Myanmar Junta to Release Nearly 5,000 Prisoners Under Amnesty Plan
#amnesty #myanmar #politics #Prisoners #release
https://blazetrends.com/myanmar-junta-to-release-nearly-5000-prisoners-under-amnesty-plan/?fsp_sid=14201
Mozambique: Protest under attack: Human rights violations during Mozambique’s post-2024 election crackdown
De politie zegt meer vertrouwen te willen wekken bij burgers en de democratische rechtsstaat te willen beschermen. Mooie woorden, die haaks staan op de praktijk van datahonger, controle, repressie en wantrouwen in de burger.
Deze uitingen van wantrouwen staan niet op zichzelf, maar worden aangewakkerd door een kabinetsbeleid dat al jaren gericht is op controle en repressie.
https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-wil-je-vertrouwen-benader-de-burger-dan-niet-vanuit-wantrouwen~b481fb9c/
In its annual report released on April 8, 2025, #Amnesty International revealed that #SaudiArabia was among the top countries in the world for carrying out executions in 2024.
#StopDeathPenalty
https://sanad.uk/2025/04/10/amnesty-international-saudi-arabia-among-the-top-executioners-in-the-world-in-2024/
Amnesty publishes Death Penalty report
Report for 2024 available
April 2025
The report highlights a sharp increase in numbers executed – the highest level since 2015 – but the number of countries holds steady. Amnesty has recorded 1,518 executions in 2024 a 32% increase over the previous year. A problem with producing statistics of this nature is that countries who are major users of the penalty, keep their figures a secret. China for example, believed to be the world’s largest executioner with thousands of its citizens executed each year – does not publish figures regarding them as a state secret. Another secretive nation is Vietnam where, similarly, the numbers are a state secret, and Belarus and Laos who release limited information. The figures are accordingly a minimum estimate of the actual numbers executed. The full report can be accessed here (pdf).
The penalty is not solely used to put to death people who have committed serious crime, but is used as a repressive tool. Saudi Arabia (image), and Iran, for example use the penalty to stifle dissent, targeting human rights defenders, protestors, dissidents and political opponents. There is also a disproportionate use of the penalty against minorities particularly religious minorities. Iran, which executed no less than 972 individuals last year, uses the penalty to execute those who challenge, or who are perceived to challenge, the Islamic Republic. It is also noted that these regimes have poor levels of justice. Defendants are often tortured to secure confessions and are denied access to lawyers. It is highly likely, not to say probable, that many wholly innocent people lose their lives.
Another trend is the use of the penalty as part of drugs programmes against dealers and users.
There is little sign, and very little evidence, that the penalty is some kind of deterrent, an argument frequently put forward for its retention or return. The leader of UK’s Reform party for example recently called for its reintroduction following the dreadful murder of three little girls which took place in Southport*. YouGov surveys show mixed views among Britons about the penalty. Generally, people are opposed but there is more support for its use among Conservative voters. The strongest support comes from the 65+ age group. Attitudes do change however, following a particularly unpleasant murder of a child, a policeman or as a result of terrorist activity. It was last used in 1964, suspended in 1965, abolished in 1969 and completely abolished in 1998 when treason was removed (different dates in Northern Ireland).
The group publishes a report on its use each month and last month’s report is available here.
*Town in northern England
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Hanno approvato il #ddlsicurezza
Opposizione anche di #Amnesty
https://www.amnesty.it/la-rete-no-ddl-sicurezza-a-bruxelles/
Kenneth Roth van Human Rights Watch: ‘Trump geeft een enorm geschenk aan alle autocraten ter wereld’ (Wordt Vervolgd [Amnesty])
In zijn boek Righting Wrongs schrijft hij over de voortdurende strijd tegen autoritaire regimes. ‘Ik denk dat de wereld er een stuk slechter voor zou staan als de mensenrechtenbeweging er niet zou zijn.’
#Amnesty International : The# Syrian #government must ensure that the perpetrators of a wave of mass killings targeting /3Alawite civilians in coastal areas are held accountable and take immediate steps to ensure that no person or group is targeted on the basis of their sect.
Deliberately killing #civilians or deliberately killing injured, surrendered or captured fighters is a #WarCrime.
Without justice, #Syria risks falling back into a cycle of further atrocities and bloodshed.
#MAssMurder #EthnicCleansing #Genocide #Politics #ISIS #AlQaeda #Israel #Lebanon
Calls grow for probe into Israel’s killings of Gaza medics
“These men were paramedics and rescue workers who put their lives on the line day after day, braving bombs and bullets, and working in harrowing conditions to save lives. The fact that they were killed while trying to rescue people is deeply distressing and an absolute tragedy,” Erika Guevara Rosas, #Amnesty.
“These killings must be independently and impartially investigated, and the perpetrators must be held to account”
L'#Unicef: "Almeno 322 #bambini uccisi dal 18 marzo". L'#Onu: "#Israele ha ucciso 15 medici e infermieri palestinesi e li ha gettati in una fossa comune".
Nuovi raid #Idf su #Beirut e #Gaza, #Netanyahu domani a Budapest, #Amnesty: "Sia arrestato"
https://www.rainews.it/amp/maratona/2025/04/guerra-gaza-unicef-322-ba-6bc77bef-ad7a-4be0-936d-d1d530b87cde.html#amp_tf=Da%20%251%24s&aoh=17435098150509&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
CAF osallistuu YK:n ihmisoikeusneuvoston tuomitsemaan Jerusalem Light Rail -hankkeeseen, joka yhdistää laittomia siirtokuntia Israeliin. Amnesty International on maininnut CAF:in esimerkkinä yrityksestä, jonka toiminta rikkoo kansainvälistä oikeutta, koska sen hanke mahdollistaa siirtokuntien kasvun ja taloudellisen toiminnan. Lisätietoja tapauksesta ICAHD Finlandin raportista.
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#pikaratikka #israel #palestiina #amnesty #ihmisoikeudet
Nou, dit is natuurlijk een open deur. Komend van #amnesty is massaliteit een vereiste. Dan werkt het echt. Dus ik zeg: doe vooral mee!
https://www.amnesty.nl/wat-we-doen/landen/israel-de-palestijnse-bezette-gebieden/rapport
@jopy @markuswerle @mondoweiss @palestine @israel
This discussion should be made public
Jopy,
you're justifying genocide, and at the very least ethnic cleansing, on the basis of supposed horrors of the past, which I can't verify, as I'm not a historian.
You are an ideologue of the worst kind
Zionists, such as the extreme right-wing supremacist ministers in Tel Aviv, justify their crimes by an old book with many horrors
You're one of them, it seems to me
#gaza #genocide as said by #amnesty
Briefly at the #Palestine march in Dublin with #Amnesty and #Trocaire but couldn't stay. Next time.
Spokesperson of #Amnesty Italia,
,Riccardo Noury, denounces the violation of human rights at the "humanitarian center of Agadez", Niger.
Invisible #CPR in the middle of the desert funded by Italy and Europe & legacy of agreements signed #Minniti 2017. #KeepEyesOnAgadez
https://www.focusonafrica.info/niger-la-situazione-dei-diritti-umani-dopo-il-colpo-di-stato-del-2023/
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