Responding to reports that Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) killed dozens in an air strike on a crowded market in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) controlled town of Kabkabiya in North Darfur, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said: “Bombing a market full of civilians is one of the clearest examples…
Responding to reports from Mozambican civil society groups that the death toll during protests has reached at least 110, with 34 people killed in the last week alone, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farise, said: “Enough is enough. For more than 50 days, Mozambique’s Frelimo-led government has refused to end…
The former governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province and two other senior army officers must be investigated for possible crimes against humanity committed while suppressing a demonstration in Goma city, in which at least 56 people were unlawfully killed and over 80 wounded on 30 August 2023, Amnesty International said…
The Chadian authorities must immediately release 10 relatives of killed opposition leader Yaya Dillo Djerou who are still detained in Koro Toro maximum security prison, despite their acquittal in July of charges following an attack by security forces on the headquarters of Djerou’s political party in February, Amnesty International said today. The organization also called…
Responding to the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following the seizure of power by opposition forces in the capital city of Damascus, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International said: “After over five decades of brutality and repression, the people of Syria may finally have an opportunity to live free of fear with their…
By Shayane Dalencourt-SimonHaiti Advocacy Fellow at Amnesty International #Haiti #FanmAyisien In the middle of the 16 days of activism against gender violence, we honor the defense done by women in Haiti and their pivotal role as the diaspora. Amid persistent crisis and colonial legacy in the country, and anti-blackness and anti-Haitian racism abroad, they keep…
The Rwandan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release eight political opposition members on trial for taking part in a training on non-violent action and campaign planning, as well as a journalist facing prosecution for planning to cover one of their events, Amnesty International said ahead of their trial hearing scheduled today. The eight politicians —…
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization said in a landmark new report published today. The report, ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza, documents how, during its military offensive…