Responding to the news that Singapore authorities executed a man for a drug-related offence on Friday, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Regional Director for Research Kate Schuetze said: “Azwan bin Bohari’s execution was clearly unlawful under international law and standards. It is especially...

In view of the rampant human rights violations against migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Tunisia, especially those who are Black; Tunisia’s lack of an asylum system; the Tunisian government’s crackdown on civil society, judicial independence, and the media; and the impossibility of fairly...

In view of the rampant human rights violations against migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Tunisia, especially those who are Black; Tunisia’s lack of an asylum system; the Tunisian government’s crackdown on civil society, judicial independence, and the media; and the impossibility of fairly...

Ukrainian teachers in Russian-occupied territories have been faced with the agonizing choice between fleeing their homes or being forced to deliver a curriculum that aims to indoctrinate students with Russian state propaganda, Amnesty International said on the eve of World Teacher’s Day. As the...

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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.

We are sending this open letter to President Javier Milei to make him aware of Amnesty International’s serious concerns about the human rights situation in Argentina under your government. We recognise that the economic and social crisis that the country has been going through for years has...

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...