This report documents how the two successive governments of President Duterte and President Marcos Jr. have weaponized digital tools, misinformation and a flawed anti-terrorism law to create a climate of fear and intimidation amongst young human rights defenders in the Philippines. The central...

This submission has been prepared in advance of the review of Iceland’s 6th periodic on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the UN Human Rights Committee in October 2024. In particular, the submission provides information about harmful and unjustified...

Lawyers representing petitioners in the case against Meta speaking outside court.

Governments use tax to ensure sustainable funding for social programmes, and for public investments to promote equitable growth and development. Taxation is thus an essential element of a government’s ability to implement its policies and programmes. Tax matters for human rights because taxes are...

Amnesty International presents this submission ahead of the review by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women of Canada’s 10th periodic review. The document focuses on rights of Indigenous women, rise in femicide, hate crimes targeting sexual orientation and gender...

Saudi Arabia’ s authorities must immediately release all those arbitrarily detained solely for expressing their views online ahead of the upcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, said 40 NGOs and human rights organizations including Amnesty International in a joint statement published...

Saudi Arabia must free all individuals arbitrarily detained solely for their online expression ahead of hosting the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, which will take place from 15 to 19 December 2024. It is counter to the IGF’s stated values for Saudi Arabia to host the IGF....

Protect the future of human rights Together, we can fight for human rights everywhere, for generations to come. Protect the future of human rights Together, we can fight for human rights everywhere, for generations to come. For more information about the 2048 commission, contact the Secretary...

Amnesty International has filed an amicus curiae brief to the Bangkok Civil Court on the applicable international and regional human rights law and standards on the right to privacy, the right to an effective remedy, and human rights due diligence, in relation to the case Jatupat Boonpattararaksa...

Responding to the role of social media platforms amid the ongoing racist and Islamophobic violence in the UK, Pat de Brún, Deputy Director at Amnesty Tech, said:  “In light of the ongoing racist attacks and Islamophobic violence spreading across the UK, we must not overlook how Big Tech platforms...

Responding to a Forbidden Stories-led investigation, supported by the Amnesty International’s Security Lab, on the government of Israel’s attempts to sway WhatsApp’s ongoing US lawsuit against spyware firm NSO Group, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of the Security Lab at Amnesty International, said:  ...

Around the world various tech systems are reinforcing gender inequalities and entrenching racial, socio-economic systems of power, Amnesty International said today in a briefing titled “Gender and Human Rights in the Digital Age.”   Marginalized groups, including women and LGBTI people, face...