Majid Tavakkoli, Emadeddin Baghi, Ahmad Zaidabadi, Abolfazl Abedini Nasr     © PrivateAmnesty International is concerned about the hundreds of political prisoners, many of whom are prisoners of conscience, still held in Iran and is launching a one-year campaign to highlight their plight.  The...

The killing of 12 Indigenous Peoples in Colombia, including four children, is a consequence of the failure of the authorities to heed warnings that unless measures were taken to protect the community, more attacks would take place, said Amnesty International on Thursday. “Yesterday, the Awá...

Rosendo Radilla was 60 when he was forcibly disappeared in August 1974. A social activist and former mayor of Atoyac municipality, Guerrero state, Mexico, he was last seen in a military barracks, days after he was detained at a roadblock. Fellow detainees reported that he had been tortured. As in...

This briefing is submitted in advance of the 1383rd meeting (September 2020) (DH) of the Ministers’ Deputies on the execution of judgments. In light of Greece’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as other provisions of international human rights and refugee...

In 2019, Moldova marks 10 years since the tragic events of 7 April 2009. On that day, hundreds of people were subjected to arrest and beating by police in the capital Chisinau, and one protester died from the injuries he received. The most fitting way for the country to mark this anniversary is to...

This case concerns an obligation to carry out an effective investigation into allegations of discriminatory ill-treatment as required by the procedural aspect of Article 3 in conjunction with Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’). Amnesty International provides legal...

In light of Greece’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as other provisions of international human rights and refugee law, Amnesty International seeks to assist the Committee of Ministers in its evaluation of the general measures that the Greek government has taken...

Amnesty International has collated the list based on various sources and attempted to confirm all information. However, verification remains difficult and not all the information may be up to date.

Amnesty International deplores the failure of Slovakia’s criminal justice system to ensure justice for the six Romani boys subjected to a horrific attack at a police station in 2009.

Amicus curiae brief submitted by AI Canada before national courts: Factum of the intervener, Prime Minister of Canada and others v. Khadr, Supreme Court of Canada case no. 33289, 19 October 2009

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In this statement the NGO Working Group of Women, Peace and Security welcomes the decision of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women to review progress towards “Equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes at all levels.” The Group now advocate for full and...