A process to negotiate a new international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response is underway. This briefing outlines Amnesty International’s human rights concerns regarding pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, based largely on our documentation and campaigning...

Responding to comments made by the Secretary General of the Qatar World Cup Supreme Committee, Hassan Al Thawadi, about migrant worker deaths during an interview with Piers Morgan, and a subsequent clarification of those comments issued by the Supreme...

On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Amnesty International reiterates its call for global action to end the system of apartheid which Israeli authorities enforce against Palestinians with impunity. This system has become increasingly violent and oppressive over the...

The Iranian authorities are arbitrarily detaining 18-year-old Maziar Shahbakhsh and 17-year-old child Yasin Shahbakhsh, both from Iran’s oppressed Baluchi minority. Since their arrest, when both were children, the authorities have subjected them to torture and other ill-treatment, barred them from...

Serbia’s Social Card law is an intrusive surveillance system that could harm the most marginalized members of society, including Roma communities, Amnesty International said today, as it submits a legal opinion as part of a review of the constitutionality of the law.  The law, which entered...

In this submission, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Israel in its previous Universal Periodic Review, including in relation to arbitrary detention and torture, discrimination, movement restrictions, and impunity.

Russian and Russian-controlled forces have committed war crimes and likely crimes against humanity by unlawfully transferring or deporting civilians from certain occupied parts of Ukraine. Russian and Russian-controlled authorities also forced civilians through an abusive screening process known as...

Russian and Russian-controlled forces have committed war crimes and likely crimes against humanity by unlawfully transferring or deporting civilians from certain occupied parts of Ukraine. Russian and Russian-controlled authorities also forced civilians through an abusive screening process known as...

Responding to widespread protests unprecedented in recent years, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Hana Young said: “The tragedy of the Urumqi fire has inspired remarkable bravery across China. Peaceful protesters are holding blank pieces of paper, chanting slogans, and engaging in...

Suggested recommendations to Ghana for its review during the 42nd session of the UPR Working Group, 23 January–3 February 2023, including references for key Amnesty International documents on Ghana.

На протяжении последних 10 лет ситуация с правами человека в России неуклонно ухудшается. Власти жёстко ограничили права граждан на свободу выражения мнений, объединений и мирных собраний, для чего был принят целый ряд законов и правил, которые явно противоречат международным обязательствам страны...

Responding to the public flogging of three women and 11 men on Wednesday on the orders of a Taliban court on charges of theft and moral crimes in Logar province of Afghanistan, Samira Hamidi, Amnesty International’s South Asia Campaigner, said: “The public flogging of women and men is a cruel and...