News
Middle East and North Africa
Armed Conflict
Syrian government forces must lift a brutal blockade on civilians in predominantly Kurdish areas in the northern Aleppo region that is obstructing residents’ access to fuel and other essential supplies, Amnesty International said today. Since the government imposed the blockade in August 2022, tens...
January 24, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
Armed Conflict
The Russian armed forces’ continued attacks against Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure, are a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and are endangering the lives of civilians with freezing temperatures setting in, Amnesty International said today, as it calls for Russia to end...
December 21, 2022
Research
Russian Federation
Discrimination
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which has been marked by a flagrant disregard for civilian life, has had a devastating impact on older people. This report shows how older people have made up a disproportionate number of civilian deaths and injuries. It also shows how intersecting...
December 6, 2022
News
Europe and Central Asia
Discrimination
Serbia’s Social Card law is an intrusive surveillance system that could harm the most marginalized members of society, including Roma communities, Amnesty International said today, as it submits a legal opinion as part of a review of the constitutionality of the law. The law, which entered...
November 28, 2022
News
Africa
Armed Conflict
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...
November 15, 2022
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Discrimination
The ongoing economic crisis has had a devastating impact on people in Sri Lanka. This report highlights the challenges people in Sri Lanka are facing in accessing their rights to health and food, and some of the limitations of existing social security programmes in the country. It focusses on the...
October 4, 2022
Research
Angola
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
On 24 August 2022, Angolans will have their fifth general election since 1992. This human rights manifesto is intended to encourage all the Angolan political parties and their candidates in this electoral cycle to provide information to the electorate on what they intend to do, and how, to tackle...
August 16, 2022
News
Middle East and North Africa
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Ahead of a United Nations General Assembly meeting on 21 July to discuss the Russian veto of a Security Council resolution which would have allowed the UN to continue delivery of cross-border aid to north-west Syria for one year, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary...
July 20, 2022
News
Americas
Discrimination
For years, Amnesty International has said that Chile needs a new Constitution because the current one, which was imposed during the regime of Augusto Pinochet, has shown that it does not contribute to reducing the inequalities, precariousness and abuses experienced by the vast majority of the...
July 6, 2022
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Amnesty International wrote to the Sri Lankan Prime Minister in the context of the serious economic crisis that is having devastating consequences on people’s lives and livelihoods in the country. Amnesty International is particularly concerned about the government’s response to the crisis that may...
June 20, 2022
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Amnesty International has raised concerns regarding human rights protections in countries that have received assistance from the IMF in times of economic crisis in the past. To ensure that verbal commitments translate into real and effective protections in these difficult times, human rights must...
June 17, 2022