The Lebanese Parliament’s Administration and Justice Committee is on the verge of concluding discussions behind closed doors on a new media law that, if approved by the Parliament’s General Assembly in its current state, would severely curtail freedom of expression and press freedom in Lebanon and...

Announcements by a number of European countries and the European Commission to restrict funding to Palestinian human rights organizations would further damage the European Union’s credibility as a self-proclaimed champion of human rights. Amnesty International and 95 other organizations have...

Leaders at the COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must place human rights at its heart by agreeing to rapidly phase out fossil fuels, ensure civil society’s full and free participation in the meeting, and press the Emirati government to release dissidents from jail, said Amnesty...

On 27 November 2023, UN special rapporteurs on peaceful assembly and association and on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions publicly called on Chilean authorities to “advance the prosecution and sanction of state agents responsible for crimes committed during the 2019-2020 protests”. In...

Responding to the sentencing of a South Korean man, Lee Yoon-seop, to 14 months in prison for praising North Korea in a poem, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher Boram Jang said: “South Korean authorities must drop all charges against Lee Yoon-seop, who has been sentenced to jail simply...

Nathan The White Paper Movement (and the Sitong Bridge protest a month earlier) completely changed my life. Since October 2022, my fellow activists and I have put up solidarity posters, organized rallies and candlelight vigils – I even started an independent magazine. I did many things that I never...

Responding to news that France, Germany and Italy, are putting adoption of the landmark AI Act at risk due to their opposition to regulate foundation models, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnes Callamard said:  “The EU has an opportunity to demonstrate international leadership by...

Reacting to reports that Sultan Al Jaber, the president-designate of COP28, who is also the chief executive of ADNOC, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) state oil and gas company, was briefed to advance the interests of the businesses he leads before dozens of bilateral meetings about the climate...

Responding to news reports that more than 100 protesters, including young people, were arrested over the weekend after demonstrating against government inaction on the climate crisis ahead of the coming COP28 summit in Dubai, Amnesty International’s Pacific researcher Kate Schuetze said:  “While it...

In advance of the 14th session of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) in 2024, the co-facilitators of an intersessional working group of OEWGA sent a questionnaire to member states, national human rights institutions, and non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC status regarding...

People who are defending the right to abortion and providing essential services are being stigmatized, intimidated, attacked and subjected to unjust prosecutions, making their work increasingly difficult and dangerous to carry out, said Amnesty International in a new report out today. The report,...

Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist, was abducted by security officers in Russian-occupied Crimea in April 2022 and sentenced to seven years imprisonment following an unfair trial. She has been denied access to the healthcare she required for acute ear pain. She was recently...