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Senior Policy Adviser, Amnesty International

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Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump given life sentence for molesting two children — Guardian US Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, of Florida among several January 6 defendants charged with new crimes

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06.03.2026 02:53 👍 3246 🔁 1312 💬 294 📌 142
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Lebanon: Israeli military’s overly broad mass evacuation orders sowing panic and fuelling humanitarian suffering Responding to Israel’s use of repeated, overly broad evacuation orders across Lebanon over the past four days, including to more than 100 villages and towns in the country’s south and east, as well as...

@amnesty.org : #Lebanon - Israeli military’s overly broad mass evacuation orders sowing panic and fuelling humanitarian suffering www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

06.03.2026 20:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Israel’s last war alongside an imperial power backfired. This one could, too For the first time since 1956, Israel is fighting with a Western hegemon for regime change in a war whose political repercussions are far from certain.

Israel’s last war alongside an imperial power backfired. This one could, too www.972mag.com/israels-last...

06.03.2026 15:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live” Immigration authorities in Minnesota have identified legal observers by name and address, and in some cases showed up at their homes.

Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live”
theintercept.com/2026/03/05/i...

06.03.2026 15:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

06.03.2026 08:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say www.reuters.com/world/middle...

06.03.2026 08:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The US Department of Defense is reportedly using artificial intelligence from tech company Anthropic in its strikes in Iran.

Why is this important? HRW's @abacci.bsky.social and @verityc.bsky.social explain ⤵️

05.03.2026 20:12 👍 44 🔁 27 💬 6 📌 1
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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

05.03.2026 21:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lebanon/Israel: Civilians at Grave Risk of Abuse Civilians are at grave risk of abuse as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates.

Lebanon/Israel: Civilians at Grave Risk of Abuse
www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...

05.03.2026 13:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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With West Bank under Israeli closure, settlers seize the moment Israeli settlers have killed two Palestinians and raided countless villages amid the war with Iran, as the army restricts movement and backs up the attackers.

With West Bank under total Israeli closure, settlers are seizing the moment www.972mag.com/west-bank-cl...

05.03.2026 13:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Urgent call to protect civilians and respect international law amid escalating regional conflict following US and Israeli attacks on Iran Amid rapid expansion of regional hostilities across the Middle East following the ongoing joint United States-Israel attacks on Iran and the subsequent wave of Iranian retaliatory attacks across the r...

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

03.03.2026 17:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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UNESCO expresses concern over the protection of cultural heritage UNESCO expresses concern over the protection of cultural heritage sites

UNESCO expresses concern over the protection of cultural heritage sites amidst escalating violence in the Middle East unes.co/orbt4h

03.03.2026 15:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Confidential database reveals which items NPS thinks may ‘disparage’ America An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, cl...

Confidential database reveals which items NPS thinks may ‘disparage’ America wapo.st/4aVrK2g

02.03.2026 21:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ICRC president urges respect for rules of war as major military escalation starts in the Middle East Geneva (ICRC) – The following is a statement attributable to ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric on the escalation of major military operations in the Middle East:

ICRC urges respect for #IHL in escalation Iran, Israel, US. Attacks may only be directed at military objectives. The parties must abide by the principles of distinction, proportionality & precaution & take constant care to spare the civilian population & civilian objects
www.icrc.org/en/statement...

28.02.2026 14:26 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

28.02.2026 07:19 👍 23674 🔁 7124 💬 735 📌 405
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The escalation in hostilities across the MENA region following the US and Israel attacks on Iran, and Iran’s retaliation, is putting civilians at grave risk.
@amnesty.org urges all parties to abide by international humanitarian and human rights law. Civilians must be protected.

28.02.2026 18:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

'Terror Was Needed to Make Arabs Leave': What the Israeli Army Did in 1948, Revealed www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

27.02.2026 10:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Family of UN official sanctioned by US over Israel criticism sues White House Lawsuit against the Trump administration says penalties against Francesca Albanese violate the first amendment

Family of UN official sanctioned by US over Israel criticism sues White House www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

27.02.2026 10:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Exclusive: US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies' handling of foreigners' data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable seen ...

It's U.S. foreign policy that the whole world must serve up our data to the AI giants that are now an arm of the U.S. government.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

25.02.2026 18:19 👍 292 🔁 151 💬 14 📌 17
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My friend was killed for telling you the truth. Now the powerful are even more desperate to silence us | Janine di Giovanni Murderous governments and armed groups always considered reporters like Marie Colvin a nuisance – now they see them as legitimate targets, says war correspondent Janine di Giovanni

My friend was killed for telling you the truth. Now the powerful are even more desperate to silence us www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

26.02.2026 16:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Israel: Aid Groups Barred From Gaza, West Bank Israeli authorities plan to bar 37 international nongovernmental organizations from operating in Gaza and the West Bank on March 1, 2026, for refusing to provide the government with lists of their sta...

Israeli authorities plan to bar 37 NGOs from operating in Gaza and the West Bank for refusing to provide the government with lists of their staff and biodata.

Aid distribution shouldn't be political. Israel should rescind the registration requirements.

25.02.2026 19:15 👍 62 🔁 46 💬 0 📌 4
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Israel/OPT: Global impunity fueling Israel’s unlawful annexation measures in the West Bank Since December 2025, Israeli authorities have unleashed a series of unlawful measures deliberately designed to dispossess Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to make ...

@amnesty.org : The accelerating expansion of unlawful settlements and the rise in state-backed settler violence and crimes across the occupied West Bank are an indictment of the international community’s catastrophic failure to take decisive action. amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

26.02.2026 13:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Israel/OPT: Global impunity fueling Israel’s unlawful annexation measures in the West Bank Since December 2025, Israeli authorities have unleashed a series of unlawful measures deliberately designed to dispossess Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to make ...

@amnesty.org : Impunity fueling Israel’s unlawful annexation measures in the West Bank www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne... #Apartheid #WarCrimes

26.02.2026 11:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Palestinian solidarity in Britain ‘being silenced and criminalised’ ‘Index of repression’ includes smears, harassment, job losses and arrests, legal advocacy group says

Palestinian solidarity in Britain ‘being silenced and criminalised’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

26.02.2026 11:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The shocking return of anti-personnel mines to Europe At the start of last year, all 27 EU member states were signed up to the Ottawa Convention, banning the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of anti-personnel mines. Now Estonia, Latvia, Lithuani...

The shocking return of anti-personnel mines to Europe.

Many of us dreamed that one day these indiscriminate weapons would be eradicated, but these ghosts of 20th-century warfare are making a comeback.

euobserver.com/204280/the-s...

26.02.2026 11:15 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Palestinian solidarity in Britain ‘being silenced and criminalised’ ‘Index of repression’ includes smears, harassment, job losses and arrests, legal advocacy group says

Palestinian solidarity in Britain ‘being silenced and criminalised’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

26.02.2026 09:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Maine university pulls support from conference on Palestine, citing Trump sanctions Organizers scramble for new venue after University of Southern Maine cites sanctions over Francesca Albanese’s virtual talk

Trump's sanctions on the ICC & UN special rapporteurs continue to have far-reaching implications for free speech in the United States, including on university campuses. Another mechanism for suppression of constitutionally protected speech relating to Palestine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

25.02.2026 20:25 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | ‘It Is One of the Worst Mass Killings in Contemporary World History’ We surveyed medical workers across 14 cities and 11 provinces about their experiences treating wounded protesters.

‘It Is One of the Worst Mass Killings in Contemporary World History’ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

25.02.2026 20:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sudan: People with Disabilities Targeted in North Darfur The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of Sudan’s two main warring parties, targeted, abused, and killed people with disabilities during and after their October 26, 2025, takeover of El Fasher, North Dar...

Sudan: People with Disabilities Targeted in North Darfur
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...

25.02.2026 17:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When Israeli arms merchants boast of Gaza serving as a lab for human testing | Opinion Last Week, I Happened to Disrupt a Festival of Blood. I Struggle to Find a Different Way to Describe It. It Was in a Small Pavilion at Expo Tel Aviv, Where Seve

When Israeli Arms Merchants Boast of Gaza Serving as a Lab for Human Testing www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...

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