Amnesty International annual report warns of violations of international law

The human rights organisation said the world's most powerful governments have set at tone of disregard for international rules and values.

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00:00The plight of civilians in Gaza and Ukraine is the main focus of Amnesty International's annual report.

00:09The human rights group says the suffering endured by people in both are a result of a disregard for international law by Israel and Russia.

00:18Amnesty also highlighted what it called US failures to denounce rights violations committed by Israel.

00:25The level of violation that we have monitored is unprecedented.

00:30We have certainly seen that in Gaza over the last six months with an extraordinary number of victims within the civilian population,

00:39with the use of famine as a weapon of war, with collective punishment imposed on Palestinians.

00:46We have witnessed similar forms of violations in Ukraine by Russia.

00:55The group additionally expressed concern about the impact of disinformation on forthcoming elections this year.

01:03In 2024, the year where the largest number of people will ever be voting,

01:08we are alarmed by the fact that governments have failed to regulate technology and have failed to regulate big tech.

01:18Human trafficking remains a source of rights violations and Amnesty has heavily criticized the UK for its Rwanda migrant scheme.

01:26It comes just days after five people drowned trying to cross the Channel from France to England.