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Israel continues to destroy civilian infrastructure as shown in this video, which captures the Israeli army destroying solar panels in southern Lebanon. Amnesty International has previously documented extensive destruction by the Israeli military along Lebanon’s border before and after the November 2024 ceasefire. We called for reparations and the investigation into this for war crimes. So far, neither has appeared. Since the more recent 2026 “ceasefire”, civilians in southern Lebanon’s border villages, many of whom are displaced, are continuing to witness their homes, land and infrastructure destroyed. Israel must stop the unlawful destruction of civilian property across southern Lebanon.
Amnesty International83,536 views • 1 month ago
Israel must lift the siege of Gaza, restore the electricity and water supply and allow humanitarian access. Its forces must abide by international humanitarian law and take all feasible precautions to protect civilians and refrain from indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks.
Amnesty International945,769 views • 2 years ago
Russia’s drone and missile strikes on Dnipro, Ukraine are the latest in a series of attacks on the country amid Russia's ongoing war of aggression. The strikes, which happened earlier today, injured at least 18 people. Among them were children. The attacks hit civilian buildings and set them alight, causing firefighters to attend the scene. Last week, Russia carried out one of its largest aerial attacks yet on Ukraine, involving over 1,500 long-range drones and missiles. In Kyiv alone, one Russian strike on a residential building killed at least 24 people including children, as rescuers cleared the rubble. Across the city, dozens of civilians were injured and residential buildings were damaged. Earlier that day, other Ukrainian cities, including Rivne and Ivano-Frankivsk, were also under attack, with civilians killed and injured there as well. A UN vehicle carrying aid to Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson was also struck last week, followed by another hit while the delivery was underway. Amnesty International has documented numerous war crimes and other crimes under international law committed by Russian forces since the beginning of its war of aggression against Ukraine. This includes deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. These are crimes under international law. Russia’s aggression must be stopped, and civilians in Ukraine must be protected.
Amnesty International23,438 views • 21 days ago
We are confronting the most challenging moment of our age. Humanity is under attack from transnational anti-rights movements and predatory governments determined to assert their dominance through unlawful wars and brazen economic blackmail. What marks this moment as fundamentally different is that we’re no longer documenting erosion around the system’s edges. This is a direct assault on the foundations of human rights and the international rules-based order by the most powerful actors for the purpose of control, impunity and profit. For the sake of humanity, the time to make history is now. #HumanityMustWin
Amnesty International37,438 views • 1 month ago
This is what you need to know about the blockade on Gaza 👇
Amnesty International458,226 views • 2 years ago
Yves Sakila should still be alive today. Restraining him on the ground for almost five minutes is deeply disturbing and yet another deplorable example of unlawful force being used against a Black man. This must stop. Yves has lived in Ireland for decades. Ireland has an obligation to eradicate racism and to protect people's right to life. While investigations take place, hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in support of Yves’s family and the Congolese community in Ireland. We demand #JusticeForYves.
Amnesty International13,661 views • 17 days ago
Amnesty International calls on authorities to arrest and surrender former Philippines police chief and sitting Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa. Dela Rosa is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity during former President Duterte’s violent “war on drugs”. After seeking refuge in the Philippines Senate building, he fled Senate premises overnight in a seeming effort to evade arrest. The ICC Prosecutor accuses Dela Rosa of committing the crime against humanity of murder, citing incidents in which 32 people were killed between 2016 to 2018. The inaction of the Philippines government and evidence of obstruction of justice is alarming. In the interest of justice for victims, survivors and their families, those suspected of criminal responsibility must be brought to justice in fair trials.
Amnesty International16,607 views • 25 days ago
Think you can’t make a difference? You already have: in 2024, hundreds of thousands of people, just like you, helped change the lives of people whose human rights had been stripped from them. When we all act together, your words have the power to change lives. Join us again for #W4R25:
Amnesty International86,888 views • 5 months ago
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz’s announcement to accelerate the destruction of bridges and homes in southern Lebanon used the Israeli military's record of atrocity crimes in Gaza to threaten people elsewhere. The Israeli military has already extensively destroyed and devastated civilian life in southern Lebanon. The world must not stand by as Israeli leaders shamelessly threaten further destruction and displacement. Israel must not be allowed to violate international law with impunity across the region. World leaders must uphold their international legal obligations to halt Israel’s unlawful destruction of civilian property.
Amnesty International39,762 views • 2 months ago
Celebrate Lunar New Year in Hong Kong. You *probably* won’t be arrested.
Amnesty International311,170 views • 2 years ago