Ahead of the tenth anniversary of a judgment that formalized the denationalization of children of people with irregular migratory status, the Dominican Republic must put an end to the structural racism that disproportionately affects tens of thousands of people of Haitian descent, who have been...

Participants will learn about freedom of expression and what happens when this right is violated, through the real case of Ahmed Mansoor who is being arbitrarily detained in dire conditions and in prolonged solitary confinement that amounts to torture. As part of the activity, participants are...

In this oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Amnesty International comment on the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances...

Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s and girls’ rights as well as increasing  prison terms and fines for defying Iran’s degrading and discriminatory compulsory veiling laws, Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty...

Two Chinese activists whose trial begins on Friday are facing lengthy jail terms simply because Beijing authorities fear their peaceful activism, Amnesty International said today as it joined dozens of civil society groups in calling for their release. #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin and labour...

Israel’s Lod District Court postponed a scheduled hearing on extending Ahmad Manasra’s solitary confinement yesterday, because Ahmad, a 21-year-old Palestinian who has been in isolation since November 2021, was too unwell to attend.   Khulood Badawi, Amnesty International’s Campaigner on Israel and...

The Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), an armed group in de facto control of eastern Libya including the flood-ravaged city of Derna, must immediately lift all undue restrictions imposed on media and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to all affected communities, said Amnesty International....

The trial of Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing will begin on 22 September 2023, a few days after the second anniversary of their arrest. AI post the joint statement with other undersigned civil society groups, are deeply concerned about this case and call for the two activists’ immediate and...

Eve Geddie is Director of Amnesty’s European Institutions Office. This opinion piece was originally published here by Politico Europe. As the representatives of so-called “Team Europe” were shaking Tunisian President Kais Saied’s hand this July, hundreds of refugees and migrants were stranded in...

Venezuelan migration: International protection and refugee status: Principle of non-refoulement Temporary protection or stay arrangements

In its new report published today, Regularize and Protect: International obligations for the protection of Venezuelan nationals, Amnesty International reveals that Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Chile are failing to comply with their obligations under international law to protect those fleeing...

Since May 2022, the Tajikistani authorities have stepped up their ongoing crackdown on Pamiris, an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority originating from the Pamir mountains in Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast of Tajikistan. They have arbitrarily detained hundreds of Pamiris, including civil...