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Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Repression
Exposing the reality of repression in Saudi Arabia Under the leadership of Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, the authorities are spending billions of dollars on an image rehabilitation campaign to clean up Saudi Arabia’s reputation on the world stage. The Saudi Arabian...
Saudi Arabia: Repressive draft penal code shatters illusions of progress and reform
A leaked draft of Saudi Arabia’s first written penal code falls woefully short of universal human rights standards and exposes the hypocrisy behind Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s promises to position his government as progressive and inclusive, said Amnesty International in a new report...
Hong Kong: Passing of Article 23 law a devastating moment for human rights
Responding to the passing of Hong Kong’s Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (Article 23), Amnesty International’s China director Sarah Brooks said: “With this draconian legislation, the Hong Kong government has delivered another crushing blow to human rights in the city. The authorities have...
Saudi Arabia: Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia’s Forthcoming Penal Code Must Uphold Human Rights in Line with International Law and Standards
Amnesty International’s analysis of an alleged leaked draft of the penal code shows how it codifies existing repressive practices that have allowed for the imprisonment of dissidents, as well as inhumane practices such as the death penalty. The draft code criminalizes acts of speech that are...
Russia/Ukraine: A decade of suppressing non-Russian identities in occupied Crimea
Since the occupation of Crimea 10 years ago, Russia has sought to change the peninsula’s ethnic makeup and suppress the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar communities, Amnesty International said today in a new publication, on the tenth anniversary of the illegal annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula by...
Financing constraints on the right to education – what is the role of debt?
In January 2024, Aljazeera reported that global debt – public and private combined - had reached a record USD 307 billion in 2023. For African governments debt is at its highest since 2001. Sovereign debt in sub-Saharan Africa averages almost 60% of GDP. At least 23 low-income African countries...
Russia/Ukraine: 10 years of occupation of Crimea Russia is seeking to effect demographic change while suppressing Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar identities
During ten years of occupation, Russia has attempted to reshape the demography of Crimea. It has also suppressed Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar identities through restrictions on education, religion, media, representative institutions, judicial system, and cultural celebrations. Russia must end...
Iran: Joint NGO letter to member states of Human Rights Council – 55th session
Amnesty International writes a joint letter with other human rights organizations to call on member states of United Nations Human Right Council to support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran and...
Oral Statement – Interactive Dialouge with with the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran – 55th session
Amnesty International calls on member states of the Human Rights Council to renew of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran and extend the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran.
Egypt: Further Information: Protester Risks Decades in Prison For T-Shirt: Mahmoud Hussein
Arbitrarily detained protester Mahmoud Hussein faces up to 25 years in prison simply for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-torture slogan back in January 2014. He was already arbitrarily detained from January 2014 to March 2016 in relation to the same case before being released on bail. Mahmoud...
EU/Egypt: Put human rights at the centre of all cooperation
Ahead of the European Union’s (EU) leaders meeting with the Egyptian president in Cairo (17 March 2024), Amnesty International called for all leaders to ensure that respect for human rights is at the centre of all ties between the EU and Egypt. “As EU leaders seek to strengthen their ties with...