A sophisticated hacking campaign by a mercenary spyware company targeting Google’s Android operating system has been exposed by Amnesty International’s Security Lab. The technical findings were shared with Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which focuses on countering government-backed cyber-attacks....

The fire in the migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez in the early hours of 28 March, in which at least 40 migrants died, was a consequence of the restrictive and cruel immigration policies shared by the governments of Mexico and the United States, Amnesty International said today. “These...

This oral statement was delivered to the United Nations Human Rights Council on 28 March to highlight key human rights developments and concerns in South Africa from our submissions.

•     The number of migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on foot hit an all-time high, with UNICEF counting 32,488 children from January to October.

For more than a decade, human rights organizations have warned that a persistent deterioration of respect for human rights and the rule of law was underway. Where does 2022 fit in that descent? Was it yet another disastrous year for human rights? Has the breakdown of international norms reached a...

This is Amnesty International’s annual report on the state of human rights in Iran during 2022/23, subdivided by key human rights themes. It is part of Amnesty International’s annual 2022/23 report on the state of the world’s human rights.

Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist from Russian-occupied Crimea was abducted by Russian security service on 29 April 2022 and held incommunicado until 11 May. Her health has progressively deteriorated for months, and she started a hunger strike in protest against the denial of...

Amnesty International calls on UN Human Rights Council (HRC) member states to support draft resolution L.38, which extends the mandate of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN) and the monitoring mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for a period of...

2022 saw new, renewed and protracted conflicts that led to appalling tragedies. Some of them amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Across the world, authorities continued their heavy-handed repression of universal freedoms. Economic crises led to rocketing price rises for food and...

This is Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of India’s UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd Session from 27 February – 4 April 2023.

This is Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of the UK’s UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd Session from 27 February – 4 April 2023.