Research
Europe and Central Asia
Protests and Demonstrations
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...
January 27, 2023
News
North America
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,...
January 26, 2023
Research
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...
January 25, 2023
Research
Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
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...
January 12, 2023
Research
Saudi Arabia
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
A joint statement by human rights organisations in solidarity with all victims of Saudi authorities’ deepening repression of political dissidents and human rights defenders.
January 10, 2023
News
Africa
Death Penalty
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...
December 24, 2022
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Detention
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...
December 21, 2022
Research
Middle East and North Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
The Huthi de facto authorities are continuing to use repressive tactics to suppress the right to freedom of expression and media freedom, and silence peaceful dissent in areas under their control. In this statement, Amnesty International has examined the cases of three imprisoned journalists...
December 20, 2022
Research
Egypt
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
We the undersigned organizations advocating for climate justice, understand the importance of peaceful dissent, participation, and advocacy to demand climate action and to ensure the actions taken advance human rights. We stand in solidarity with Egyptian human rights defenders and climate justice...
December 19, 2022
Research
Death Penalty
An unprecedented number of UN member states have supported a key resolution calling for the establishment of a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty in the plenary session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on 15 December. 125 UN member states, close to two-thirds of...
December 19, 2022
News
United States of America
Business and Human Rights
Responding to Twitter’s decision to suspend the accounts of more than a dozen journalists from CNN, the New York Times, The Washington Post, and other outlets, as the company owner Elon Musk accused the reporters of sharing personal information about him, Alia Al Ghussain, Amnesty International’s...
December 16, 2022
Research
Iran
Death Penalty
This document contains the names and case details of individuals identified by Amnesty International to be at risk of execution in Iran in connection with the nationwide protests that have rocked the country since mid-September 2022 following grossly unfair and summary proceedings that have...
December 16, 2022