Facts and figures: Human rights in the Americas in 2022-23
• The number of migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on foot hit an all-time high, with UNICEF counting 32,488 children from January to October.
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Response to Russian invasion of Ukraine exposes an international system unfit to deal with global crises
Russian Federation/Ukraine: Imprisoned nurse denied healthcare: Irina Danilovich
Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist from Russian-occupied Crimea was abducted by Russian security service on 29 April 2022 and held incommunicado until 11 May. Her health has progressively deteriorated for months, and she started a hunger strike in protest against the denial of...
Nicaragua: UN human rights council should support resolution to extend its mandates on Nicaragua for two years
Amnesty International calls on UN Human Rights Council (HRC) member states to support draft resolution L.38, which extends the mandate of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN) and the monitoring mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for a period of...
ORAL STATEMENT – Item 6: Consideration of UPR reports: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
This is Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of the UK’s UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd Session from 27 February – 4 April 2023.
Ecuador: Oral statement: Item 6: Consideration of UPR reports: HRC52
Amnesty International welcomes Ecuador´s support for 164 recommendations of the 174 directed to it during its fourth Universal Periodic Review. We encourage Ecuador to implement supported recommendations as soon as possible. We urge the government to submit a mid-term report on progress towards...
Nepal: Transitional Justice Bill Needs to Protect Victims, not Abusers; Proposed Law Disregards Domestic and International Legal Standards
A bill to amend Nepal’s transitional justice legislation does not fully meet the country’s domestic law or international legal obligations and will not provide justice for victims if adopted in its current form, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists...
France: Allowing mass surveillance at Olympics undermines EU efforts to regulate AI
Responding to the French National Assembly’s decision to permit the use of mass video surveillance technology powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) during the 2024 Olympics, Mher Hakobyan, Amnesty International’s Advocacy Advisor on AI Regulation, said: “France’s decision to allow the use...
Pakistan: End arbitrary detention of Mahal Baloch
Mahal Baloch, a 28-year-old Baloch woman, has been arbitrarily detained in Quetta by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the police since 18 Feb 2023, after her home was unlawfully raided. Her two daughters, aged 8 and 5, were separated from her and detained for one night. She remains in...
Sierra Leone: Criminalizing loitering is discriminatory and contrary to the right to dignity: Third-party intervention filed at the Community Court of Justice of ECOWAS
On 22 March 2023, Amnesty International submitted a third-party intervention to the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the case of Advocaid Limited (Applicants) v The Republic of Sierra Leone (Respondent) involving alleged widespread human rights...
Saudi Arabia: Further information: Jordanian man executed after unfair trial: Hussein Abo al-Kheir
On 12 March, Saudi Arabian authorities executed Hussein Abo al-Kheir, a Jordanian man and father of eight, who was sentenced to death in 2015 for drug-related offences following a grossly unfair trial. During his pre-trial detention, Hussein Abo al-Kheir was subjected to an array of human rights...
Uganda: Reject anti-LGBTI law that criminalizes same-sex sexual activity
Responding to the news that Uganda’s Parliament has passed a law that criminalizes consensual sexual activity between adults of the same sex, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said: “President Yoweri Museveni must urgently veto this appalling...