The Togolese authorities must immediately conduct an investigation into the serious violence that took place on 29 September during a conference organized by the opposition political party Convention Démocratique des Peuples Africains (African Peoples’ Democratic Convention – CDPA), Amnesty...

The self-proclaimed Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) must reveal the fate and whereabouts of former Minister of Defence Al-Mahdi al-Barghathi and 18 of his relatives and supporters who were abducted in Benghazi by armed men, said Amnesty International marking a year since their enforced...

With this year’s World Habitat Day theme focusing on youth and urban futures, it is impossible to ignore one key factor – the climate crisis – and what it means for fulfilling the right to housing in both rural and urban contexts, including for young people, today and in the future.

Reacting to the fatal stabbing of Azerbaijani human rights defender Vidadi Isgandarli in France, where he had been living in exile, Natalia Nozadze, Amnesty International’s Researcher for South Caucasus, said: “The violent death of Vidadi Isgandarli must be effectively and promptly investigated. We...

Ahead of the verdict expected on 3 October, in the case against Aike Beishekeeva, Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy and nine other current or former journalists from independent media outlet Temirov LIVE and its partner project Ayt Ayt Dese, who face up to six years in prison on politically motivated charges...

Responding to the repression and arrests on 1 October during the #FearlessOctober peaceful protests against the cost-of-living crisis and bad governance, Isa Sanusi, Director Amnesty International Nigeria, said:  “The Nigerian authorities must end their repressive approach to peaceful protests and...

Proposed changes threaten fair trial rights, empower abusive officials The Egyptian Parliament must reject a proposed draft law that would replace the 1950 Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), Amnesty International, Dignity, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said today. If...

The draft new Code of Criminal Procedures, scheduled for debate and voting by Egypt’s parliament in October 2024, falls far short of international human rights law and standards and risks exacerbating concerns in an already deeply flawed criminal justice system, said Amnesty International.

Amnesty International today designated three prominent human rights defenders from Hong Kong and mainland China as prisoners of conscience. Human rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and Ding Jiaxi, along with the free media advocate Jimmy Lai, are all currently imprisoned solely because of their peaceful...

Responding to the charges of incitement against journalist Mech Dara following his arrest by military police, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Regional Director for Research Kate Schuetze said: “The charges against Mech Dara show yet again that the Cambodian government will not hesitate to...

Amnesty International and other human rights organisations welcome the draft resolution entitled “Protecting the human rights and improving the lives of sex workers and victims of sexual exploitation” (Doc. 16044), adopted by the Equality and Non Discrimination Committee of the Parliamentary...

Amnesty International delivered an oral statement before the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (44th Ordinary Session). The statement focused on girls and young women in north-east Nigeria who suffered horrific abuse in Boko Haram captivity, with many survivors...