Responding to the news that Malta’s Attorney General has indicted three young West African men known as the ‘El Hiblu 3’, for allegedly attempting to stop their illegal return to Libya by the crew of a ship who rescued them at sea in 2019, Elisa De Pieri, Amnesty International’s Regional Researcher...

UK: Government must now ‘draw a line’ under disgraceful Rwanda scheme In response to the Supreme Court judgment today ruling that the UK Government’s Rwanda policy is unlawful, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “This judgment is vital to protect people seeking asylum...

Since October 2021, Belgium has consistently failed to meet its human rights obligations under international law to provide housing and other essential goods and services to asylum seekers. For over two years, the state’s failure has resulted in people seeking international protection, including...

States in the Americas must seize the opportunity to address the situation of hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees in the region from a human rights perspective during the summit to be held in Chiapas, Mexico, on October 22, Amnesty International said today in an open letter to the...

The US government must immediately stop disregarding international refugee law and human rights law and end all deportation flights and forced returns to Venezuela, Amnesty International said today in response to the unlawful return of Venezuelan nationals from the United States to Venezuela. “Over...

The human rights crisis in Venezuela has forced millions to flee the country in search of protection abroad. As many countries close their doors to Venezuelans, Amnesty International reiterates that Venezuelan men, women, and children are still in urgent need of international protection. This...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Yemen in April-May 2024. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Yemen in its previous review, including in relation to the persecution of LGBTI persons, death penalty, women’s...

Responding to reports that the Government of Pakistan has ordered all unregistered Afghan refugees to leave the country by November 2023, Nadia Rahman, Amnesty International’s Interim Deputy Regional Director for research in South Asia, said: “Afghans in Pakistan are fleeing persecution by the...

This year will mark the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document, the result of extensive negotiations between the countries that comprised the recently created United Nations, aimed to establish a series of basic agreements to guarantee freedom,...

Cramped on a fishing trawler, about 500 women, men and children found themselves stranded at sea just metres from dry land and safety. They had mostly fled from Eritrea before embarking on a dangerous crossing from to escape Libya. Under a moonless sky, one man lit a makeshift torch to attract...

The European Union (EU) must ban dangerous, AI-powered technologies in the AI Act, Amnesty International said today, as the bloc aims to finalize the world’s first comprehensive AI rulebook this fall.   Numerous states across the globe have deployed unregulated AI systems to assess welfare claims,...

Venezuelan migration: International protection and refugee status: Principle of non-refoulement Temporary protection or stay arrangements