Nagorno-Karabakh is a formerly autonomous region within Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized borders (the borders of the Azerbaijani Soviet Republic at the time of the USSR’s break-up). Its predominantly ethnic Armenian population was seeking change of the territory’s status and independence...

The Syrian authorities must ensure that the right to housing of residents of earthquake-affected residential buildings in Aleppo are guaranteed, Amnesty International said today, amid concerns about unlawful demolitions of buildings deemed unsafe as a result of the 6 February earthquakes and...

On the six-year anniversary of the ethnic cleansing campaign that forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya to flee Myanmar, Amnesty International urges governments in the region and the rest of the international community to effectively and promptly step up their efforts to protect the human rights...

Extensive war crimes are being committed in Sudan as the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) ravages the country, Amnesty International said in a new report.

Since 15 April 2023, thousands of people in Sudan have been killed and injured in deliberate and indiscriminate attacks, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been battling each other in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country – notably in the Darfur...

UN member states should unequivocally condemn Russia’s abuse of its veto power and the body should affirm the legality, impartiality, neutrality, and independence of the cross-border aid mechanism for north-west Syria, Amnesty International said today, ahead of a General Assembly meeting on 19 July...

Amnesty International is alarmed at the continued and unabated violence that is taking place between ethnic groups in the North-Eastern state of Manipur, India and the inability of the Indian authorities to protect human rights in the region. Since the start of the ethnic violence on 3 May, more...

The UN Security Council (UNSC) must renew authorization of the UN cross-border mechanism before it expires on 10 July and do so for at least one year to ensure a sustainable humanitarian relief operation, Amnesty International said today. The mechanism is the sole route that allows UN aid to be...

On 14 May 2023, Cyclone Mocha slammed into western Myanmar and hit other parts of Myanmar and Bangladesh with wind speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour – making it one of the strongest cyclones to ever make landfall in Myanmar. Cyclone Mocha destroyed homes and infrastructure in affected...

The European Parliament must use a plenary vote cementing its final position on the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) to ban racist and discriminatory profiling systems that target migrants and other marginalized groups, Amnesty International said today, ahead of the vote on 14...

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...

In response to the Biden administration’s announcement of new regional migration measures upon the end of Title 42 on 11 May, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “Once again the United States is embracing a misguided carrot and stick approach to respond to the...