Reacting to the abduction and death of the Cameroonian journalist, Martinez Zogo, whose body was found on the outskirts of Yaoundé on 22 January, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa said: “Martinez Zogo, a respected journalist in the country and...

Since 2017, as part of a campaign to crackdown on undocumented migrants, Saudi authorities have arbitrarily arrested hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian migrants crossing the border from Yemen or residing in Saudi Arabia, held them in indefinite detention in inhuman and cruel conditions, subjected...

Responding to the passing of a new EU law which requires companies selling batteries for electric cars and other electronic devices in the EU to comply with new rules designed to prevent human rights abuses and environmental harm in their supply chains, Mark Dummett, Head of Business and Human...

The Senegalese authorities must meet their obligations and take action to end violations of the rights of children often referred to as talibé ( studying in Quranic schools commonly known as daaras), Amnesty International said today in a new briefing. The economic exploitation of talibé children...

The Iranian authorities’ arbitrary arrest, intimidation and harassment of relatives of children, unlawfully gunned down or beaten to death by security forces in connection with protests, exposes their inconceivable cruelty and sinister attempt to cover up their crimes, said Amnesty International...

The Iranian authorities’ unrelenting brutal crackdown on an ongoing popular uprising against the Islamic Republic system has involved an all-out attack on child protesters who have courageously taken to the streets in search of a future without political oppression and inequality. Since the...

Responding to the Eritrean government’s ten-year silence on the whereabouts of Ciham Ali, an Eritrean American who was arrested on 8 December 2012 when she was just 15 years old and held in secret detention ever after, Flavia Mwangovya, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Research and...

Ahmad Manasra’s solitary confinement was extended until 16 March 2023. At a hearing on 24 November in the Beersheba District Court, the Israel Prison Service requested to extend the solitary confinement by six months. The judge approved a four-month extension on the basis of secret evidence....

The Iranian authorities are arbitrarily detaining 18-year-old Maziar Shahbakhsh and 17-year-old child Yasin Shahbakhsh, both from Iran’s oppressed Baluchi minority. Since their arrest, when both were children, the authorities have subjected them to torture and other ill-treatment, barred them from...

The oral statement of Amnesty International at the 35th special session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Six months after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office, his government has yet to make good on its promises to guarantee justice and security for the people of Somalia. Amnesty International is today presenting the Somali government with a 10-point plan, outlining the steps it must take to...

Russian forces tortured and deported civilians from Ukraine Children separated from families after forcible transfer Older people, people with disabilities, and children struggle to leave Russia Russian authorities forcibly transferred and deported civilians from occupied areas of Ukraine in what...