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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

Agnes Callamard

Smoke plumes rise during an Israeli strike as a man pushed his bicycle along the Salah al-Din road near the Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, used by food-seeking Palestinians to reach an aid distribution point set up by the privately-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), on June 25, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
July 3, 2025, 4:50 pm
‘Lies’: Israel denounces Amnesty charge that aid system uses starvation in Gaza genocide
UK human rights group says Israel creating ‘deadly mix of hunger and disease’; Israeli Foreign Ministry responds: Amnesty joining forces with Hamas
By Agencies
People gather outside of an Iranian diplomat's residence to denounce the Iranian government and the recent execution of a protester on December 10, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
May 16, 2023, 10:11 am
Amnesty slams state ‘killing sprees’; China and Iran top the list
2022 figure for 20 countries known to have executed people shows 53% yearly increase; Saudi Arabia put ‘staggering’ 81 to death in a single day
By AFP
Police detain journalist Farida Rustamova holding a poster which reads 'Journalism Freedom,' during a protest outside the main headquarters of the country's top domestic security agency, the FSB, on Lubyanka Square in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 21, 2021 (AP Photo/Denis Kaminev, File)
May 3, 2023, 11:58 am
‘Freedom of the press is under attack’: UN sounds alarm over global assaults on media
Guterres stresses unfettered press is foundation of democracy, WSJ editor calls for Russia to free Evan Gershkovich; watchdog says 55 journalists, 4 media workers killed in 2022
By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS
People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, October 2, 2020, marking the two-year anniversary of his death (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)
September 23, 2022, 9:34 am
Khashoggi wife readying to sue Israel’s NSO for alleged phone hacking
Hanan Elatr also plans to file suits against Saudi Arabia and UAE, who she says targeted phone with Pegasus spyware, saying she wants everyone ‘in this horrible crime accountable’
By ToI Staff
Residents watch a convoy of security personnel armed with batons and shields patrol through central Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang region, Nov. 5, 2017 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
September 1, 2022, 11:15 am
China rejects UN report citing potential crimes against humanity on Uighurs
Long-delayed report drawn in part from interviews with former detainees calls for urgent action; makes no mention of genocide that some countries have accused China of committing
By KEN MORITSUGU and Jamey Keaten
Afghan women wait to receive cash at a money distribution point organized by the World Food Program, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 20, 2021 (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
July 27, 2022, 11:24 am
Taliban rights crackdown is ‘suffocating’ Afghan women, Amnesty International warns
Watchdog says Afghan rulers decimated protections for those facing domestic violence, detained women and girls for minor violations and contributed to a surge in child marriages
By Rahim Faiez
Amnesty International USA director Paul O'Brien. (Screen capture/YouTube)
April 2, 2022, 7:47 am
Amnesty US chief responds to criticism: ‘I regret’ speaking for US Jews about Israel
Rights group head writes to 25 Jewish Democrats who criticized him for rejecting polling that showed the vast majority of US Jews are pro-Israel
By Ron Kampeas
Secretary general of Amnesty International Agnes Callamard (right) and Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa research and advocacy director Philip Luther at a press conference in Jerusalem, on February 1, 2022. (Flash90)
February 2, 2022, 10:05 pm
Amnesty to ToI: No double standard in accusing Israel, but not China, of apartheid
Our diplomatic correspondent conducted a lengthy, mutually frustrating conversation with the Amnesty officials behind the ‘apartheid’ report. We’re publishing it in full
By Lazar Berman
Agnes Callamard, the Secretary General of Amnesty International (left) holds a press conference together with activist Orly Noy in Jerusalem, on February 1, 2022. Amnesty International labelled Israel an "apartheid" state that treats Palestinians as "an inferior racial group." (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
February 1, 2022, 12:18 pm
Amnesty: Israel practices apartheid against Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza, Israel
Rights group says ‘Palestinians treated as inferior racial group’; does not compare Israel to S. Africa, but evaluates policies based on int’l conventions; urges ban on arms sales
By Agencies and Lazar Berman
An Israeli woman uses her phone in front of a building in Herzliya that housed the NSO Group intelligence firm, August 28, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP/File)
July 19, 2021, 12:02 pm
Critics call for curb on spyware after revelations about Israel’s NSO
Amnesty head urges limits on surveillance industry; WhatsApp head says use of the technology must be stopped; Israeli activist claims revelations are ‘tip of the iceberg’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard answers questions on a report of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on June 19, 2019, in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
March 29, 2021, 5:39 am
UN investigator who declared Soleimani killing unlawful named Amnesty chief
Agnes Callamard also led probe into murder of Jamal Khashoggi, concluded it was likely state-sanctioned by Saudi Arabia
By AP
UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard answers questions on a report of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on June 19, 2019, in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
March 23, 2021, 9:22 pm
UN Khashoggi investigator says Saudi official appeared to threaten her life
Agnes Callamard says UN officials were warned she would be ‘taken care of’ if not restrained in her probe of dissident’s murder
By ToI Staff
Debris litters the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
March 17, 2021, 11:09 pm
Iran absolves its armed forces in final report on downing of Ukrainian plane
Civil aviation agency withholds key details, again claims human error caused missiles to be fired at aircraft, killing 176; Ukraine derides ‘cynical attempt to hide true causes’
By Agencies
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2020. (Andrew Harnik/POOL/AFP)
July 11, 2020, 1:23 am
Pompeo slams UN report saying US hit on Soleimani violated international law
Secretary disputes rights expert’s ‘spurious’ critique, says IRGC general was killed after escalating series of attacks on US forces and interests, and to deter future attacks
By Jamey Keaten
Senior Revolutionary Guard commander General Qassem Soleimani attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not seen) and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 7, 2020, 10:48 am
US killing of Iranian commander Soleimani ‘unlawful’ — UN investigator
Washington hasn’t provided sufficient evidence of an immediate threat from Quds Force commander, Agnes Callamard writes in report for Human Rights Council
By ToI Staff
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