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Sanae Takaichi, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, won the lower house vote to choose the next prime minister, clearing the way for her inauguration as the country's first female premier later in the day. Follow our live coverage: reut.rs/3WMijLN

The Gen-Z Movement: This is why we’re risking our lives to protest Across the world, a number of young people – known as the Gen Z movement – are taking to the streets and fighting for their rights.

"My fight is peaceful, but profound: I believe that no society can develop sustainably without truth and equity." - Rova, 23, Madagascan student based in Malaysia
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Justice et responsabilité en RDC| Amnesty club Kinshasa et la MONUSCO appellent à rompre le cycle de l’impunité www.sasastudio.net/36220-2-zbbz...

MUA Peace activist arrested near Gaza coast while Australia exports arms and military equipment to Israel MEDIA RELEASE 2 October 2025 MUA Peace Activist arrested near Gaza Coast while Australia exports arms and military equipment to Israel The Maritime Union of Australia has condemned in the strongest te...

AUSTRALIA / PALESTINE: MUA Peace activist arrested near Gaza coast while Australia exports arms and military equipment to Israel www.mua.org.au/news/mua-pea...

Zille’s attitude is one of colonial denial hiding behind the mask of efficiency The politics of the DA leader, who is a mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, one that manages inequality rather than transforms it

"In South Africa, this means tackling the legacies of apartheid: land inequality, economic exclusion and segregated living spaces. These cannot be resolved through efficiency alone. They require redistribution and restructuring."
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In Congo, army and rebels dig in for war Trump says is over Congo's army and Rwandan-backed rebels are reinforcing military positions and blaming each other for flouting peace accords in an escalation that experts say risks reigniting the simmering conflict, which U.S. President Donald Trump claims to have ended.

In Congo, army and rebels dig in for war Trump says is over

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Rwanda: Authorities must immediately release Victoire Ingabire Ingabire was arrested on 19 June. The Rwanda Investigations Bureau (RIB) has linked her arrest to alleged subversion.

3 months after the re-arrest of Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, @amnesty.org calls for her immediate release. “Rwanda’s persistent political persecution of those with differing opinions has gone on for too long..." #Rwanda #VictoireIngabire
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‘I’m from where you learn to run before you can walk’: the comic strip artist telling the story of DRC’s conflict Edizon Musavuli uses his art to depict the daily struggles and constant insecurity of living in the rebel-occupied city of Goma

‘I’m from where you learn to run before you can walk’: the comic strip artist telling the story of #DRC’s conflict
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The Trump administration ordered a famous Civil War-era war image removed from a National Park Service site in Georgia as it moves to promote what it considers a more positive view of slavery.

Rwanda-backed rebels parade new recruits raising questions over Congo peace deal A military parade by the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo has raised concerns over an impending peace deal between Congo and Rwanda.

#Rwanda-backed rebels parade new recruits raising questions over Congo peace deal #M23 #DRCongo #DRC
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Image shows Keir Starmer, David Lammy and Yvette Cooper with the words: don't be genocide deniers.

BREAKING: A UN inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

All eyes are now on the UK Government who must stop indulging in genocide denial.

It must fulfil its legal and moral responsibility by taking immediate, decisive steps to prevent and punish genocide.

Incredible body of work on climate justice emerging from @amnesty.org regional office. Climate-induced mass displacement is not just a challenge of tomorrow, it’s a crisis of today.
Join the conversation our webinar on #LossAndDamage.

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DRC: Warring factions in eastern DRC commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions and abductions Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army, have gang raped women and committed widespread human rights abuses aga...

“They said we would die”

@amnesty.org new briefing exposes grave abuses in North & South Kivu, DRC.

Gang rapes, summary executions, torture & attacks on health facilities by #M23, Wazalendo & the Congolese army (FARDC).

Many may amount to war crimes. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

DRC: Warring factions in eastern DRC commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions and abductions Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army, have gang raped women and committed widespread human rights abuses aga...

@amnesty.org briefing on abuses in eastern #DRC, “They said we would die” documents gang rapes by all parties to the conflict, attacks on hospitals, torture and intimidation, enforced disappearances, and summary executions by M23.

#6MillionVoices for #Justice4Congo
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Reflexions on the African Commission’s Resolution 627 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo Introduction This article offers a critical analysis of the uniqueness, legal significance, and silences in Resolution 627 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) adopt...

Reflections on the African Commission’s Resolution 627 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A striking contrast between the ACHPR and UNHRC resolutions on the DRC. A long long way for African solutions for African problems slogan.

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DRC: Peace deal with Rwanda fails to address serious crimes committed in eastern DRC Without addressing impunity for the horrific crimes committed in eastern DRC, the agreement missed an opportunity to decisively tackle a long-standing driver of the conflict.

#DRC: Peace deal with #Rwanda fails to address serious crimes

“When human rights abusers are not investigated and held to account, it leads to a vicious cycle of abuses in which civilians pay the price. This must stop for security to be sustainable.”

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US: Budget Would Benefit Wealthiest at Expense of Rights The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the country’s wealthiest families while reducing spending on health and ot...

Trump's budget-busting bill...

Sure, it adds trillions to the national debt, but it transfers funds away from the poor, who already have too much money, to the rich, who desperately need money.

Can't see anything wrong there.
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Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’

NBA Must Review its Partnership with Rwanda Amid M23 Atrocities in Democratic Republic of Congo The NBA should review its partnership with Rwanda due to severe human rights abuses currently being committed by the Rwanda-backed M23 group in eastern DRC.

@amnesty.org calls on the @nba.com to review its partnership with #Rwanda.

“What more will it take to persuade Commissioner Silver to review whether the NBA’s relationship with Rwanda is in line with its human rights responsibilities? - @kahixo.bsky.social

#DRC
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The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights deplores the death in Custody of Mr. Albert Omondi Ojwang in the Republic of Kenya The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) follows with deep concern reports on the death in police custody of Mr.

"Institute an independent judicial commission of inquiry for prompt, transparent and impartial investigation into the death of Mr Mjwang" - the ACHPR demands

#Kenya #JusticeForAlbertOjwang

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ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants The ICE officers and deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the East African nation of Djibouti. They also face the threat of malaria and rocket attacks.

ICYMI the US is sending people who have been convicted of various crimes to South Sudan, even though the people in question are not South Sudanese. After a judge issued an injunction, the people of various nationalities are living in a container in Djibouti. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

"Justice cannot wait another 25 years. It is the responsibility of Congolese judicial authorities to investigate and, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, prosecute those suspected of criminal responsibility for crimes committed on DRC territory"
#6MillionVoices for #Justice4Congo

Kisangani war victims await justice and reparations 25 years on There has not been a single criminal investigation or trial since the bloody conflict between Rwandan and Ugandan forces

#DRC: Victims still waiting for justice, truth and reparations 25 years on from Kisangani war.

New briefing from @amnesty.org on the quest for accountability for crimes committed by Rwandan & Ugandan forces on Congolese soil. #Kisangani25

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Will the United States deport people to Rwanda? Kigali in talks to house migrant deportees from US, but rights groups worry such deals further endanger the vulnerable.

Will the United States deport people to Rwanda?

Why is #Rwanda keen on a relocation deal? How much does it stand to gain?

An excellent explainer ⤵️

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M23 accused of possible ‘war crimes’ in eastern DRC: Rights group Amnesty International says torture, killings and enforced disappearances have taken place in areas under rebel control.

Amnesty International says torture, killings and enforced disappearances have taken place in areas under rebel control.

M23 has killed, tortured civilians at detention sites in Goma M23 has killed, tortured and forcibly disappeared detainees, held some as hostages, and subjected them to inhumane conditions at detention sites in eastern DRC

Harrowing testimonies of survivors who endured torture and inhumane treatment at the hands of the #Rwandan-backed #M23.

#6MillionVoices for #Justice4Congo #DRC #Rwanda

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Join us on Friday, 23 May, 2025, as we observe the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. Let's raise awareness and enhance efforts to end obstetric fistula.

#EndObstetricFistula #RestoreDignity

‘The cult of Saint Traoré’: how a Russia-backed junta leader became an icon Anger over democratic dysfunction and western meddling has fuelled global support for Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré

‘The cult of Saint Traoré’: how a Russia-backed junta leader became an icon

“There is this knee-jerk and robotic anti-westernism that means once someone shows up to say they hate the west, we automatically believe in that person.”

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The EU's Rwanda raw materials deal — profits before Congolese lives The EU’s attempt to thread the diplomatic needle by denouncing Rwanda’s support for M23 while refusing to suspend the critical raw materials agreement without adequate safeguards to ensure that this a...

"If the EU doesn’t press #Rwanda on its responsibility to uphold human rights, it’s a signal that it favours minerals over the rights of Congolese. That’s a transactional message that shouldn’t sit well with anyone, in Brussels and beyond."
#M23 #DRC
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Justice Vital for Durable Peace in Africa’s Great Lakes Region United States-led efforts to end the current armed conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes region appear oblivious to one of the key drivers of the hostilities: the region’s history of failing to punish thos...

Justice Vital for Durable Peace in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

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