We, the undersigned organisations, express grave disappointment with the decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (African Commission) to reject the observer status applications of Alternative Côte d’Ivoire, Human Rights First Rwanda, and Synergía – Initiatives for Human...

Amnesty International is gravely concerned about the imminent threat of forced eviction faced by at least 4,500 families in Gaffur Basti located in Haldwani town of Uttarakhand state in India. The disputed area is inhabited by one of the most economically and socially vulnerable communities, mostly...

In the central Mediterranean, over 2000 people lost their lives in 2022 while engaging in irregular sea crossings to seek international protection or better lives in Europe. In December 2022, the Italian government adopted two measures affecting NGO ships that patrol the central Mediterranean and...

Amnesty International reiterates its calls for a thorough, effective, independent and impartial investigation into the killing of high-profile radio journalist Percy Lapid, which is still at the preliminary phase four months after he was killed.

Rwandan authorities should allow an independent, impartial, and effective investigation, drawing on international expertise, into the death of John Williams Ntwali, a leading investigative journalist, 90 civil society organizations and media associations said today. Rwanda’s international partners...

This document presents Amnesty International’s preliminary comments on the Draft Law on Internal Affairs of Republic of Serbia, which is currently open for public consultation. It sets out the organisations broad concerns relating to specific provisions, including those introducing biometric...

Responding to Meta’s decision to lift the bans on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts following a two-year suspension, Michael Kleinman, Senior Director of Technology and Human Rights at Amnesty International USA, said:  “Under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,...

Amnesty International is deeply concerned at the decision of the Department of Justice to dismiss the murder complaint against over a dozen officers of the Philippine National Police who were accused of the killing of labour rights activist Emmanuel “Manny” Asuncion. The organization calls on the...

Joval Tombe, Joseph Oliver, Mustafa Osman, Victor Lado, Cherbek Ruben, and Jacob Benjamin, six staff members of the South Sudan Broadcasting Cooperation (SSBC), are arbitrarily detained at the National Security Service (NSS) headquarters, known as ‘Blue House’, without access to their family and...

A joint statement by human rights organisations in solidarity with all victims of Saudi authorities’ deepening repression of political dissidents and human rights defenders.

Responding to an announcement by Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema on Friday 23 December 2022, that he had assented to a law banning the death penalty and the offence of criminal defamation of the president, Tigere Chagutah Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa...

Amnesty International is seriously concerned over the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of a member of staff of Amnesty International’s Greek Section, who was taken to a police station for an identity check in the evening of 14 December 2022 following questions raised to police officers at a...