The Russian authorities are putting the health and life of journalist Maria Ponomarenko at risk due to her treatment, and the conditions in detention, including being held in solitary confinement and not receiving adequate healthcare. Maria was sentenced to six years imprisonment solely for...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Equatorial Guinea at the 47th session of the Working Group. It evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Equatorial Guinea in its previous UPR. The submission ends with a set of recommendations to Equatorial...

On 1 March, Zimbabwe’s government gazetted the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill 2024 to allegedly ‘curb money-laundering and financing of terrorism and to ensure that Non-Governmental Organisations do not undertake political lobbying.’ Following the President’s refusal to sign...

On 9 April 2024, Jordanian security forces arrested Syrian refugee, Atiya Mohammad Abu Salem, while he was on his way to film pro-Gaza protests in Amman. His lawyer was told that the authorities issued a deportation order for him to Syria, and he remains in detention at a security centre. Syria is...

Responding to news that police in Georgia violently dispersed an overwhelmingly peaceful demonstration in Tbilisi, where protestors rallied against the controversial “foreign influence” bill, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “What...

People detained following the territorial defeat of the Islamic State (IS) armed group are facing systematic violations and dying in large numbers due to inhumane conditions in north-east Syria, Amnesty International said in a new report. Aftermath: Injustice, Torture and Death in Detention in...

The autonomous authorities of north-east Syria – with the support of the US government and other members of the coalition to defeat the Islamic State (IS) armed group – are engaged in the large-scale and systematic violation of the rights of more than 56,000 men, women and children in their...

In advance of a hearing in the criminal trial of human rights defender and lawyer Claudia González on Thursday, 11 April, Ana Piquer, Amnesty International’s Americas Director, said: “The Guatemalan authorities must guarantee Claudia Gonzalez’s right to a public hearing that press and international...

“In Venezuela, Maduro’s government has started the year with an alarming intensification of the policy of repression that it uses to try to curtail civic space, critical voices and political opposition,” said Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International, in response to an escalating...

Responding to news that the Georgian Parliament made the first steps to approve the contentious bill “On transparency of foreign influence,” which is similar to last year’s widely contested and ultimately withdrawn “foreign agents” bill, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director in...

“On the day the conflict began in Khartoum, 15 April 2023, I was at home. It was a weekend, and I had an appointment with a doctor downtown. When I left the apartment, I heard the shooting. I stopped everything, and I contacted my colleagues in other embassies and international organizations. They...

“On 15th April, the day fighting erupted in Khartoum, I was in Nairobi. I was supposed to travel to Khartoum, Sudan, on a Tuesday, but the war started on Saturday morning. Most of the Sudanese I know were expecting something to happen. There were a lot of indicators of war, but nobody thought that...