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Amnesty International
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The Acteal massacre kills Indigenous civilians in Chiapas
📅 22 December 1997Armed attackers killed 45 Indigenous people in Acteal, Chiapas. The massacre became a focus of demands for justice and scrutiny of state responsibility. Amnesty International later criticized the...
Oury Jalloh dies in a police-cell fire in Dessau
📅 7 January 2005Oury Jalloh, an asylum seeker from Sierra Leone, died in a fire while restrained in a Dessau police cell. His death became a focus of demands for truth and police accountability. Amnesty International...
Women protest as France’s public face-covering ban takes effect
📅 11 April 2011People including women wearing the full-face veil protested in central Paris as France’s ban on face coverings in public took effect. Police detained several participants, saying the protest was...
Hind Ahmas and Najate Naït Ali face fines after protesting the veil ban
📅 22 September 2011A court in Meaux fined Hind Ahmas and Najate Naït Ali for wearing the niqab in public. Police had stopped them during a demonstration against the ban in May. Amnesty International condemned the...
Amnesty’s Choice and Prejudice report challenges exclusion in work, education and worship
📅 24 April 2012Amnesty International published research on discrimination against Muslims in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. It examined dress restrictions and obstacles to establishing...
Amnesty documents the human impact of emergency measures
📅 4 February 2016Amnesty International published Upturned Lives, documenting consequences of emergency searches and house arrests in France. Testimony described disruption to work, families and daily life. The...
Amnesty analyzes institutionalized persecution of Rohingya as apartheid
📅 21 November 2017Amnesty International published Caged Without a Roof, examining the system of discrimination against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State. It analyzed segregation, restrictions and exclusion rather...
Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes are assassinated
📅 14 March 2018Rio de Janeiro councillor and human-rights defender Marielle Franco was killed alongside her driver Anderson Gomes. Her work challenged violence and exclusion affecting Black and favela communities....
Amnesty uses pandemic mask rules to challenge discriminatory face-veil bans
📅 26 May 2020Amnesty International published an argument for ending blanket bans on full-face veils and face coverings at protests. Marco Perolini contrasted pandemic mask requirements with penalties imposed on...
Security forces attack EndSARS protesters in Lagos
📅 20 October 2020Security forces fired on peaceful protesters at Lekki and Alausa during mobilization against police brutality. Amnesty International documented at least twelve deaths across the two locations. In a...
Amnesty warns against discriminatory measures after terrorist attacks
📅 3 November 2020Amnesty International issued a statement examining French government measures following the murders of Samuel Paty and people in Nice. It raised concerns about nondiscrimination, freedom of...
Amnesty launches a campaign for Muslims detained in Xinjiang
📅 10 June 2021Amnesty International published research on repression in Xinjiang and called for the release of people arbitrarily detained there. Its campaign highlighted individual cases among Uyghurs, Kazakhs and...
Amnesty documents discrimination against Muslims and demands protection
📅 18 October 2021Amnesty International released research connecting anti-Muslim mob violence with discriminatory state policies in Sri Lanka. Its report, From Burning Houses to Burning Bodies, examined attacks, forced...
Amnesty International Concludes that Israeli Actions Against Palestinians Constitute Apartheid
📅 1 February 2022Amnesty International published a report concluding that Israel’s system of domination over Palestinians amounts to apartheid under international law; this is Amnesty’s assessment.
Amnesty demands end to punitive crackdown on Muslim protesters
📅 14 June 2022Amnesty International called on Indian authorities to stop excessive force, arbitrary detention and punitive measures against protesters after demonstrations over remarks insulting the Prophet...