Schlagwort: human rights

Amnesty International is calling on G20 leaders meeting this week to take unprecedented steps towards tackling the global inequalities which are fueling the COVID-19 and climate crises – two of the greatest threats to human rights of our time.

On 30 June, China’s top legislature unanimously passed a new national security law for Hong Kong. The law is dangerously vague and broad: virtually anything could be deemed a threat to “national security“ under its provisions, and it can apply to anyone on the planet. Here are 10 reasons why everyone should be worried about this new law.

Speaking to the UN Security Council today, Angelina Jolie cited an upcoming Amnesty International report on Yezidi child survivors of the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq.