Research
Afghanistan
Detention
Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, they have directed collective punishment upon the residents of Panjshir province, particularly in communities where the Taliban have established and deployed their forces. In an effort to combat the National Resistance Front, the...
June 7, 2023
Research
Africa
Disappearances
This research report is an outcome of the research conducted by Amnesty International into the actions of the Tanzanian authorities that resulted in multiple forced evictions of the Maasai Indigenous people of Loliondo. It focuses primarily on human rights violations during the forced evictions of...
June 5, 2023
Research
Pakistan
Climate change
Climate injustice is starkly visible in Pakistan, with its population facing severe consequences despite the country’s disproportionately small contribution to global climate change. Increased exposure to heat, and more heatwaves, have been identified as one of the key impacts of climate change in...
June 4, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Discrimination
States are increasingly imposing obstacles to the right to protest. In the Netherlands, authorities are turning to surveillance tools, collecting data from social media, deploying camera surveillance during protests, and knocking on activists’ doors with questions about their participation in...
May 31, 2023
Research
Africa
Business and Human Rights
Fish is an essential resource for Gambia and Gambians. The communities in coastal towns in Gambia such as Sanyang rely heavily on pelagic fishes for their daily protein intake, as well as their economic activities. However, the fishing industry in the country has been subjected to increasing...
May 31, 2023
Research
UN
In this submission Amnesty International provides comments in response to a call for input issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 54/22 in preparation for the upcoming report on “the human rights challenges in addressing and...
May 31, 2023
Research
Brazil
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
This submission sets out Amnesty International’s concerns and recommendations regarding the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the government of Brazil. It highlights Brazil’s failure to address extrajudicial executions and other violations committed in...
May 29, 2023
Research
Africa
Business and Human Rights
Nigeria’s new government under President Bola Tinubu will be sworn in on 29 May 2023. In this new report, Amnesty International explains why the incoming administration must ensure that the oil multinational, Shell and the planned divestment of its onshore oil interests in the Niger Delta does not...
May 26, 2023
Research
Afghanistan
Asylum
After the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August 2021, the human rights situation of women and girls in Afghanistan deteriorated severely, despite the Taliban’s initial promise to respect women’s and girls’ rights. The Taliban have been increasingly introducing new restrictions with the apparent...
May 25, 2023
Research
Americas
Impunity
Since 7 December 2022, Peru has experienced one of its deepest political and social crises of recent decades. Thousands of people took to the streets to protest. The authorities responded with the use of lethal force and with excessive use of less lethal force aimed at silencing and punishing...
May 25, 2023
Research
Kenya
Asylum
This joint report by the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Amnesty International documents the extremely dangerous situation of hate crimes, discrimination and other human rights violations suffered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and...
May 19, 2023