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Insurgents attacked Mozambique in March. Ali Makram Ghareeb/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Amnesty International says white people were given preferential treatment during rescue operations during the attack on Palma, Mozambique. The body compiled a report from 11 black survivors. Insurgents stormed the town on 24 March. Whites were given preferential treatment for evacuation […]
Following the killing of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old Black teenager, by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, Amnesty International issued Deadly force: Police use of lethal force in the United States, which focused on the laws governing the use of deadly force. This report shows that there has been a disturbing lack of progress over […]
Racial and climate justice Sadly, ethnicity, race, class, and caste go hand in hand with the detrimental effects of climate change and fossil fuel-related inequalities. In India and Nepal, women and girls belonging to so called “low castes” such as Dalit, are more susceptible to the negative impacts of climate change as they are forced […]
In a 1990 report, the non-partisan U.S. General Accounting Office found “a pattern of evidence indicating racial disparities in the charging, sentencing, and imposition of the death penalty.” The study concluded that a defendant was several times more likely to be sentenced to death if the murder victim was white. This has been confirmed by […]
WHAT ABOUT NATIONAL LAWS? For example, Mexico’s new National Law on the Use of Force does not limit use of lethal force to situations where it is necessary to protect the lives of others. It does not require that officers use the minimum level of force to resolve a situation. In the USA, nine states
Racism continued to drive state violence. Mass killings by public security officials were frequent, disproportionately affecting Black people in marginalized neighbourhoods. Cis and transgender women, especially Black women, were targets of various forms of violence. In an election year, the dissemination of fake news and statements by President Bolsonaro incited politically motivated violence, threatened state […]
Oct 13, 2023 9:37 AM EDT Amnesty International urge reparations for Black Americans and Indigenous Peoples Amnesty International is calling for reparations for Black Americans and Indigenous Peoples during the United Nations Human Rights Committee 139th Session. Geneva, Switzerland – During the 139th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, Amnesty International is once again calling […]
By Paul Njie in Yaoundé & Danai Nesta Kupemba in London BBC News 22 minutes ago Image caption, Some of those arrested were subjected to torture, rights groups say Chad’s military-led government has issued an amnesty to security forces responsible for killing at least 50 opposition protestors. In 2022 people took to the streets to […]
Photos: Amnesty InternationalYouTube Screenshots Responding to the Nigerian government’s receipt of our application filed with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice to demand justice for cases of enforced disappearances recorded in the Northeast of Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, Amnesty International Nigeria Director said: “By allowing the military to carry out thousands […]
Civilians in Gaza are at unprecedented risk as Israel imposes communication black-out during bombardment and expanding ground attacks, according to Amnesty International. In response to the black-out, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Senior Director of Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns at Amnesty International, said: “Palestinian civilians are already besieged in the occupied Gaza Strip and are now also trapped […]