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...

People with disabilities living in displacement camps after the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye are being overlooked in the humanitarian response to the disaster, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.  The report, ‘We all need dignity’: The exclusion of persons with...

The February 2023 earthquakes in southern Türkiye – the worst in the country’s modern history – devastated entire communities. More than 48,000 people were killed and over 100,000 others were injured. Many of them lost limbs and sustained other life-changing injuries. Amnesty International examined...

Ahead of the European Parliament’s vote on the AI Act in May, the European Union (EU) has a significant opportunity to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in order to protect and promote human rights, said Amnesty International in an open letter to Members of Parliament’s leading...

Today marks the second anniversary since ASEAN agreed on the Five Point Consensus in response to the military coup in Myanmar. The Myanmar military has ignored calls from the international community to stop the violence. Moreover, since the coup, the Myanmar military has committed war crimes and...

We are concerned about the continuation of the human rights violations in the DRC, and the persistent lack of tangible steps to address impunity. In North Kivu and Ituri provinces, many civilians continue to be killed despite the existence of long-standing military operations and the Luanda and...

Dear Prime Minister, Amnesty International takes note of your commitments to protect human rights in Iraq, which are an important signal, but is concerned about recent decisions by your government impacting freedom of expression. We write to urge you to take more decisive measures to break with the...

The Syrian government and Türkiye-backed armed opposition groups should stop obstructing and diverting humanitarian aid aimed at alleviating the suffering of tens of thousands of civilians in conflict-torn Aleppo, said Amnesty International, a month today since the governorate was devastated by...

Human rights protection must be upheld following the catastrophic earthquakes that devastated south-eastern Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February and again on 20 February, Amnesty International said today in a new publication outlining human rights concerns and obligations of the authorities....

Responding to the catastrophic earthquakes that struck Turkiye and Syria this morning, Aya Majzoub, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “Amnesty International expresses our deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones in these...

In this submission Amnesty International sets out its concerns in relation to issues related to the constitutional framework, non-discrimination and equality between men and women, states of emergency and counter-terrorism measures, accountability for serious human rights violations and the right...