Tag: Amnesty International

Amnesty International revokes Kremlin critic Navalny’s ‘prisoner of conscience’ status

Amnesty International no longer considers jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a “prisoner of conscience” due to past comments he made that qualify as advocacy of hatred, the group said. Amnesty, however, still believes that Navalny should be freed from jail, that he has committed no crime and that […]

Amnesty says Iran killed two dozen children in November crackdown

Human rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday accused the Iranian security forces of killing 23 children, mostly with live ammunition, during a November crackdown on anti-government protests. Protests broke out across Iran from November 15 after the announcement of a surprise petrol price rise. The authorities responded with […]

Amnesty India says raid, frozen accounts aimed at silencing government critics

NEW DELHI – Indian authorities have frozen the bank accounts of Amnesty International after a raid on its country office, the human rights watchdog said on Friday, accusing the government of treating rights groups “like criminal enterprises”. The Enforcement Directorate, India’s financial crime investigating agency, searched Amnesty’s Bengaluru […]

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