Global/India: Apple notifications highlight the unabated threat of unlawful targeted surveillance

Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent further loss of civilian lives and to ensure access to life-saving aid for people in Gaza amidst an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.

On 25 October 2004, approximately 2,000 people gathered peacefully in front of the Tak Bai Police Station in Narathiwat Province, one of Thailand’s insurgency-ridden southern border provinces (SBPs), to demand the release of six Malay Muslim village defense volunteers held in detention.1 In response to the peaceful gathering, military and police officers attempted to disperse the crowd by firing tear gas, water cannons and live ammunition.2 Seven protesters were killed on the spot and many other people were injured. Following that crowd dispersal, the authorities arrested 1,370 protesters, tied their hands to their backs and forced them to lie on top of each other on the back of army trucks to transport them to a military camp for detention. Seventy-eight of them died as they were crushed or suffocated during the transportation.

Ban on protests supporting Palestinians is disproportionate attack on the right to protest in France

Israel/OPT: Israel must lift illegal and inhumane blockade on Gaza as power plant runs out of fuel

The shutdown of Gaza’s only power plant will exacerbate an already desperate humanitarian crisis for more than 2.2 million people trapped in the Gaza Strip, amid a massive bombing campaign by Israel that has killed at least 1,350 people and injured more than 6,000 people.

Reacting to the news that unjustly imprisoned Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said:  

On the occasion of the 2023 World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October, Amnesty International highlights in a new briefing [LINK] the use of the death penalty for drug related offences, which is unlawful under international human rights law and standards and has been applied in a discriminatory manner. Despite this, hundreds of drug related executions have been carried out in recent years, disproportionately affecting those from marginalized sectors of society and often following proceedings that violated international standards for a fair trial.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi must be released immediately and unconditionally

Israeli security forces and Palestinian armed groups must make every effort to protect the lives of civilians in today’s outbreak of fighting in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said Amnesty International amid a mounting civilian death toll.

Thailand: Upcoming verdict in case of murdered Indigenous activist ‘Billy’ must deliver justice

Ahead of the expected verdict on Thursday (28 September) for four people accused of involvement in the enforced disappearance and murder of Indigenous Karen human rights defender Pholachi ‘Billy’ Rakchongcharoen, Amnesty International’s Regional Researcher for Thailand Chanatip Tatiyakaroonwong said: