Responding to the disbandment of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (Hong Kong Alliance), which has organized Hong Kong’s Tiananmen commemoration vigil for the past 30 years, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Director Yamini Mishra said:  “For 32...

Participants learn about the rights to liberty and protection from arbitrary arrest and detention. They begin by considering their own attitude to losing these rights, then by considering the real case of Mohamed Baker, before taking action to call for his release from detention.

This activity examines the right to freedom of expression and relates it to the participants’ lives, using the real case of Zhang Zhan.

With the beginning of the new parliamentary term, a preliminary draft of the Criminal Code is being debated by the Dominican Republic’s Congress with the objective of approving a reformed version by the end of this legislative year. Legislators are currently pushing forward with a reformed criminal...

Participants will learn about law enforcement, the role of the police during protests in Mexico, and the specific violence that women and girls experience. They will find out what the police are allowed to do under human rights law, specifically when policing assemblies. They will explore what can...

who defend territory, land and environmental rights, how they are often criminalized for their work, and specifically how this criminalization takes place in Guatemala. These issues are explained through the case of Bernardo Caal Xol.

The activity examines the right to a fair trial using real cases of violations of this right. In the second part of the activity, participants can write a letter to protest on behalf of Mikita Zalatarou and show solidarity with him.

Participants learn about human rights and enforced disappearance through the story of Ciham, a 15-year-old girl from Eritrea. As part of the activity, participants are encouraged to write a letter of support behalf of Ciham and show solidarity with her.

Amnesty International thanks the Commission of Inquiry for its vital work since 2016. As the continuing grave violations it has documented demonstrate, a handful of symbolic gestures cannot compensate for the deeper, more durable reforms required to meaningfully improve the human rights situation...

Joint oral statement from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch during the interactive dialogue with the independent international fact-finding mission on Venezuela at the 48th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Shamen confined to mental institute indefinitely

Current parliamentary session is an opportunity to make significant changes to improve human rights protection Gambia Press Union recorded more than 15 assaults on media professionals in the past four years Despite Gambian President Adama Barrow’s pledge to reform the country nearly five years ago,...