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
Americas
Business and Human Rights
Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada are at risk of serious human rights violations as the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline has reportedly begun under the Wedzin Kwa (Morice River), said Amnesty International today. “The decision to allow the construction of the Coastal Gaslink...
October 3, 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
Americas
Corporate Accountability
Indigenous Peoples face racism and discrimination in most countries. We have been stripped of our lands and evicted from them. The powerful implement policies that leave us impoverished and obstruct all kinds of opportunities for human, social and professional development. Very few governments...
July 22, 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
News
Middle East and North Africa
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The United Nations Security Council members must extend the cross-border resolution that allows the UN to deliver aid to at least 4 million residents and internally displaced people (IDPs) in north-west Syria before it expires on 10 July, Amnesty International said today. In a new report,...
July 5, 2022
News
Tanzania
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Tanzanian authorities must immediately halt the violent forced eviction of the Indigenous Maasai community in Loliondo, and launch an urgent investigation into the security crackdown which has left dozens of people injured, many missing and a police officer killed, Amnesty International said today....
June 15, 2022
News
Americas
Climate change
The building of a sustainable, resilient, and equitable future must include human rights, especially those of millions of people whose rights have been violated, and of historically marginalised communities and population groups, Amnesty International said today in an open letter to the...
June 6, 2022
News
Americas
Business and Human Rights
In response to the news that the unjust six-month sentence of human rights defender and environmental lawyer Steven Donziger has been completed on 25 April 2022, Daniel Joloy, senior policy advisor at Amnesty International, said: “We are relieved that Steven Donziger will finally recover his...
April 25, 2022
Research
Madagascar
Children
Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, ahead of its review of Madagascar’s seventh periodic report in January 2022. In this submission, Amnesty International sets out its concerns regarding the situation of children in...
April 21, 2022