Mahal Baloch, a 28-year-old Baloch woman, has been arbitrarily detained in Quetta by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the police since 18 Feb 2023, after her home was unlawfully raided. Her two daughters, aged 8 and 5, were separated from her and detained for one night. She remains in...

Responding to the news that Uganda’s Parliament has passed a law that criminalizes consensual sexual activity between adults of the same sex, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said: “President Yoweri Museveni must urgently veto this appalling...

Amnesty International reiterates its concern over the continued practice of “red-tagging” – or accusations of links to communist groups – by government agencies and pro-government groups against human rights defenders, activists, development workers and other targeted groups under the Marcos...

Oral statement during the interactive dialogue on the report of the International Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela. We urge member states of this Council to support calls for the protection of Venezuelan civil society. We further call on Venezuela to provide unhindered access to the...

Amnesty International submits this document in response to the call for contributions to inform the thematic report on advancing accountability for serious human rights violations related to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. This contribution focusses on...

On 24 January 2023, the Venezuelan National Assembly took its first step to approve a bill seeking to control, restrict, and potentially criminalise and close NGOs operating in Venezuela. If this bill passes, all Venezuelan NGOs will have to comply with abusive measures or face criminal...

Reacting to the news that Russian law enforcement officers have searched the homes of members of Memorial, Russia’s oldest human rights organization and Nobel Peace Prize awardee, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Russia Director, said: “By raiding the homes of members of Memorial, the...

Responding to the arrest of Kashmiri journalist, Irfan Mehraj, in Srinagar by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with a “terror funding case”, Aakar Patel, chair of board at Amnesty International India, said: “The arrest of Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj under terror...

Given Ethiopia government’s repeated denial of credible allegations of international crimes committed by all actors (including by the Eritrean government), deep rooted culture of impunity and weak domestic legal infrastructure (such as the absence of a provision on crime against humanity), what...

Amnesty International offices around the world will today deliver petitions signed by more than 200,000 people to Israeli authorities, calling on them to put an end to the demolition of Palestinian homes as a first step towards dismantling apartheid. Amnesty...

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