Why Amnesty International singles out Israel for its crackdown on critics | DW News

Amnesty International has said the world is seeing a near breakdown of international law. It cites multiple conflicts and the rise of artificial intelligence as the main threats. The annual report on human rights singles out Israel and its allies. In the weeks following Hamas’s terror attack on October 7 last year, Israeli authorities cracked down on protests criticizing the Israeli military response. Palestinian citizens were arrested for participating in protests or posting on social media. DW Special Correspondent Amien Essif met up with human rights lawyer Ahmad Khalefa who was himself arrested at a protest and charged with “incitement to terrorism.”

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