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Amnesty International

Non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom

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Dec 4, 2025
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How many civilian casualties resulted from Obama's drone campaigns and how were they tracked?

Estimates of civilian deaths from Obama-era drone strikes vary widely: some activists and researchers say “at least hundreds” were killed , while activist groups argue U.S. government tallies—cited as...

Dec 3, 2025
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What are the specific war crimes allegations against Trump in the ICC investigation?

The ICC itself has not opened an investigation charging Donald Trump; available reporting shows recent ICC activity that triggered U.S. sanctions relates to arrest warrants and probes of Israeli leade...

Nov 27, 2025
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What are the most common derogatory slurs used against Donald Trump?

Reporting and commentary show that critics and supporters alike use a wide range of insulting names for Donald Trump, from mocking nicknames to ethnic, gendered and animalizing epithets; lists and opi...

Nov 17, 2025

What are the human rights implications of Denmark's burka ban?

Denmark’s ban on full-face veils (burqa and niqab) was passed in 2018 and penalises coverings that conceal the face in public; critics say it violates freedom of religion and expression and disproport...

Dec 14, 2025

YES OR NO: Is Israel committing a genocide?

Multiple authoritative bodies and major human-rights organizations have concluded or stated that Israel’s conduct in Gaza meets the legal threshold of genocide or genocidal acts: a UN commission said ...

Dec 21, 2025

Is the UK really looking into backdooring phones or using glorified government backed spyware?

Yes — UK authorities and some lawmakers have been actively pursuing legal and technical routes that could force companies to give state access to encrypted data and that proponents describe as on-devi...

Jan 16, 2026

Has ice deported American citizens in 2026

There is no clear, verifiable evidence in the supplied reporting that ICE completed the deportation of a person proven to be a U.S. citizen in 2026; the record instead shows multiple high‑profile dete...

Dec 4, 2025

Is there any evidence that the boats that are being blown up by the US government are not drug boats?

The U.S. government has released videos and repeatedly asserted the struck vessels were carrying drugs and linked to criminal networks, but multiple mainstream outlets report the administration has no...

Dec 15, 2025

What was the public reaction to Denmark's burka ban in 2018?

Denmark’s 2018 law banning face-covering garments in public — widely known as the “burqa ban” — provoked immediate protests and sustained criticism from human-rights groups while also winning politica...

Dec 7, 2025

Has Alligator Alcatraz reopened, relocated, or filed for bankruptcy since the closure?

Alligator Alcatraz opened in July 2025 as the South Florida Detention Facility and quickly became the center of lawsuits and a federal judge’s order to wind down operations within 60 days — a ruling t...

Dec 6, 2025

When did Donald Trump call some countries 'shithole' and which countries did he mean? (January 2018)

President Donald Trump used the phrase “shithole” during an Oval Office immigration meeting on or about January 11–12, 2018, reportedly criticizing immigration from Haiti, El Salvador and “some parts ...

Dec 3, 2025

were obama drone strikes legal

The Obama administration ran a large targeted‑killing campaign using drones and other strikes—analysts count roughly 540–1,878 strikes during his presidency depending on counting methods—and the admin...

Oct 10, 2025

Can ISPs see Tor browser browsing history?

ISPs cannot directly read the contents of web pages you load through the Tor Browser because Tor encrypts traffic between your device and the Tor network, hiding specific URLs and page content; howeve...

Nov 27, 2025

What date did Denmark's burqa/niqab ban take effect?

Denmark’s national ban on full-face veils (commonly described as a “burqa/niqab ban”) was passed by parliament on 31 May 2018 and, according to contemporary reporting, “comes into effect on August 1” ...

Nov 20, 2025

Does Saudi Arabia still remove hands for theft?

Saudi Arabia’s legal framework still allows judicial amputation as a punishment for certain offenses, and human-rights groups and academic reviews document occasions when hands have been amputated for...

Dec 9, 2025

did Obama kill over 100 people in drone strikes in countries we were not at war with.

Publicly available U.S. government figures released under Obama estimated between 64 and 116 civilian deaths from U.S. drone and other strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Africa from 2009 through mid‑2016 ...

Dec 5, 2025

Did Barack Obama commit anythign that would classify as war crimes and list all of them?

Scholars, human-rights NGOs and commentators have accused elements of the Obama administration—most notably its expanded drone campaign, “double‑tap” strikes, and U.S. support to the Saudi campaign in...

Dec 11, 2025

Has the trump administration been sanctioned

The Trump administration has both imposed and threatened sanctions: it issued an executive order authorizing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its prosecutor on Feb. 6, 2025 (rep...

Nov 29, 2025

Swedens rape rate

Sweden records very high numbers of reported rapes by international comparison — Brå registered 10,167 rape offences in 2024 and EIGE counted 4,988 rape offences against women in 2022 (Brå; EIGE) . Re...

Nov 30, 2025

What specific allegations link Trump to war crimes under international law?

Legal scholars and human-rights experts have publicly connected specific Trump-era policies and orders to potential violations of international law: targeted killings and extra‑judicial drone strikes;...