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Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Reacting to the violence that broke out yesterday in Dakar and other towns following the verdict in the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: “We condemn the restrictions on accessing social media and the...
June 2, 2023
News
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Detention
Responding to the decision by the Appeals Chamber of the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to confirm the guilty verdicts for former Serbian state security officials Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, and raise their prison sentences from 12 to 15 years each, Amnesty...
May 31, 2023
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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
Research
Lesotho
Death in Custody
In October 2022, Lesotho elected new leaders who are faced with addressing a history marked by repeated human rights violations and a culture within the country’s security forces where impunity has become pervasive. During his inauguration in October as Lesotho’s new Prime Minister, Sam Matekane...
May 26, 2023
Research
Americas
Impunity
Since 7 December 2022, Peru has experienced one of its deepest political and social crises of recent decades. Thousands of people took to the streets to protest. The authorities responded with the use of lethal force and with excessive use of less lethal force aimed at silencing and punishing...
May 25, 2023
News
Africa
Asylum
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and refugees living in one of Kenya’s biggest refugee camps routinely suffer hate crimes, violence, including rape, and other serious human rights abuses, the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) and...
May 19, 2023
News
Africa
Armed Conflict
Amnesty International welcomes the publication on 12 May of a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concerning the joint military operation conducted by the Malian army, together with members of private military company the Wagner Group, in the...
May 17, 2023
News
Africa
Impunity
States must adopt a landmark treaty to strengthen international legal cooperation in the investigation of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes to improve victims’ access to justice and reparations, Amnesty International said before the start of a high-level conference on an accord.
May 12, 2023
News
Senegal
Freedom of Movement
Reacting to the death of a teenage girl and the clashes between police and residents in the Ngor neighbourhood of Dakar, Ousmane Diallo, researcher at Amnesty International’s regional office for West and Central Africa, said: “Amnesty International denounces the excessive use of force by the...
May 12, 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
Africa
Impunity
This oral statement was read at the UN Human Rights Council 36th special session. The Council must act with ambition, and in a manner complementary to other international, regional, and sub-regional efforts, to help break the cycle of impunity in Sudan. The Council should establish an independent...
May 11, 2023