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Africa
Arms Trade
The horrific misuse of tear gas by security forces during brutal crackdowns on protests in Iran, Peru and Sri Lanka last year are among many new incidents detailed in Amnesty International’s updated Tear Gas: An Investigation. The interactive website now includes details of 30 new incidents in 13...
May 30, 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
News
Africa
Business and Human Rights
Nigeria’s new government, which will be sworn in on 29 May, must ensure that Shell’s planned sale of its operations in the Niger Delta, does not lead to a further deterioration in human rights in a region blighted by decades of oil pollution
May 26, 2023
News
Armenia
Armed Conflict
A joint investigation has revealed that at least twelve Armenian public figures and officials, including journalists and human rights defenders were targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware amid conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, between October 2020 and December 2022. Evidence from the...
May 25, 2023
Research
Egypt
Business and Human Rights
The climate crisis is a human rights crisis that is worsening day by day. Rapid and sustained action is needed if the increase in global average temperatures is to be kept within 1.5°C, a target likely to be breached by 2027 without course correction. At COP28, parties to the UNFCCC must take bold...
May 24, 2023
News
East Asia
Business and Human Rights
Responding to the US Supreme Court’s judgment in two cases aimed at holding social media platforms liable for third-party content and its decision not to revisit internet law Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Pat de Brún, Deputy Director of Amnesty Tech, said: “While these judgements...
May 19, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Business and Human Rights
The European Unions’ Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is a ground-breaking opportunity to close a legislative gap which has allowed companies operating in the EU to escape accountability for widespread rights abuses around the world. As the EU enters final negotiations on the...
May 15, 2023
News
Business and Human Rights
New legislation governing the human rights and environmental obligations of businesses in the EU, known as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, risks being undermined by exemptions and loopholes, Amnesty International said today.
May 15, 2023
News
Africa
Business and Human Rights
Amnesty International is today calling for social security to be made available to everyone worldwide after a series of crises exposed huge gaps in state support and protection systems, leaving hundreds of millions facing hunger or trapped in a cycle of poverty and deprivation. In a briefing issued...
May 10, 2023
Research
Middle East and North Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue their sustained assault on human rights and freedoms, including targeting human rights activists, enacting repressive laws, and using the criminal justice system as a tool to eliminate the human rights movement. These policies have led to the...
May 1, 2023
Campaigns
Americas
Business and Human Rights
On April 26, 2023, in the Ecuadorian National Assembly, the Minister of Energy and Mines of Ecuador accused the lawyer of the Union of People Affected by Texaco (UDAPT), Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, of being an “international criminal” for his defense of human rights, mainly of indigenous...
April 28, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
Asylum
Ahead of the European Parliament’s vote on the AI Act in May, the European Union (EU) has a significant opportunity to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in order to protect and promote human rights, said Amnesty International in an open letter to Members of Parliament’s leading...
April 26, 2023