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In this Thursday, April 5, 2018 photo, rubble of buildings line a street that was damaged during fighting between US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters and Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, Syria.(AP/Hussein Malla)
June 5, 2018, 5:18 am
Rights group: US coalition killed hundreds of civilians in Syria’s Raqqa
Amnesty accuses US-led forces of showing little regard for lives of non-combatants, indiscriminately shelling city in battle for de-facto IS capital
By AP
Women wearing niqab exit the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Ritzau Scanpix / Mads Claus Rasmussen)
May 31, 2018, 6:07 pm
Denmark bans Islamic full-face veil in public spaces
Parliament overwhelmingly supports prohibition on niqab, burqa; Amnesty slams move as 'discriminatory violation of women's rights'
By Camille BAS-WOHLERT
Illustrative: In this June 14, 2014 photo, Egyptian women hold banners during a protest against sexual harassment in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 12, 2018, 2:06 pm
Egyptian activist arrested for blasting government inaction on sexual harassment
Amnesty International says Amal Fathy is being held over video criticizing state of human rights in Egypt
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo: Egyptian men attend their trial at a court in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 16, 2014 (AP/Aly Hazzaa, El Shorouk)
May 7, 2018, 6:47 am
Amnesty accuses Egypt of ‘torture’ in solitary confinement
Human rights group says dozens of detained political opponents are 'denied any human contact and kept in horrific cell conditions'
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 6, 2018, 9:22 pm
Amnesty calls on Netanyahu to apologize for post on Arab soccer fans
False claim that Sakhnin club disrupted tribute to 10 teens killed in flash flood was shared on PM's Facebook page, removed a few days later with no comment
By TOI staff
Palestinians try to pull down part of the border fence between Israel and Gaza east of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, during the fifth straight Friday of mass riots along the border between Gaza and Israel, on April 27, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
April 28, 2018, 3:24 pm
Rights group calls for arms embargo on Israel over Gaza riots
Amnesty International accuses IDF of carrying out 'murderous assault' on Palestinians at border; Israel says terror group Hamas uses protests as cover for bids to breach fence
By TOI staff
A caricature featured in the Belgian textbook Polaris GO!3. (Courtesy of Joods Actueel via JTA)
March 23, 2018, 5:58 pm
Rights group calls cartoon depicting greedy Israelis ‘misleading’
Caricature illustrating Amnesty International's claim that Israel denies Palestinians proper access to water is used in some Belgian textbooks
By JTA
Alireza Avaie (Alireza.gharibdoust / Wikipedia)
February 22, 2018, 8:01 pm
Outrage as Iran justice minister set to address UN human rights meet
Alireza Avaie has been sanctioned for human rights violations, arbitrary arrests, denials of prisoners' rights, and increase in executions
By AFP
January 24, 2018, 6:04 am
Human rights are universal, Amnesty, even for Jews
The organization's move to cancel a debate featuring Hillel Neuer shows they have lost their way
By Maajid Nawaz
Sixteen-year-old Palestinian Ahed Tamimi (2nd right) stands for a hearing in the Israeli military court at Ofer military prison in the West Bank, on January 15, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
January 15, 2018, 10:01 pm
Court extends remand of Palestinian teen who slapped Israeli soldiers
Ahed Tamimi to stay in detention for at least 2 more days, as judge considers whether to allow her out on bail ahead of trial
By AFP and Jacob Magid
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi (C) attends a hearing at the Ofer military court in the West Bank on December 28, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
January 15, 2018, 2:25 pm
Amnesty demands Israel release soldier-slapping Palestinian teen
As 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi appears in court, human rights group calls continued detention and indictment 'blatantly disproportionate'
By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid
Iraqi Kurdish security forces escort a suspected member of the Islamic State group who was arrested the previous day during clashes in the southern suburbs of Kirkuk, October 22, 2016. (AFP/Marwan IBRAHIM)
December 14, 2017, 4:11 pm
Iraq hangs 38 members of Islamic State, al-Qaeda for terrorism
Executions carried out at Nasiriyah prison in the presence of Justice Minister Haidar al-Zameli
By AFP
In this photo, members of the Syrian Civil Defense group, known as the White Helmets, inspect cluster bombs in the Khan Sheikhoun neighborhood of Idlib, Syria, September 29, 2016. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
November 30, 2017, 2:48 pm
Syrian military used banned cluster bombs in besieged area — Amnesty
Regime forces committing war crimes on 'epic scale,' says human rights body
By AP
This photo taken on October 28, 2017 shows Rohingya Muslim refugees at a makeshift shelter at the Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia. (Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)
November 21, 2017, 10:23 am
Amnesty accuses Myanmar of imposing ‘apartheid’ on Rohingya
Years-long 'state-sponsored' campaign has restricted nearly all aspects of Rohingyas' lives, report says
By AFP
Demonstrators protesting outside the Spanish government delegation in Barcelona, Oct. 20, 2015. (Albert Llop/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
November 2, 2017, 6:21 am
Israel denies entry to Amnesty worker in anti-BDS move
Raed Jarrar, who is an American of Palestinian origin, was stopped at a crossing between Jordan and the West Bank while on a personal visit
By AFP and TOI staff
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