Afghanistan Open Letter

This is Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of Jordan’s UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 56th Session from 18 June – 12 July 2024.

Authorities in Bangladesh must end impunity for torture and other ill-treatment by police and security forces, hold perpetrators to account and ensure reparations are given to victims, Amnesty International said on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Despite ratifying the UN...

Three decades after the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) was acceded by Nepal, the government continues to betray its commitment to stamp out torture and other ill-treatment, as impunity for the crime persists. On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and beyond,...

With this human rights charter, Amnesty International urges the newly formed National Democratic Alliance (NDA) -led Indian government to ensure that the protection and promotion of human rights is kept at the centre of all its policies and decisions for the next five years.

The Huthi de facto authorities must urgently halt planned executions and end the persecution of people based on their real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, said Amnesty International, after two Huthi-run courts in Yemen sentenced more than 40 individuals either to death, flogging...

Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence, amounting to torture and other ill-treatment, to intimidate and punish peaceful protesters during the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.   The 120-page report, “They...

The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately address the escalating cases of abductions, arbitrary detention, torture and killing of parliament members, opposition political activists, and human rights defenders, Amnesty International, Southern Defenders and Human Rights Watch said today. The...

The Secretary General of Amnesty International, Agnes Callamard, was in Taiwan on a high-level visit from 24 June to 1 July. The visit was an opportunity to offer support and solidarity to Amnesty International Taiwan and Taiwanese civil society amid growing global tensions, including between the...

An Amnesty delegation led by the Secretary General, Agnes Callamard, and AI Taiwan Executive Director Eeling Chiu conducted an official visit to Taiwan from 24 to 29 June 2023. During the 5 days of the visit, the Amnesty delegation held meetings with representatives of the Executive Yuan, the...

Despite the Saudi authorities’ commitment to end their use of the death penalty against children under 18 at the time of the crime, seven young men are at risk of imminent execution after an appeals court confirmed their punishment, Amnesty International said today. Their execution would mark a...

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.