Abiemnom Massacre: Inaction and Impunity in South Sudan, finds that both South Sudanese authorities and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) knew an attack was likely two weeks in advance. South Sudanese authorities failed to protect residents from being massacred and UNMISS failed to take all preventive measures available to them.

Eight months on, no investigation has been carried out, and no one has been held accountable.

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LGBTI activist Jason Jones fought to ensure that no one in Trinidad and Tobago could be jailed for having consensual sex with another adult of the same sex. Today, the country’s highest court of appeal unanimously ruled in his favour.

In this landmark case, the London-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council agreed with Trinidad and Tobago’s High Court that criminalising private, consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex violates the right to private and family life. The court has yet to issue its final order.

This ruling is a milestone in a nearly decade-long fight. We call on all states that still criminalise this to repeal or amend those laws. The UK should acknowledge its role in imposing those laws during colonial rule and support efforts to repeal them.

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Israel’s destruction of life-sustaining infrastructure since the start of the genocide has left Palestinian families exposed to extreme winter weather, heavy winds and flooding in makeshift shelters. Palestinians are living among severely damaged, unsafe structures every day.

Governments worldwide must move beyond statements and take concrete action to pressure Israel to end its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, lift the unlawful blockade and guarantee the unfettered flow of humanitarian aid and reconstruction supplies and machinery. The world must not stand by and watch as another winter ravages the dignity and lives of a population reeling from ongoing genocide and war crimes.

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The world is not running out of climate warnings. It is running out of excuses. After more than 30 years of climate negotiations, governments can no longer hide behind promises of future action or avoid confronting their fossil fuel industry allies.

The climate crisis is not a failure of knowledge, but a failure of political courage. It is time to break the stranglehold of corporate power over political decision-making and end the fossil fuel era before it ends us.

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A reminder.

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Actually, it's time to abolish ICE.

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🚨Palestinian farmer and land defender Ghassan Najjar is being hounded by a discriminatory justice system that has played a key role in legitimizing and maintaining Israel’s system of apartheid and unlawful occupation. Israeli authorities must immediately release Ghassan Najjar who was arrested solely because of his peaceful activism to protect the olive harvest season in Burin.

🔗https://t.co/Sg1IGyi7dZ

#FreeGhassanNajjar

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Veteran democracy activist and former legislator Au Kam San was sentenced to 12.5 years under Macao's national security law. He will be 84 years old when he is released.

As in Hong Kong, Macao authorities have taken full advantage of Chinese President Xi Jinping's national security policy push to criminalize free speech and curb criticism of the government.

The use of this law to prosecute peaceful pro-democracy activist Au Kam San behind closed doors and hand down an entirely disproportionate prison sentence is a clear failure to respect Macao's obligations under international human rights treaties and standards.

📢 Macao authorities must quash this conviction and release Au Kam San immediately.

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Belgium’s Federal Parliament just passed a divisive law that allows police to raid people’s homes for migration control. Now they can enter private homes, including those hosting undocumented migrants, between 5am and 9pm and search for identity documents – even if children are present.

Belgium traditionally shows strong solidarity towards migrant communities, and this ‘home raids’ law will discourage them from doing so in the future. No one should be scapegoated for soaring costs of living and economic insecurity. The law must be immediately reversed.

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The death penalty should be abolished, everywhere. This marks a significant moment for human rights in California and across the country, but it is not the finishing line.

The world is watching, and this decision is showing that progress is possible, and the United States, which remains among a small group of countries that continues to carry out executions, can move beyond the death penalty.

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This is a day that will be remembered in California’s history and resonate globally for years to come. Responding to calls from Clemency California, Amnesty International, and more than 40 international organizations, Governor Newsom has announced a decisive and powerful step away from the use of the death penalty – the ultimate cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment.

The death penalty should be abolished, everywhere. Today marks a significant moment for human rights in California and across the country, but it is not the finishing line. The world is watching, and this decision is showing that progress is possible, and the United States, which remains among a small group of 17 countries that continues to carry out executions, can move beyond the death penalty.

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The international community should not accept the continued criminalization of legitimate activism as the new normal in Hong Kong. Governments must continue to press for the protection of human rights and the release of those imprisoned solely for exercising their rights.

https://t.co/dJpXKFDula

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in jail for “colluding with foreign forces”.

He is the only activist known to have been convicted twice under Hong Kong's National Security Law. Imprisoned since the age of 24, he is not expected to regain his freedom until he is 40.

Joshua Wong’s bravery in speaking truth to power should be commended, but instead in Hong Kong it makes him a criminal.

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Cruel Joshua Wong sentence a grim reminder of Hong Kong government's disdain for human rights. https://t.co/IVv6HvI4EW

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Lawmakers have their work cut out for them; urgent action needs to be taken to combat attacks across a range of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights issues. https://t.co/0yJUxLwcos

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The people of the United States have chosen their next slate of elected representatives at all levels of government, and their choices rang loud and clear.

Just as the world was watching the results of the elections, it will now be watching what elected leaders do with the powers and responsibilities they’ve been given: they must work towards a future where people can live freely and have their needs met.

It is time for a different approach to governing in the United States. All newly elected officials should choose accountability over impunity, equality over discrimination, and the full spectrum of people’s human rights over the arbitrary and unlawful exercise of power.

Read @amnestyusa's full statement: https://t.co/tA3UNecWlS

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Belgium: ‘Divisive’ migration home raids law must be voted down by parliament

On 5 Nov, the Belgian Parliament must reject proposals to allow home raids for migration control along with any attempt to scapegoat migrants
https://t.co/deMt8M18Mq

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These two men fled persecution only to spend more than a decade detained in Thailand. Amnesty has documented crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in Xinjiang. Returning them would expose them to the abuses they sought to escape.

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Thai authorities must immediately halt any plans to forcibly return these two Uyghur men to China, where they face a real risk of torture, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance.

Thailand must not repeat last year’s unlawful deportation of 40 Uyghurs, who were forced back to danger in China. https://t.co/t16qI6tR0m