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TOPSHOT - Palestinians evacuate the area following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Israel continued to battle Hamas fighters on October 9 and massed tens of thousands of troops and heavy armour around the Gaza Strip after vowing a massive blow over the Palestinian militants' surprise attack. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

19th August 2024
Global: Governments’ brazen flouting of Arms Trade Treaty rules leading to devastating loss of life

5th August 2024
USA: Abortion bans and restrictions cause extensive harm, violate human rights

31st July 2024
Canada: Wet’suwet’en Chief Dsta’hyl declared first Amnesty International prisoner of conscience held in Canada

Palestinians in Gaza sift through damage

23rd July 2024
Amnesty International Warns of U.S. Complicity in War Crimes in Gaza

17th June 2024
Canada: International Delegation to Attend Trial of Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders

Amnesty International is launching a powerful film showing the devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally, with many suffering life-long injuries and permanent disabilities. The new film, which features Leidy Cadena who was blinded by police in 2021 during a protest which was part of the National Strikes in Colombia, shows the devastating impact such weapons can have.

3rd April 2024
New short film highlights devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally.

3rd November 2023
Write for Rights 2023: Help stop Rocky Myers’s execution

26th June 2023
USA: UN Special Rapporteur’s findings reinforce urgent need to close Guantánamo and provide redress for past and present detainees

18th April 2023
Nicaragua: A continuum of repression and systematic human rights violations under the Ortega-Murillo government

South African police officers fire rubber bullet as they chase protestors in the streets of Johannesburg, on April 23, 2019 during a protest against the lack of service delivery or basic necessities such as access to water and electricity, housing difficulties and lack of public road maintenance. - Police and protesters exchanged volleys of teargas and stones in Johannesburg on April 23, 2019 after a suburb erupted into protest over public services ahead of polls on May 8. Dozens of residents in the working class Turffontein suburb blocked the main road through ward 55, burning tyres, mattresses and tree branches over allegedly unfair allocation of nearby new social housing. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

14th March 2023
Global: Dozens killed and thousands maimed by police misuse of rubber bullets

ride celebration by students at the Middle East Technical University (METU) campus, in Ankara, Turkey, May 2018.

9th February 2023
USA: Hateful and abusive speech towards LGBTQ+ community surging on Twitter under Elon Musk

Supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo clash with police forces in the Peruvian Andean city of Juliaca, on January 7, 2023.

30th January 2023
Peru: Amnesty International deploys crisis response team to investigate serious human rights violations

9th January 2023
Brazil: Amnesty International condemns the attacks and invasion of public buildings in Brasilia by extremist groups

28th October 2022
Write For Rights 2022: – CUBA: ARTIST JAILED FOR PROTECTING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

28th October 2022
Write For Rights 2022: Yren Rotela and Mariana Sepúlveda – Paraguay: INVISIBILITY IS DISCRIMINATION

16th October 2022
Write For Rights 2022: Nasser Zefzafi – MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA: Locked up for 20 years for demanding change

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Amnesty International Ireland is an approved body under section 209 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. Section 209 of the TCA 1997 applies to an organisation which is a body for the promotion of the observance of the universal declaration of the Human Rights or the implementation of the European convention for the protection of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms