Education
Europe and Central Asia
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
Participants will learn about the challenges faced by women human rights defenders, the right to health and the importance of access to safe abortion services through the real story of Justyna Wydrzyńska who has been convicted for helping another woman access abortion pills. As part of the...
September 22, 2023
Education
Americas
Killings and Disappearances
Participants will learn about the struggles and resilience of Ana Maria Santos Cruz, a mother who is seeking justice for the unlawful killing by the police of her son Pedro Henrique, a young Brazilian activist who advocated for racial justice and human rights. As part of the activity, participants...
September 22, 2023
Education
Americas
Killings and Disappearances
Participants will learn about the struggles and resilience of Ana Maria Santos Cruz, a mother who is seeking justice for the unlawful killing by the police of her son Pedro Henrique, a young Brazilian activist who advocated for racial justice and human rights. As part of the activity, participants...
September 22, 2023
News
Iran
Discrimination
Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s and girls’ rights as well as increasing prison terms and fines for defying Iran’s degrading and discriminatory compulsory veiling laws, Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty...
September 21, 2023
News
Americas
Asylum
Venezuelan migration: International protection and refugee status: Principle of non-refoulement Temporary protection or stay arrangements
September 21, 2023
News
Americas
Asylum
In its new report published today, Regularize and Protect: International obligations for the protection of Venezuelan nationals, Amnesty International reveals that Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Chile are failing to comply with their obligations under international law to protect those fleeing...
September 21, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Since May 2022, the Tajikistani authorities have stepped up their ongoing crackdown on Pamiris, an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority originating from the Pamir mountains in Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast of Tajikistan. They have arbitrarily detained hundreds of Pamiris, including civil...
September 21, 2023
News
Paraguay
Discrimination
Today, Amnesty International presented a document to the Paraguayan Senate expressing the organization’s concerns about the bill “prohibiting the promotion, encouragement or teaching of gender ideology in the country’s educational institutions,” introduced to the Senate on 6 July 2023. The bill...
September 20, 2023
Research
Uruguay
Discrimination
Amnesty International is submitting this report in advance of the consideration of the 10th periodic report by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. It focuses on issues related to gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive rights and pregnancy in girls and...
September 19, 2023
News
Iran
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
The international community must pursue pathways for justice at the international level to address systemic impunity for Iranian officials responsible for hundreds of unlawful killings of protesters and widespread torture, Amnesty International said today, as Iran marks the one-year anniversary of...
September 13, 2023
Research
United States of America
Business and Human Rights
In this submission to the UN Human Rights Committee, Amnesty International sets out how the USA continues to fail to live up to its human rights obligations on a range of issues including: the continued use of the death penalty; the use of lethal force by law enforcement; the prevalence of gun...
September 13, 2023
Research
Middle East and North Africa
Armed Groups
Over 200 civil society organizations from around the globe have signed a joint open letter calling on all governments attending the annual global conference on climate change, which is being held in Dubai this year, to address the UAE’s human rights record and destructive policies on climate change
September 13, 2023