Lebanon’s military court missed a vital chance to hold accountable perpetrators of the torture that led to the death in custody of Syrian refugee Bashar Abd Saud, Amnesty International said today. On 29 November 2022, five members of State Security, including one officer, were indicted on charges under Lebanon’s 2017 Anti-Torture Law over Saud’s death…
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 Convention Against Torture (CAT) in 1998 and enacting the Torture and Custodial…
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 or prison over charges related to same-sex conduct. On 23…
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 violently raped me”: Sexual violence weaponized to crush Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, documents…
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 USA and China, and other developments in the region…