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Pakistan: Protests by families of the disappeared met with intimidation, harassment and violence
Pakistan: Braving the Storm: Enforced disappearances and the right to protest in Pakistan
After exhausting all avenues, families of the disappeared and activists are forced to publicly campaign and peacefully protest against enforced disappearances. These peaceful protests are at times met with violence by the state, and families and activists are intimidated and arbitrarily detained...
Amnesty International Statement
On Monday 8 August, the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security made a series of false allegations about how Amnesty International had obtained evidence used in our 4 August press release on Ukraine. Amnesty International categorically refutes these allegations,...
Guinea: Further attacks on freedom of expression and association.
As a reaction to the dissolution of the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) and the summoning of a journalist to a military camp, Habibatou Gologo, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa office, has said: ” On Monday 8 August the Guinean...
Fiji: Contempt proceedings over highlighting spelling mistake injects climate of fear
Amnesty International and CIVICUS urge the Fiji government to drop contempt charges against lawyer Richard Naidu, for highlighting a spelling mistake in a court judgment on social media. The proceedings are likely to have a chilling effect on freedom of expression are not a necessary or...
Philippines: Decision to not rejoin the ICC statute will not prevent investigation
The announcement by the Marcos administration that the Philippines will not rejoin as a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will not stop the ICC’s investigation into crimes committed in the country, Amnesty International said today. On 1 August 2022, President...
Canada: Indigenous land defenders at risk
Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada are at risk of serious human rights violations as the construction of a pipeline is slated to begin in late August 2022. Hereditary chiefs oppose the liquified natural gas pipeline and have not given their consent to the project. Wet’suwet’en and other land...
Afghanistan: Taliban must immediately step-up measures to protect the Hazara Shiite communities
Responding to the series of attacks leading to about 120 deaths and injuries in areas dominated by Hazara Shiite communities in west Kabul over the last few days, Zaman Sultani, Amnesty International’s South Asia regional researcher, said: “The systematic attacks on the minority Hazara Shiite...
Myanmar: ASEAN approach requires a reboot to end horrific crimes by the Myanmar military
As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) marks its 55th anniversary today, Amnesty International urges the regional bloc to acknowledge the failure of its five-point plan published in April 2021 to end the violence and increasing human rights violations in Myanmar. “ASEAN must prove it...
Statement on publication of press release on Ukrainian fighting tactics
Amnesty International deeply regrets the distress and anger that our press release on the Ukrainian military’s fighting tactics has caused. Since Russian’s invasion began in February 2022, Amnesty International has been rigorously documenting and reporting on war crimes and violations...
Sri Lanka: End government crackdown on peaceful protesters
We, the undersigned organizations, condemn the Sri Lankan authorities’ violent crackdown and increasing reprisals against peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka. This includes arrests, intimidation and the brutal attack on the protest camp in Colombo on 22 July 2022. The Sri Lankan authorities must...