“Being an activist it’s a serious thing in Angola, it’s about life and death” 16 September marks one year since Tanaice Neutro has been arbitrarily detained. We met with his wife, Teresa Cuanga, who describes what an entire year, without her husband has been like. Teresa thought it was the end of a...

The deepening human rights crisis in Afghanistan requires international action to address the cycle of impunity in the country and demonstrates the urgent need for the United Nations (UN) to establish an independent international accountability mechanism for Afghanistan, with the mandate to...

Joint oral statement on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Amnesty International on Bangladesh delivered on 11 September 2024 at the 57th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council

Amnesty International provides the below information to the UN Human Rights Committee in advance of its consideration of the second periodic report of Türkiye at the 142nd session of the Committee to be held between 14 October and 8 November 2024.

This submission has been prepared ahead of the examination of Greece’s Sate party’s report, and of the adoption of the Concluding Observation and List of Issues for Greece by the UN Human Rights Committee in the context of its 142nd session, on 14 October – 7 November 2024.

The Tajikistani authorities are perpetuating systemic discrimination and severe human rights violations against the Pamiri minority, according to new research by Amnesty International. The Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) in East Tajikistan is home to several ethnic groups forming the...

Human rights defender Sharifeh Mohammadi is at risk of execution after a Revolutionary Court in Rasht, Gilan province, sentenced her to death in June 2024 solely in relation to her peaceful human rights activities. She supported women’s and workers’ rights as well as the abolition of the death...

On 5 August 2024, the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced opposition figure Abir Moussi to two years in prison under Decree-Law 54 following a complaint filed by the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) after she criticized the legislative elections process. Abir Moussi has been in...

Presidential elections will be held in Algeria on 7 September 2024 amidst severe restrictions on civic space and a continued crackdown on human rights including the rights to the freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and media freedom. In addition to these restrictions, Amnesty...

On 1 August, Equatorial Guinean human rights defender Joaquín Elo Ayeto was arrested at his house in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea’s capital, when members of the Gendarmerie forcibly entered his house and took him away. He was accused of carrying out illegal activities through the civil society...

Responding to ongoing internet disruptions in Pakistan and a lack of transparency surrounding their cause, which has prompted a hearing in the Islamabad High Court on 26 August, Jurre Van Bergen, Technologist at Amnesty International said:  “The opacity of the Pakistani authorities regarding the...

During the 2023–2024 academic year, authorities of the United Arab Emirates and the administration of New York University both acted to suppress and punish freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association at the university’s Abu Dhabi campus in the UAE. Measures taken by the university...