Research
Tunisia
Justice Systems
Since President Kais Saied’s institutional power grab of July 25, 2021, followed by his decree of September 22 of the same year, which implicitly repealed the constitutional order, and the adoption of a tailor-made Constitution a year later, the judicial system has been subjected to constant...
June 1, 2023
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Amnesty International wrote to the Minister of Justice with concerns regarding the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act. Earlier in May, the Ministry of Justice sought public comments and proposals on the bill that was issued on the gazette on 22 March 2023.
June 1, 2023
News
Africa
Disappearances
States agree landmark treaty to help deliver justice to victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
May 26, 2023
Research
Belgium
Impunity
Amnesty International welcomes the release of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, who was unjustly imprisoned in Iran. However, the circumstances of his release confirm the organization’s earlier concerns that the Iranian authorities held him hostage to swap him with intelligence agent...
May 26, 2023
Campaigns
Iran
Children
Hossein Shahbazi, 22, is at risk of imminent execution in relation to a crime that took place when he was just 17 years old. His trial was grossly unfair and his torture-tainted “confessions” were used to convict him. Iranian authorities have scheduled his execution for Sunday 28 May, in violation...
May 25, 2023
Campaigns
Middle East and North Africa
Prisoners of Conscience
Danish-Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja has not been seen by a cardiologist since he experienced cardiac arrhythmia in jail on 28 February 2023. A doctor who examined him at the Bahrain Defence Force hospital had stated that he should be urgently referred to a cardiologist....
May 22, 2023
News
Middle East and North Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
The Emirati authorities must ensure that Turkish-Emirati citizen Khalaf al-Rumaithi, who was forcibly deported to the UAE from Jordan, is protected from torture and other ill-treatment and that any retrial he may face is in accordance with international fair trial standards, said Amnesty...
May 18, 2023
News
Asia and the Pacific
Protests and Demonstrations
Responding to the press release published yesterday by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) indicating the Pakistan military’s intention to bring ‘arsonists’ during last week’s violent protests to trial under the Pakistan Army Act and Official Secret Act, Dinushika Dissanayake, Deputy...
May 16, 2023
Campaigns
Iran
Death Penalty
Six men – Ali Mojadam, Moein Khanfari, Mohammad Reza Moghadam, Salem Mousavi, Adnan Ghobeishavi and Habib Deris – from Iran’s persecuted Ahwazi Arab minority face imminent execution. A Revolutionary Court used their torture-tainted “confessions” to sentence them to death in February after a grossly...
May 12, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the prosecution of two Amnesty International activists indicted on several misdemeanor charges following their arrest by police after a protest in November 2022.
May 9, 2023
Research
Iraq
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Amnesty International publishes the following letter received from the Government of Iraq on 2 April 2023 in response to an open letter (ref: MDE 14/6433/2023) sent by the organization to Prime Minister Al-Sudani on 23 March 2023 titled “Open Letter to Prime Minister Al-Sudani: End Iraq’s Reign of...
May 4, 2023
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Discrimination
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck should use his authority to release political prisoners being held in poor conditions since decades through unfair trails in Bhutan, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. King Jigme will visit London to attend the coronation of King Charles III...
May 4, 2023