Research
Lesotho
Death in Custody
In October 2022, Lesotho elected new leaders who are faced with addressing a history marked by repeated human rights violations and a culture within the country’s security forces where impunity has become pervasive. During his inauguration in October as Lesotho’s new Prime Minister, Sam Matekane...
May 26, 2023
Research
Middle East and North Africa
Death in Custody
Moroccan authorities should make sure that their investigation into a man’s unlawful death in police custody on 6 October 2022, is impartial and thorough. They should hold accountable, in a fair trial, the police officers that tortured the victim and did not provide him with adequate medical care....
April 6, 2023
Campaigns
Americas
Death in Custody
A group of 39 people died in a fire on 28 March in a migrant’s detention centre in Ciudad Juarez, while 28 were hospitalized. There are allegations that the centre’s staff left the victims locked up after the fire started. We call on the President Andrés López Obrador to immediately change course...
March 30, 2023
Research
India
Death in Custody
Seven non-governmental organisations wrote an open letter to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) ahead of the review of the accreditation status of the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRCI) by GANHRI’s Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) this month....
March 9, 2023
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Death in Custody
Harm Reduction International, the International Drug Policy Consortium, and Amnesty International urge Members of Parliament in Sri Lanka to take a strong stance against the Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill, which the government is scheduled to present again with amendments in Parliament this...
January 17, 2023
Research
Ethiopia
Children
Since 2017, as part of a campaign to crackdown on undocumented migrants, Saudi authorities have arbitrarily arrested hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian migrants crossing the border from Yemen or residing in Saudi Arabia, held them in indefinite detention in inhuman and cruel conditions, subjected...
December 16, 2022
News
Africa
Armed Conflict
Responding to the Eritrean government’s ten-year silence on the whereabouts of Ciham Ali, an Eritrean American who was arrested on 8 December 2012 when she was just 15 years old and held in secret detention ever after, Flavia Mwangovya, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Research and...
December 7, 2022
News
Lebanon
Death in Custody
Responding to the news that Judge Najat Abou Chakra has indicted five State Security members on charges of torture in the case of Syrian refugee Bashar Abdel Saud, who died in custody, Aya Majzoub, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “The fact that...
December 5, 2022
News
Iran
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Responding to today’s announcement that the UN Human Rights Council has passed a landmark resolution to establish a fact-finding mission to investigate human rights violations in Iran related to the protests that began on 16 September 2022, especially with respect to women and children, Agnès...
November 24, 2022
News
Iran
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
UN Human Rights Council member states must urgently establish an investigative and accountability mechanism on Iran to address the alarming spike in unlawful killings and other human rights violations, Amnesty International said today, following a week in which the Iranian security forces shot dead...
November 22, 2022
Research
Death in Custody
On 19 November 2022, Malaysia will hold its 15th general elections. Amnesty International is publishing a human rights agenda for election candidates to highlight which issues the organization considers should be top of government leaders’ priorities should they be elected. Amnesty International...
November 16, 2022
News
Iran
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Responding to the unlawful killings of at least eight people since last night by Iran’s security forces as they again opened fire on mourners and protesters in at least four provinces and building on growing...
October 27, 2022