The year 2024 has been marked in Kuwait so far by escalating political repression, including new prosecutions, prison sentences and stripping of people’s nationality that have increased fear and further shrunk the margin for critical expression in the Arab Gulf country. The increased official...

Three decades after the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) was acceded by Nepal, the government continues to betray its commitment to stamp out torture and other ill-treatment, as impunity for the crime persists. On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and beyond,...

Russia’s authorities are systematically denying arbitrarily imprisoned government critics contact with their families. Using several emblematic cases, the research briefing documents how authorities have exploited legal loopholes and fabricated pretexts to further isolate dissidents, including...

On the occasions of World Day for Refugees on June 20th and the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26th, the undersigned organizations urge the Lebanese authorities to respect their international obligations and ensure that all instances of torture and ill-treatment are...

According to the information we have received, the detention conditions in ‘Rodeo I’ are cruel, inhuman and degrading, and in some cases, could amount to torture. We note that the prohibition of torture is a peremptory norm of international law, so we demand that, as head of the prison system in...

During his first tenure as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, made numerous human rights pledges but there has been little to no progress in their implementation. As the country faces worsening armed conflict and humanitarian crisis, socioeconomic injustices, and...

The theme of the 54th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) is “Integrity and Security for Sustainable Development of the Region”. Amnesty International believes that integrity and security can only be fully upheld if there is a focus on respecting and...

On 28 June 2024, Mongolia will hold its parliamentary elections. In this human rights agenda, Amnesty International calls on the newly elected members of the State Great Khural (parliament) to make progress on respecting and protecting human rights in the framework of the urban re-development plan,...

Amnesty International and Front Line Defenders are gravely concerned about the growing instances of misuse of counter-terrorism laws in India to target civil society actors. Ahead of the sixth Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary when the FATF Member States, Secretariat and leadership are...

To mark “World Drugs Day” on 26 June as activists worldwide are joining together under the #SupportDontPunish campaign, Amnesty International is launching this new policy paper to contribute to the advancement of drug policies that better uphold human rights. Amnesty International is calling on...

This submission, coordinated by the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) with the support of the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) and signed by over 220 civil society organizations – including Amnesty International – and trade unions, is a joint response to the zero draft Terms...

At the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, states should act to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea and step-up efforts towards accountability, including to ensure collection and preservation of evidence for future accountability processes.