Entrenched impunity for deaths in custody and other serious human rights abuses by armed groups operating under the command of the self-proclaimed Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) has enabled the Internal Security Agency (ISA) to intensify its crackdown on critics and political opponents in recent...

Responding to the granting of Presidential assent to the Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024 late last week and the continued crackdown on peaceful protests in Pakistan, Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International said: “The Peaceful Assembly and Public...

The Canadian federal government is planning to reform the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). This document provides feedback to the federal government proposal on employer-provided accommodation for migrant workers. It also outlines some general concerns about the direction of the reforms,...

International Accountability Urgently Needed Amid Intensifying Post-Election Repression. The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of its Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, 30 national and international organizations defending human rights in...

Every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive through education. Yet, without additional measures, it is estimated by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs that by 2030, over 300 million students globally will lack basic numeracy and literacy skills....

Afghanistan Open Letter

Amnesty International presents this submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in advance of the review of Saudi Arabia’s fifth periodic report on measures taken to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against...

#MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin and labour activist Wang Jianbing were arrested on 19 September 2021. On 14 June 2024, Huang was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment, and Wang to 3 years and 6 months, both for “inciting subversion of state power”; the evidence used by the prosecution included...

Human rights defender Sharifeh Mohammadi is at risk of execution after a Revolutionary Court in Rasht, Gilan province, sentenced her to death in June 2024 solely in relation to her peaceful human rights activities. She supported women’s and workers’ rights as well as the abolition of the death...

The President Javier Milei vetoed on 2 September a bill that had been passed by Congress to improve pensions for the older people given the large loss of purchasing power they have suffered in recent months. We urge the Congress to insist on approving the law as a measure towards the guarantee of a...

Saudi Arabia’ s authorities must immediately release all those arbitrarily detained solely for expressing their views online ahead of the upcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, said 40 NGOs and human rights organizations including Amnesty International in a joint statement published...

Saudi Arabia must free all individuals arbitrarily detained solely for their online expression ahead of hosting the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, which will take place from 15 to 19 December 2024. It is counter to the IGF’s stated values for Saudi Arabia to host the IGF....