Education
Participants are introduced to all the individuals in the 2023 Write for Rights campaign and match their at-risk human rights to those provided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). As part of the activity, participants are encouraged to write letters and take action.
September 21, 2023
Education
Africa
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
This report focuses on the work of Amnesty International’s human rights educators, their partners, and the communities they work with, which includes, amongst others, members of Indigenous communities, young LGBTI people and their allies, traditional leaders, teachers, school children, and local...
September 19, 2023
News
Iran
Detention
The Iranian authorities are doubling down on their oppressive methods of policing and severely oppressing Iranian women and girls for defying degrading compulsory veiling laws, Amnesty International said today. In a detailed analysis published today, the organization exposes the...
July 26, 2023
News
Technology and Human Rights
Amnesty International have released a new video revealing how the organization helped to uncover the Pegasus Project spyware scandal. The video details how Amnesty International’s Security Lab played a crucial role in exposing the forensic evidence that proved the data could be connected to NSO...
March 23, 2022
News
Iraq
Armed Conflict
Amnesty International and Fat Rat Films have today released a new documentary that highlights the ongoing struggles faced by Yezidi former child soldiers who survived abduction by the Islamic State (IS) armed group. The 12-minute film, Captives on the Frontlines: Yezidi former child soldiers who...
February 10, 2022
Education
Torture and other ill-treatment
Torture is when someone in authority intentionally causes severe pain or suffering for a specific purpose. Such as to get information or a confession out of you, to punish, intimidate or threaten you. It can be physical, such as beating, forcing into a painful position or sexual, such as rape. It...
March 23, 2015
Education
Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights
Whoever you are, where ever you live, any decision you make about your body, life or your sexuality, should be yours alone. Amnesty International believe, that everyone should be free to decide if, when and with whom they have sex, and whether or when to marry or have children.
February 25, 2015