Rights Group Amnesty International

The use of the death penalty has reached its highest level worldwide since 2015, London-based human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

China is targeting citizens studying abroad for their political activism, rights group Amnesty International said Monday, with some students reporting harassment of family members back home.

Iraqi authorities have executed at least 11 people convicted of "terrorism" this week, security and health sources said Wednesday, with rights group Amnesty International condemning an "alarming lack of transparency".

Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Cambodia of breaking international law through the eviction of 10,000 families from around the Angkor Wat temple complex.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday condemned Amnesty International for excusing Russian acts of "terror" after the rights group said Kyiv's forces were endangering civilians by establishing bases in residential areas.

Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar. The report covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021.

Amnesty International said on Friday there was compelling evidence that Russian troops had committed war crimes, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, when they occupied an area outside Ukraine's capital.

Human rights groups raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter and the power that its takeover by Elon Musk would give the billionaire. Musk has been called a 'free speech absolutist' and has been critical of Twitter's policies of moderating content on the platform.

Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents, according to an investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data.

An Egyptian court Tuesday convicted a university student to four years in prison for "spreading false news", rights groups said, in a sentence Amnesty International labelled "outrageous".

The Enforcement Directorate has attached the movable properties - worth Rs 17.66 crore - of the global human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International, which had last year claimed that it was winding down its India operation because of alleged "witch-hunt" by the central government.

A case has been registered against the former Executive Director of human rights advocacy group Amnesty International Aakar Patel for posting "offensive" content on social media, which allegedly sought to instigate some sections of people against the government.

An Israeli court on Thursday ordered closed-door hearings in Amnesty International's legal bid to stop NSO Group exporting surveillance software, which rights groups say is used to spy on journalists and dissidents worldwide.

Human rights organization Amnesty International's India office in Bengaluru has been raided by the CBI over the alleged violation of rules involving foreign funding, sources said.

The move by Netflix to block the show was widely denounced by rights groups including Amnesty International, which warned it risks further eroding freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia.

The use of the death penalty has reached its highest level worldwide since 2015, London-based human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

China is targeting citizens studying abroad for their political activism, rights group Amnesty International said Monday, with some students reporting harassment of family members back home.

Iraqi authorities have executed at least 11 people convicted of "terrorism" this week, security and health sources said Wednesday, with rights group Amnesty International condemning an "alarming lack of transparency".

Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Cambodia of breaking international law through the eviction of 10,000 families from around the Angkor Wat temple complex.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday condemned Amnesty International for excusing Russian acts of "terror" after the rights group said Kyiv's forces were endangering civilians by establishing bases in residential areas.

Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar. The report covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021.

Amnesty International said on Friday there was compelling evidence that Russian troops had committed war crimes, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, when they occupied an area outside Ukraine's capital.

Human rights groups raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter and the power that its takeover by Elon Musk would give the billionaire. Musk has been called a 'free speech absolutist' and has been critical of Twitter's policies of moderating content on the platform.

Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents, according to an investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data.

An Egyptian court Tuesday convicted a university student to four years in prison for "spreading false news", rights groups said, in a sentence Amnesty International labelled "outrageous".

The Enforcement Directorate has attached the movable properties - worth Rs 17.66 crore - of the global human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International, which had last year claimed that it was winding down its India operation because of alleged "witch-hunt" by the central government.

A case has been registered against the former Executive Director of human rights advocacy group Amnesty International Aakar Patel for posting "offensive" content on social media, which allegedly sought to instigate some sections of people against the government.

An Israeli court on Thursday ordered closed-door hearings in Amnesty International's legal bid to stop NSO Group exporting surveillance software, which rights groups say is used to spy on journalists and dissidents worldwide.

Human rights organization Amnesty International's India office in Bengaluru has been raided by the CBI over the alleged violation of rules involving foreign funding, sources said.

The move by Netflix to block the show was widely denounced by rights groups including Amnesty International, which warned it risks further eroding freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia.