Nicaragua’s human rights crisis continued throughout 2020, as did the authorities' strategy of repressing dissent. The government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic ignored the health recommendations of international organizations. Arbitrary arrests and detentions of political activists continued...

By Camila Ruiz Segovia, Guillermo Rodriguez García and Naomi Bernaldez Today, 8th March, International Women’s Day, Amnesty International acknowledges the struggle and reporting of seven individuals and collectives defending gender justice and diversity in the Americas. As part of our regional...

States in the Americas must address the closure of civic space in the region, end repressive policies and respond to the social demands of the population of the region, said Amnesty International today in an open letter to heads of state attending the 53rd General Assembly of the Organization of...

Five years on, far from ending its policy of repression to subdue dissenting voices and any kind of criticism, the Nicaraguan government continues to expand and reinvent it and incorporate new patterns of violations, said Amnesty International in a new report today. A cry for justice: 5 years of...

•     The number of migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on foot hit an all-time high, with UNICEF counting 32,488 children from January to October.

Reacting to the signing of a communiqué by more than 30 countries in Costa Rica today calling for international law including prohibitions and regulations in relation to the development and use of autonomous weapons systems, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “The...

In response to the expulsion of 222 people, previously arbitrarily detained in Nicaragua, to the United States, Erika-Guevara Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said:   “While we share our excitement at the fact that those removed to the United States are no longer behind bars in...

In response to the Biden Administration’s announcement about a new process for Venezeulans seeking safety, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International said, “Within days of the Interagency Coordination for Refugees and Migrants R4V revealing that there are 7.1 million...

In response to the adoption today of a resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council that establishes an independent accountability mechanism for human rights violations and crimes against humanity in Nicaragua, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “We...

Instead of addressing deep-seated socioeconomic inequalities to deliver a fair recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, states across the Americas waged a sustained assault on the defence of human rights in 2021, targeting peaceful demonstrators, journalists, human rights defenders and civil society...

The prospect of Daniel Ortega’s fourth presidential term in Nicaragua is a frightening one for a nation where human rights violations have become increasingly commonplace under his government, Amnesty International said today.  “Once again, the people of Nicaragua find themselves in...

In the run up to the general elections in Nicaragua, scheduled for 7 November, Amnesty International, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), CIVICUS; Human Rights Watch, the International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights, the Washington Office on Latin American, the World...

Attacks on freedom of expression by governments, combined with a flood of misinformation across the world during the Covid-19 pandemic, have had a devastating impact on peoples’ ability to access accurate and timely information to help them cope with the burgeoning global health crisis, said...