People who are defending the right to abortion and providing essential services are being stigmatized, intimidated, attacked and subjected to unjust prosecutions, making their work increasingly difficult and dangerous to carry out, said Amnesty International in a new report out today. The report,...

Around the world, those defending abortion rights are under attack, including activists, advocates, educators, clinic escorts, accompaniers, doulas, and healthcare workers. They are exposed to stigmatization, physical and verbal attacks, intimidation and threats, and are criminalized through unjust...

This document provides a summary of the Amnesty International report ‘An unstoppable movement’ (POL 40/7420/2023) which provides an overview of how Women Human Rights Defenders who defend the right to abortion are attacked worldwide. These attacks are not just a violation of the state obligation to...

Despite Nigeria’s ratification of human rights treaties and commitments at international and regional level and accompanying obligations to respect, protect, promote and fulfil human rights, the country continues to face worsening human rights crises across its territory. Amnesty International is...

The climate emergency is an unprecedented global human rights crisis. Fossil fuel combustion is the primary cause of climate change, which has been settled science for decades. This briefing provides examples of how the production, transformation and use of fossil fuels – enabled and prolonged by...

This document provides Amnesty International’s assessment of progress made by Andorra towards implementation of recommendations on human rights concerns including Human Rights Defenders, Freedom of Expression, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Equality and non-discrimination, Ratification and/or...

(By Pegah Sadeghi, Amnesty International Research Assistant on Iran) Armita Garawand, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, remains in a coma after falling unconscious on 1 October 2023 at a Tehran metro amid reports that a confrontation with somebody enforcing Iran’s degrading and discriminatory compulsory...

It is time for the African Commission to prioritize addressing impunity in Sudan. We call on the African Commission to publicly support the Fact-Finding Mission established by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in early October.

In July, we marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol). Over the past two decades, the Protocol has greatly contributed to the improvements of women’s and girls’ rights on the...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Chile in May 2024. In it, Amnesty International analyses the human rights situation in Chile and the measures taken to comply with the recommendations made to Chile in its previous review, including in relation to human rights...

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...