In a historic step towards justice for victims of war crimes, the Lebanese gov’t has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to file a declaration providing the ICC with jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed on Lebanese territory since Oct 7

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#Iraq must immediately halt all executions after at least 13 men were put to death on 22 April following their conviction on vague terrorism charges.

Amnesty International is concerned that many more have been executed in secret amid a disturbing lack of transparency. amnesty.org/en/latest/rese…

So much appreciation for Amnesty International colleagues who work tirelessly on documenting human rights violations and on making the world a little bit more just every day!!

Solidarity with the brave Egyptian women detained today for standing in solidarity with Gaza and Sudan.

The best among us are behind bars today, just like they were yesterday, in 2011, and before. Those that challenged the cowardly scourge of despots and occupiers.

Powerful governments cast humanity into an era devoid of effective international rule of law.
Amnesty International sounds alarm on a watershed moment for int'l law amid flagrant rule-breaking by governments & corporate actors in its annual global human rights report: amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Like so many others, Amnesty International’s fieldworker in Gaza has spent several months displaced from his home in the southernmost governorate of Rafah, where more than a million people have sought safety from Israel’s relentless bombardment.

⚠️في 9 إبريل/نيسان 2024، اعتقلت قوات الأمن الأردنية اللاجئ السوري عطية محمد أبو سالم، بينما كان في طريقه لتصوير مظاهرات تضامنية مع غزة في عمَّان. وقد أُبلغ محامي عطية أبو سالم أن السلطات أصدرت أمرًا بترحيل موكِّله إلى سوريا، وهو لا يزال رهن الاحتجاز في مركز أمني.

8 children killed in Israeli strike while playing foozeball, CNN reports, showing, w/permission, faces and bodies of the dead & the cries of grieving parents. Every 10 min a child is killed or injured in Gaza, per reporter Jeremy Diamond.

#الأردن : نشعر بالقلق إزاء استمرار اعتقال عدة ناشطين من قبل دائرة المخابرات العامة، ومن بينهم الناشطان زياد ابحيص وميسرة ملص. بحسب محاميهما، اعتُقل كلاهما في 31 مارس/آذار خلال مظاهرة مؤيدة لغزة دون إبلاغهما بأسباب الاعتقال، ولا يزالان ممنوعَيْن من الاتصال بمحاميهما.

In a major new report, based on unprecedented access, we detail a human rights crisis for 56,000 men, women and children imprisoned following the territorial defeat of Islamic State in NE Syria in 2019. Ten facts, a 🧵amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

So much grief. So much outrage.

“People in the detention facilities are being subjected to systematic torture. They are dying in hundreds of preventable deaths due to inhumane conditions” - Nicolette Waldman

Read @Amnesty’s new report on detention in #Syria here ➡️ amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

تاريخ جديد 🚩 تعقد منظمة العفو الدولية مؤتمرًا صحفيًا عبر الانترنت لعرض نتائج تقرير جديد بعنوان 'في أعقاب هزيمة تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية: ظلم وتعذيب وموت أثناء الاحتجاز في شمال شرق سوريا'
📆الأربعاء 17 نيسان
🕐12:00 بتوقيت شرق أوروبا الصيفي
للحضول يرجى التسجيل عبر [email protected]

‼️ New date: Wednesday 17 April, 10.01 BST ‼️

#Syria : Mass death, torture and other violations against people detained in aftermath of Islamic State defeat - new @Amnesty report

DM me or email pressAmnesty International.org for more information

🔊 UPDATE: please note @Amnesty has decided to postpone the press conference and publication of this report following the overnight escalation of conflict in the region.

We will update further when a new publication date has been arranged.

تستضيف منظمة العفو الدولية مؤتمرًا صحفيًا لعرض نتائج تقرير جديد بعنوان 'في أعقاب هزيمة تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية: ظلم وتعذيب وموت أثناء الاحتجاز في شمال شرق سوريا'
📍 بيروت، لبنان
📆 الإثنين 15 نيسان 2024
🕐 12:00 بتوقيت شرق أوروبا الصيفي
للحضول يرجى التسجيل
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So, I come from the part of New York that Congressman Mike Lawler represents.

I've been writing to him since 2023, in the hopes that, I don't know, he would hear something.

This is how that went: 🧵

Amnesty International will host a press conference to present the findings of a new report, 'Aftermath: Injustice, Torture and Death in Detention in North-East Syria.'
📍 Beirut, Lebanon,
📆 Monday 15 April 2024
🕐 12.00 EEST

Register here 👇

amn.st/6012wtZou

Among those NOT released from prison in Bahrain's royal pardon are Hassan Mushaima, the head of the opposition group Al-Haq, and Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a Danish-Bahraini human rights defender serving a life sentence in Bahrain for peaceful human rights work theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Aside from journalism, almost every day we cook meals to feed the displaced in schools in North Gaza. With our very limited supplies, we cook and distribute meals to hundreds every day. We appreciate all the aid workers who were killed while trying to help us in Gaza, but our…