Quetta [Balochistan], July 21 (ANI): Amid continuing allegations of human rights violations in Balochistan, the Baloch National Movement (BNM) has renewed its appeal for international intervention over the alleged enforced disappearance of one of its senior leaders.
Reacting to proposed legislation in the Russian Duma that would impose sweeping restrictions on government critics targeted with problematic laws in Russia and living abroad, including the denial of consular services and the blocking of banking and property rights, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “This legislation is a chilling […] The post Russia: Draft law imposing sweeping restrictions on government critics abroad weaponizes punishment to silence dissent appeared first on Amnesty International .
Reacting to a social media video shared with Amnesty International, and confirmed by Mozambican police, showing a plain-clothed police officer shooting a man, later identified to be Narciso Castigo Sambo (also known as Macovo), after he had been subdued by other officers in Xinavane district, Maputo province on 18 July, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for […] The post Mozambique: Authorities must immediately open investigation into summary execution of Narciso Castigo Sambo appeared first on Amnesty International .
Luxembourg, Ireland and all European Union (EU) member states must stop the sale of Israel Bonds in the EU or risk complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Amnesty International said in a public statement issued today. “Israel has become increasingly reliant on foreign investments to finance its genocide, apartheid and unlawful occupation […] The post Europe/IOPT: EU states allowing sale of Israel Bonds in Europe risk complicity in ongoing genocide in Gaza appeared first on Amnesty International .
The Egyptian authorities must release dozens of people detained for their association with a Gen Z online group calling for political change and publishing content critical of the government, Amnesty International said today. Since late May, officers from the National Security Agency (NSA) arrested at least 50 people, including nine women, for being part of the “Gen Z002” group on the social media platform, Discord, which called in October 2025 for toppling President Abdel […] The post Egypt: Release dozens detained over Gen Z online group calling for political change appeared first on Amnesty International .
A Revolutionary Court in Shiraz has sentenced political prisoners Mojtaba Dehbandi and Kianoush Hamzehei Kazerooni to death for helping protesters wounded during the January uprising, Iran Human Rights reported.
Iranian authorities secretly buried teenage protester Erfan Esfandiyari without his family present and have reinstated the death sentence of another young defendant in the same Isfahan case, sources told Iran International.
The family of 37-year-old executed protester Mohammad Amini Dehaghani has told Iran International that he was tortured into making a false confession, denied effective legal representation and deprived of the chance to appeal his death sentence.
Israeli forces detain five Palestinians, including two children, in occupied West Bank Israeli forces on Monday evening detained five Palestinians, including two children, during a raid on the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, according to a report from Wafa news agency. Head of Kisan village council, Bakr Rashaydeh, told Wafa news that Israeli forces raided the village and searched several Palestinian homes before detaining five residents, including two children aged 15 and 16.
Unrwa official warns agency facing financial crisis, calls for international support The director of the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank, Roland Friedrich, said that Unwra continues to face growing humanitarian, social and economic challenges while resources available to meet those needs are shrinking. Friedrich stressed that sustained international support is essential to ensure the continuity of basic services and help to preserve regional stability. He said that Unrwa is currently facing a financial shortfall of over $100m in 2026, warning that the funding gap threatens its essential services for millions of Palestinian refugees while the situation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank is increasingly dire.
Responding to the crackdown on protestors in New Delhi demanding accountability in the Indian education system, Aakar Patel, Amnesty International India’s Chair of Board, said, “The images and reports emerging from the protest at Jantar Mantar show how peaceful dissent is being suppressed in India. The police reportedly used unnecessary and excessive force against peaceful […] The post India: Crackdown on peaceful protesters in New Delhi raises serious human rights concerns appeared first on Amnesty International .
Women dominate Iran’s universities but remain sharply underrepresented in engineering and other technical fields, Iran’s vice president for women’s affairs said on Monday, calling for a review of admissions and the social barriers shaping their choices.
Former UN oversight chief says ICC prosecutor Karim Khan is ‘victim of massive stitch-up’ Submitted by Sondos Asem on Mon, 07/20/2026 - 13:23 Ben Swanson accuses court's executive body of pursuing an 'activist agenda' and 'dystopian' notion of justice by disregarding judicial opinion in prosecutor's misconduct case This general view shows the exterior and the logo of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on 28 March 2026 (John Thys/AFP) Off A former United Nations investigations chief has accused the International Criminal Court’s executive body of subjecting Prosecutor Karim Khan to a “stitch-up” in their decision to suspend him from office over misconduct allegations. Ben Swanson is a former UN assistant secretary-general and deputy head of the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), and has previously served as director of the OIOS Investigations Division. Over the past year, he has submitted four expert's opinions commissioned by Khan's legal team to the 21-member bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), criticising the manner in which the investigation into misconduct allegations facing the prosecutor was conducted, and the subsequent handling of the process by the bureau.
Six months on from a possible US strike against the Ecuadorian vessel Fiorella, Amnesty International recalls that the US policy of carrying out air strikes against boats at sea, under the pretext that they are transporting drugs to the United States, constitutes a practice of extrajudicial executions and other violations of human rights that must […] The post Ecuador / USA: The role of the United States in the attack on an ecuadorian vessel must be investigated appeared first on Amnesty International .
UK consulate in Palestine account suspended on X Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Mon, 07/20/2026 - 13:05 Hours before suspension, British mission in Jerusalem posted thread criticising Israel’s use of administrative detention against Palestinians Protesters wave Palestinian flags as they stand in front Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the clock's bell 'Big Ben', in central London, on 8 June 2024 (AFP/Justin Tallis) Off The British consulate in Jerusalem, which represents the UK government in occupied Palestine , had its account on X suspended on Sunday. As of Monday, the @UKinJerusalem account remains down, prompting the text “Account suspend” and “X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules”. It was not immediately clear why the account was suspended or which rules were violated.
No one had an issue until I pointed my lens at Palestine | Misan Harriman Submitted by Mohamed Hashem on Mon, 07/20/2026 - 11:08 "I am now getting death threats from registered Telegraph readers. " Misan Harriman is a widely celebrated photographer and activist. He’s the first Black male photographer to shoot the cover of British Vogue and the director of an Oscar-nominated short film.
Israeli physician describes Israeli court hearing over humanitarian corridor as "fascist" Michal Feldon, a paediatric rheumatologist at Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center, described the hearing at the High Court of Justice regarding the humanitarian corridor as "another farce of a fascist regime. " In a petition filed by Physicians for Human Rights, the organisation asked for the humanitarian corridor to be opened, to allow the transfer of critically ill patients from Gaza to the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem for treatment. Feldon highlighted seven moments from the hearing as reflective of "principles of fascism", in a post on Facebook.
Make no mistake, Israel's 'Death Penalty for Terrorists' Law is aimed at Palestinians Submitted by Ralph Wilde on Wed, 07/15/2026 - 13:58 The adoption of this law is a flagrant breach of the rights of Palestinian people and violates fundamental rules of international law Israeli forces demolish the home of Palestinian resident Osama Masaaf in the village of Al-Deirat, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, 14 July 2026 (Mosab Shawer/JNA Press) On Israel now has two new capital criminal offences on its books, through the adoption of the "Death Penalty for Terrorists Law" (DPT). One offence exists in Israeli municipal law, applicable in the territory Israel claims (in certain respects erroneously and illegally as a matter of international law) to be its sovereign territory: the territory of Mandatory Palestine within the 1949 "Green Line" plus East Jerusalem, and the Syrian Golan Heights. Israeli municipal law can also be potentially enforced within this territorial space to cover acts performed outside it, notably the Palestinian Gaza Strip, and occupied parts of Lebanon and (in addition to the Golan Heights) Syria .
Israeli settlers injure elderly Palestinian man near Hebron Israeli settlers attacked and injured an elderly Palestinian man and several others in the town of Surif, northwest of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on Sunday, Wafa news agency reported, citing Palestinian officials. Surif Mayor Hazem Ghneimat said the settlers, carrying clubs, assaulted residents in the Khallat Ghneimat area. In a separate incident, settlers drove cattle onto farmland planted with fruit trees in the Khallat al-Homs area, south of Yatta, damaging trees and crops belonging to Palestinian farmer Samir Obeid, Ghneimat said.
ICC’s Khan probe ‘reduced to political referendum’, Palestinian rights groups warn Leading Palestinian human rights organisations have warned that the disciplinary process against suspended International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan has been marked by a denial of due process and "politicisation" that is "corroding" the court's independence, days before member states vote on his removal. In a joint statement published on Friday, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), whose members include Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Addameer, said it took "no position on either the validity of the claims or the defence" against Khan, but warned that flaws in the process "breaches basic human rights guarantees" and represented "a grave departure from the rule of law". "This dangerously opens the Court to political overreach," the statement said.
