As the forthcoming presidential elections in February 2024 draw near, Amnesty International has prepared a briefing for the newly elected president and vice president of Indonesia, outlining the country’s current human rights issues and the Indonesian government’s failure to uphold its legal...

By Yuly Andrea Velásquez Briceño Rivers and wetlands have always held great significance for me. They are a source of livelihood and economic and emotional wellbeing for many communities in Santander and elsewhere in Colombia. And, given the current climate crisis, they have taken on an even more...

One year ago, on November 29, 2022, the village of Kishishe and its surroundings in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), were plunged into darkness when fighters from the M23 rebel group – which the UN says it is backed by Rwanda - launched a brutal attack on the civilian...

Oqba Hashad has been arbitrarily detained without trial for over four years and six months solely for his brother’s human rights activism. Security forces subjected him to enforced disappearance for 77 days, during which they tortured and otherwise ill-treated him including through severe beatings,...

Environmental defenders are at the forefront of the struggle for climate justice in the Americas, but – due in part to the region’s colonial history, racism and inherent inequality – they are not sufficiently recognized or meaningfully included in decisions on environmental and climate issues,...

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 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 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...

On 14 November 2023, Cameroon’s human rights record will be reviewed at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). On this occasion, Amnesty International and different civil society organizations of Cameroon are calling publicly on the UN member...

On 13 November 2023, Amnesty International submitted a third-party intervention to the Belfast High Court in a legal challenge brought by several victims of the Northern Ireland conflict to the UK Government’s Northern Ireland (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023. Martina Dillon, John McEvoy, and...

In the last five years, the Colombian state has inadequately responded to the dangers faced by human rights defenders in the country, Amnesty International said today upon publishing a new report, Hope at risk: The lack of a safe space to defend human rights in Colombia continues. In light of the...

**Update: On 14 November it was confirmed that Vivian Silver had been killed in the 7 October attack by Hamas and other armed groups on her home in Be’eri Kibbutz. Her family initially believed she had been abducted by armed groups and was being held hostage in Gaza.** Amnesty International...