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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Russian propaganda sees protests in Ukraine as weakness. We see the opposite: Ukrainians are showing strength, courage and maturity even during a brutal war.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Dismayed by the sanctions imposed by US government on UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs. Governments and all actors who believe in rule-based order and Int'l law must do everything in their power to mitigate the effect of the sanctions against Francesca Albanese.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
It was my great honour to interview the one and only Francesca Albanese yesterday. Watch here, and find out why Trump and Rubio are so determined to stop her vital work: zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
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Israel's Tech Boom & the Economy of Genocide
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur, joins Naomi to discuss calls for her removal and her latest report documenting the 'corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project.’
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Russia aggression continues to wreak havoc on civilians in Ukraine. At least 28 killed, 100+ injured in Russia’s June 17 strike on Kyiv. Amnesty has verified the use of cluster munitions, either deliberate targeting of civilians, reckless disregard for life, or both. This may constitute war crimes.
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Jean-Paul Marthoz @jpmarthoz.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I didn't hear much protest from our supposedly pro-human-rights, pro-enlightenment leaders, diplomats and pundits. No, it's not the islamist Iranian foe, it's the islamist Saudi ally. cpj.org/2025/06/saud... @jonathanpiron.bsky.social @hensmans.org @agnescallamard.bsky.social
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Saudi Arabia executes journalist Turki al-Jasser on treason, terrorism charges  - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2025 — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced the Saturday execution of prominent Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser, who had been detained for seven years on charges o...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
mnesty International is organising an event looking at the misuse of national security powers by the US. To register for “Guantanamo to CECOT: Abuses by the US Government in the name of national security,” Click here: bit.ly/gitmotocecot
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
More and more civilians bear the cruel toll of the terrifying military escalation in Iran and Israel since 13 June 2025. Further escalation risks unleashing devastating and far-reaching consequences for civilians across the region and beyond. Amnesty statement: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Urgent need to protect civilians amid unprecedented escalation in hostilities between Israel and Iran
As more and more civilians bear the cruel toll of the terrifying military escalation in Iran and Israel since 13 June 2025, and amid threats of further escalation in the conflict, Amnesty Internationa...
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Jean-Paul Marthoz @jpmarthoz.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Some in the US Jewish community warn about misinterpreting and weaponising antisemitism in a way which plays into the hands of Trump's authoritarianism. Words matter. forward.com/news/727939/...
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'Very misguided': ADL regional board member resigns over organization’s approach to antisemitism and civil rights
An ADL board member in Philadelphia resigned over CEO Jonathan Greenblatt's response to the Trump administration.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Opera, ice cream, activism – daughter of jailed Uyghur scholar shares Father’s Day memories. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...
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Opera, ice cream, activism – daughter of jailed Uyghur scholar shares Father’s Day memories
Jewher Ilham has not seen her father, the Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, since 2013 when he was detained by the Chinese authorities.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
As the world accelerates toward renewable energy, we must not replicate old injustices. At #RightHereRightNow #RHRNClimate, Amnesty joined a global UN–Oxford summit to call out the hidden human rights costs of the transition & push for real accountability www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Right Here, Right Now | University of Oxford
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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
❗Une procédure de dissolution a été lancée contre le collectif Urgence Palestine. Une organisation, mobilisée contre le génocide en cours à Gaza, risque d’être réduite au silence à compter de ce mardi 13 mai. ⚠️Cette décision est grave. C'est aussi un signal alarmant.
Manifestation contre la dissolution du collectif Urgence Palestine, Place Stalingrad, Paris, le 6 mai 2025 Crédit : Umit Donmez /Anadolu via AFP
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Horrific Russian attacks in Ukraine. Yesterday April 13, at least 34 civilians were killed and 117 injured in a Russian attack on downtown Sumy on a religious holiday, @amnesty calls for justice for Ukraine and accountability for these clear war crimes. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/13/e...
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Russian strikes on northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy kill 34, in deadliest attack this year | CNN
Two children were among the scores of people killed in the Palm Sunday strikes on the city’s center, while 117 people were wounded, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Under the laws of war, civilians may not be deliberately targeted. All parties to a conflict must take measures to minimize harm to civilians and must not carry out attacks that fail to distinguish between civilians and combatants or cause disproportionate harm to civilians.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Check out this @amnesty cutting edge initiative: our first child and youth-led research project with nine Filipino young human rights defenders. We co-investigated online harassment and co-produced this report with bold recommendations to the authorities: www.amnesty.org.ph/2025/04/left...
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Left to their own devices: The chilling effect of online harassment on Young Human Rights Defenders In the Philippines - Amnesty Philippines
This report is the result of the collective work of young Filipino human rights defenders.  In 2024, Amnesty International launched RightUp, its first child and youth-led research project, to center y...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Good News. At a time when too many leaders around the world want to burry multilateralism and human rights, States have agreed to draft a new convention on the rights of older people This is a significant milestone in the fight for older people’s rights. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Global: UN move to draft a convention on rights of older people ‘a major step forward’
Responding to today’s resolution by the UN Human Rights Council to establish a working group tasked with drafting an international treaty on the human rights of older people, Elena Sergi, Amnesty Inte...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
@PASPKaukoranta: In light of Benjamin Netanyahu's reported visit to Hungary, an @intlcrimcourt state party, @amnesty urges you, the ASP Bureau, and all ICC member states to take firm action in response to imminent and future instances of non-cooperation. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
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Global: Open letter on imminent travel of Benjamin Netanyahu to Hungary, and calling for proactive responses to possible future instances of non-cooperation - Amnesty International
Open Letter from Amnesty International to the President of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute regarding the reported upcoming travel of Benjamin Netanyahu to Hungary, an ICC stat...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A new investigation by @amnesty reveals that two journalists from @BIRN_Network, the award-winning Serbian network of investigative journalists, were targeted with #Pegasus spyware last month. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Serbia: BIRN journalists targeted with Pegasus spyware
Two journalists from Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) were targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware last month.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
HD Hyundai machinery has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to new visual and testimonial evidence documented by @AmnestyKorea and local human rights groups www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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South Korea/Israel/OPT: HD Hyundai machinery used in West Bank demolitions
HD Hyundai machinery has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), according to new visual and testimonial evidence documented by Amn...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The Pakistani govt plans to arbitrarily and forcibly expel Afghan nationals, including refugees and asylum seekers, as part of the ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’, scapegoating a community that has long been disenfranchised and fled persecution. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Pakistan's opaque ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’ targeting Afghan refugees must be withdrawn immediately
The opaque ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’ targeting Afghan refugees must be immediately withdrawn in Pakistan
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Last month, President Trump issued an Executive Order authorizing sanctions on the ICC and its Chief Prosecutor. The US sanctions pose a dire threat to the ICC, international rule of law and its multilateral system. Here's what you need to know: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...
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What do the Trump administration’s sanctions on the ICC mean for justice and human rights?
On 6 February 2025, United States President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order authorizing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan. This Executive O...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Brazen attack on press freedom in #Indonesia yesterday: investigative media outlet Tempo received a package of a pig head and headless rats following its critique of the controversial military law. www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indones...
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Indonesia press freedom fears after magazine sent rats, pig's head
JAKARTA: Activists have called for press freedom to be protected in Indonesia and demanded an investigation after a magazine critical of the government was sent a pig's head and decapitated rats. Week...
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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
As President Rodrigo Duterte is transferred to the Hague a reminder of the work done by @agnescallamard.bsky.social while UN SR SUMMEX calling out his crimes and facing threats of all sorts along the way. With brave civil society activists & journalists paving the way. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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UN experts urge the Philippines to stop unlawful killings of people suspected of drug-related offences
GENEVA (18 August 2016) – “Allegations of drug-trafficking offences should be judged in a court of law, not by gunmen on the streets,” today said two United Nations human rights experts, while urging ...
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Mark Lattimer @mglattimer.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A step for justice in which Agnes' work while Special Rapporteur on summary executions played no small part. 👏
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
USA: Chilling verdict against Greenpeace sets an array of deeply damaging precedents on the rights to freedom of speech, association and peaceful protest and puts the very future of Greenpeace at risk. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Chilling verdict against Greenpeace sets damaging precedent
It has alarming implications for human rights and climate justice
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
In Türkiye, the protection of civil and political rights is taking a turn for the worse. 100+ people, including Istanbul’s mayor, were detained yesterday, a massive escalation in the authorities’ crackdown on peaceful dissent & targeting of the political opposition www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Türkiye: Massive escalation in ongoing crackdown including arrest of Istanbul mayor
Reacting to the detention of more than 100 people, including Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, in connection with “corruption” and “terrorism” related investigations, together with a four-day protest b...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Over the past year, Article 23 has been used to entrench a ‘new normal’ of systematic repression of dissent in #HongKong. People have been targeted and harshly punished for the clothes they wear as well as the things they say or for minor acts of protest. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Hong Kong: Article 23 law used to ‘normalize’ repression one year since enactment
Just one year after its passage, Hong Kong’s Article 23 law has further squeezed people’s freedoms and enabled authorities to intensify their crackdown on peaceful activism in the city and beyond, Amn...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#Niger : Les autorités n’ont pas tenu leur engagement de respecter les droits humains depuis le coup d’État militaire de juillet 2023. AU contraire. Le pays vit une forte détérioration de l’espace civique et les violations des droits civils et politiques. www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/ne...
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Niger. Les autorités n’ont pas tenu leur engagement de respecter les droits humains depuis le coup d’État militaire
Les autorités nigériennes dirigées par l’armée n’ont pas tenu leur engagement de respecter les droits humains et de protéger les libertés civiles, a déclaré Amnesty International dans un nouveau rappo...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Israel brazenly resumed its devastating bombing campaign in Gaza killing at least 414 people in their sleep, including at least 100 children. The resumption of Israel’s attacks also puts the lives of 24 remaining Israeli hostages believed to be alive at risk. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Israeli air strikes kill over 400 Palestinians across Gaza following unilateral resumption of mass attacks
Responding to a series of Israeli strikes across the occupied Gaza Strip overnight which killed at least 414 Palestinians, including 174 children, and hospitalized over 550 more, signalling a unilater...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest is a long-awaited and monumental step for justice for the thousands of victims and survivors of his administration’s ‘war on drugs’, which turned much of the Philippines into a nation of mourning. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila after ICC warrant
Duterte is wanted by the international criminal court over his so-called ‘war on drugs’, which rights groups say left 30,000 people dead
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Ensuring respect for the Geneva Conventions requires that all states suspend arms transfers to the parties to the conflict, cooperate towards ensuring accountability for violations of int'l law and support international institutions and mechanisms, including investigations by the ICC and UN COI.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
This failure is a particular indictment of all European States that have been clamouring their commitment to int'l law and the rule-based order for several weeks now, in the context of the Ukrainian conflict, only to yet again fail to walk the talk, devastating what remained of int'l values.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
States have callously squandered a crucial opportunity to enforce the application of IHL in the OPT demonstrating a chilling indifference to the fate of all civilians. Israel has once again blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid to Gaza and is forcibly displacing Palestinians in the West Bank
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
By failing to uphold their legal obligation to ensure respect for the Fourth Geneva Convention states have put political expediency above the legal obligations to protect civilians in war time, even in the face of Israel’s relentless grave breaches of the Convention and genocide in Gaza.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
States yet again failed to fulfil their mandate to focus on enforcing the Geneva Conventions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. This is another blow to int'l law and a betrayal of victims of unlawful killings and other serious violations of international humanitarian law in the OPT and in Israel
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
#Switzerland draft declaration followed a non-transparent process and failed to meet basic demands on respect for international humanitarian law and failed to acknowledge the July 2024 Advisory Opinion of the ICJ declaring Israel’s occupation of Gaza and the West Bank unlawful
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Switzerland cancelled a conference by the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, requested by a 2024 UN General Assembly resolution, on the implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The reason: disagreement between participating parties
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Russian authorities have subjected Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian captives to torture, prolonged incommunicado detention, enforced disappearance and other inhumane treatment, which amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Russia/Ukraine: Ill-treatment of Ukrainians in Russian captivity amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity
Russian authorities have subjected Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian captives to torture, prolonged incommunicado detention, enforced disappearance and other inhumane treatment, which amo...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Yet again, the Palestinians of Gaza are denied access to humanitarian aid, following an Israel's decision which violates international law and amounts to collective punishment. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza
Netanyahu is demanding Hamas agree to a US plan for a ceasefire extension, the Palestinian group says blocking aid is "cheap blackmail".
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The #Trump effect! Today, Serbian police raided the premises of 3 prominent USAID-supported organisations. The targeting of these NGOs is a blatant act of intimidation & the latest in a persistent campaign by Serbian authorities to silence critical voices apnews.com/article/serb...
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Serbia's police raid civil society groups over USAID funding
Serbia’s police raided the offices of at least four civil society organizations as part of a probe into allegations of abuse of U.S.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Any negotiations over the future of the people of Ukraine must prioritize justice for all crimes under international law committed since Russia’s military intervention in 2014, accountability for those responsible, and reparations for victims of Russia’s aggression.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
It’s been three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Three years of missile strikes, heavy assaults and families ripped apart by death and destruction. We need truth, justice and reparations for Ukraine.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
At a time when the US President is seeking to re-write the history of the last decade, the 3rd anniversary of the Russian aggression is a stark reminder of how much the people of Ukraine have endured and lost; of the devastation that Russia has waged against Ukraine www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Ukraine/Russia: Three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, justice for victims must be a global priority
Ahead of the three-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and amid the start of U.S.-Russia peace talks, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said:   “At a ...
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I met with #ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC at the Munich Security Conference. I reaffirmed @amnesty full support and commitment to a strong and independent ICC and its Prosecutor. @amnesty calls on States around the world to rise and reject firmly the US sanctions.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Haiti: @Amnesty is releasing a new report detailing sickening gangs' violence against children. Theis lives are being wrecked and they have nowhere to go for protection or justice. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Children in Haiti suffering gang recruitment, attacks, sexual violence
More than 1 million children estimated to be living in areas controlled by gangs.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Let us be intelligent enough to to secure a future in which both human dignity and our planet thrive.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
To effectively address structural and systemic inequalities, we must find new and innovative ways to deliver shared and sustainable advances. Crucially, this demands strong actions so that justice is delivered, historical crimes are addressed, and conflicts and arms race are reigned in.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Instead of perpetuating these problems, those gathered at Davos must use their considerable influence to fix them. They must reconsider paradigms of growth and prosperity, recognize the human and economic costs of maintaining the status quo are as incalculable as they are unjustifiable.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Reimagining growth requires a genuine commitment to reforming the global financial system. If this is to be a worthwhile exercise, attendees must stop propping up the crumbling system that delivers unimaginable wealth to a tiny minority at the expense of the suffering of billions.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Protecting our planet must begin with commitments to vastly scale up climate finance and fund a rapid, full and just phaseout of fossil fuels, while helping affected communities adapt to the worst impacts of climate change and providing reparations for climate-caused losses and damages.
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agnescallamard.bsky.social @agnescallamard.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Talk of safeguarding the planet will ring hollow if world leaders keep letting fossil fuel companies sacrifice our future through their relentless pursuit of profit. Corporate actors retreating from previous commitments will cause costly destruction and untold human rights violations.
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