Since President Kais Saied’s institutional power grab of July 25, 2021, followed by his decree of September 22 of the same year, which implicitly repealed the constitutional order, and the adoption of a tailor-made Constitution a year later, the judicial system has been subjected to constant...

In response to news on 17 May 2023 of the fatal shooting of Bounsuan Kitiyano, a 56-year-old Lao human rights defender and a refugee recognized the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in a border town in northeastern Thailand, we, the ten undersigned organizations, urge the government of...

Amnesty International welcomes the release of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, who was unjustly imprisoned in Iran. However, the circumstances of his release confirm the organization’s earlier concerns that the Iranian authorities held him hostage to swap him with intelligence agent...

The GQUAL Campaign, the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), REDRESS, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and Amnesty International call on States parties to...

Authorities must stop clamping down on the political opposition through mass arrests, arbitrary detention and charging people under vague anti-terrorism laws and release immediately all those held solely for exercising their right to freedom of peaceful assembly said Amnesty International, Equidem,...

The Protection of Transgender Persons Act 2018 in Pakistan, widely considered a positive step to advance transgender rights, is in critical danger. At the time of writing, amendments to the bill are being tabled in Pakistan’s Senate, and National Assembly to undo key protections. These include...

MESSAGE FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BOARD ON THE RELEASE OF THE UKRAINE ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT: The International Board shares today the Ukraine Organizational Report (attached) which consolidates the learnings and recommendations drawn from the independent reviews that it commissioned into the 4...

The Singapore government continues to silence human rights defenders and other critics ahead of upcoming elections, Amnesty International said today. In recent months, well-known activists and critics of the government have been subjected to further investigation and harassment by Singapore...

Sixteen human rights organisations today called on Indian authorities to immediately stop the reprisals against human rights defenders and organizations in Jammu and Kashmir, especially Khurram Parvez, Irfan Mehraj, and the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS). Khurram Parvez has...

The humanitarian response to the February 2023 devastating earthquakes exposed the extent to which the system for aid delivery into north-west Syria has been subjected to cruel political considerations that denies civilians access to essential aid. With the delivery of critical humanitarian aid to...

This oral statement was read at the UN Human Rights Council 36th special session. The Council must act with ambition, and in a manner complementary to other international, regional, and sub-regional efforts, to help break the cycle of impunity in Sudan. The Council should establish an independent...

Responding to the final recommendations and report published today by the European Parliament’s PEGA committee, which urges the European Union (EU) to more tightly regulate the use, manufacture and trade of spyware, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of Amnesty International’s Security Lab, said: ...