News
Africa
Discrimination
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...
March 22, 2023
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
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...
March 22, 2023
News
Russian Federation
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
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...
March 21, 2023
News
Asia and the Pacific
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...
March 21, 2023
Research
Africa
Armed Conflict
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...
March 21, 2023
News
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
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...
March 21, 2023
Research
Racial Discrimination
Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the strategic vision of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. The submission is structured around some of the themes covered in the questions laid out by the...
March 21, 2023
Research
Disappearances
Amnesty International welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran at the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council. The organization further welcomes that the draft resolution on Iran at this session goes beyond a technical...
March 21, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
EU
French lawmakers must reject any plans to use video surveillance powered by artificial intelligence (AI) at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Such draconian technologies of mass surveillance violate the rights to privacy and can lead to violations of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful...
March 20, 2023
News
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
Freedom of Movement
Eve Geddie is the director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office, which leads Amnesty’s work toward the EU and Council of Europe. Earlier this month, a delegation of European diplomats visited Huwara and Za’tara, two Palestinian towns in the Nablus Governorate, where...
March 20, 2023
News
Africa
An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report issued today, which warns that global warming this century is on course to exceed an agreed 1.5˚C limit without drastic and immediate cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, must accelerate the phasing out of fossil fuels, Amnesty International...
March 20, 2023