Research
United States of America
Detention
Amnesty International welcomes the preliminary findings of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on its visit to the United States of America (USA) in October 2016.1 This written statement focuses on Amnesty International’s concerns regarding mandatory detention, the detention bed mandate,...
August 20, 2017
Research
Afghanistan
Women and Girls
In less than a year, the Taliban have decimated the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Soon after they took control of the country’s government, the Taliban said they were committed to upholding the rights of women and girls. Yet they have violated women’s and girls’ rights to education,...
July 27, 2022
News
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
The right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world, Amnesty International said today, as the organization launched a new global campaign to confront states’ widening and intensifying efforts to erode this fundamental human right.
July 19, 2022
Campaigns
Middle East and North Africa
One year since President Kais Saied’s power grab, the state of human rights in Tunisia has never been more fragile. Institutional safeguards for their protection were almost entirely dismantled, the judiciary has lost guarantees for its independence, military courts have increasingly targeted...
July 18, 2022
News
Business and Human Rights
One year after the Pegasus Project revelations, the lack of a global moratorium on the sale of spyware is allowing the surveillance industry to continue unchecked, Amnesty International warned today. The Pegasus Project uncovered how governments worldwide were using NSO Group’s invasive Pegasus...
July 18, 2022
Impact
We’ve reached the midway point of 2022 and, as ever, it’s been a busy year for Amnesty International. With the world facing human rights challenges on so many fronts, one can easily lose sight of the many positive changes that have taken place across the globe over the past six months. Thanks to...
July 7, 2022
Campaigns
Asia and the Pacific
Detention
Almost 50 new detainees added to Amnesty International campaign on arbitrary detention, bringing total to 120 Family members describe injustice and horror of prolonged separation UN High Commissioner yet to release report on situation despite recent Xinjiang visit Amnesty International today...
July 6, 2022
News
Ukraine
Armed Conflict
An extensive investigation by Amnesty International has concluded that Russian military forces committed a war crime when they struck the Mariupol drama theatre in Ukraine in March, killing at least dozen people and likely many more.
June 30, 2022
News
Europe and Central Asia
Refugees
New report details abuses against people who crossed into Lithuania from Belarus Treatment starkly contrasts with reception of people arriving from Ukraine EU Commission not fulfilling its duties under EU law Spokespeople available Lithuanian authorities have arbitrarily detained thousands of...
June 27, 2022
News
Asia and the Pacific
Demonstrations
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL INDIA PRESS RELEASE Indian authorities must immediately put an end to the excessive use of force in response to large scale protests in the country that has resulted in the death of at least two people, including a child, and in many others suffering injuries since last...
June 14, 2022
News
Russian Federation
Armed Conflict
Hundreds of civilians have been killed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv by indiscriminate Russian shelling using widely banned cluster munitions and inherently inaccurate rockets, Amnesty International said today.
June 13, 2022
