Authorities must redouble their efforts to secure truth, justice, and reparation for all the victims of one of the gravest episodes of widespread human rights violations in Peru’s recent history, said Amnesty International 12 months on from the beginning of a wave of protests that erupted across...

Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence, amounting to torture and other ill-treatment, to intimidate and punish peaceful protesters during the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.   The 120-page report, “They...

Intelligence and security forces committed horrific acts of rape and other forms of sexual violence against protesters arbitrarily detained during Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” uprising between September and December 2022. Prosecutors and judges were complicit by ignoring or covering up survivors’...

As the forthcoming presidential elections in February 2024 draw near, Amnesty International has prepared a briefing for the newly elected president and vice president of Indonesia, outlining the country’s current human rights issues and the Indonesian government’s failure to uphold its legal...

Education activist Matiullah Wesa was released after nearly seven months in prison. He was jailed for promoting girls right to education.

Responding to Tuesday’s High Court ruling overturning former member of parliament Job Sikhala’s guilty verdict on charges of obstruction of justice, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farise, said: “We welcome the High Court’s ruling. However, it...

Leaders at the COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must place human rights at its heart by agreeing to rapidly phase out fossil fuels, ensure civil society’s full and free participation in the meeting, and press the Emirati government to release dissidents from jail, said Amnesty...

Nathan The White Paper Movement (and the Sitong Bridge protest a month earlier) completely changed my life. Since October 2022, my fellow activists and I have put up solidarity posters, organized rallies and candlelight vigils – I even started an independent magazine. I did many things that I never...

Around the world, those defending abortion rights are under attack, including activists, advocates, educators, clinic escorts, accompaniers, doulas, and healthcare workers. They are exposed to stigmatization, physical and verbal attacks, intimidation and threats, and are criminalized through unjust...

This document provides a summary of the Amnesty International report ‘An unstoppable movement’ (POL 40/7420/2023) which provides an overview of how Women Human Rights Defenders who defend the right to abortion are attacked worldwide. These attacks are not just a violation of the state obligation to...

The Egyptian authorities have ramped up their repression of dissent against political opponents, peaceful protesters and other critics ahead of the country’s upcoming presidential elections, said Amnesty International today. Presidential elections are scheduled to take place between 10-12 December,...

Mozambican police used excessive and lethal force against peaceful protesters and bystanders, including firing live ammunition and teargas, following disputed local elections in October, said Amnesty International. The Police of the Republic of Mozambique’s (PRM) response to widespread unrest that...