There are ongoing concerns for hundreds of refugees as authorities forcibly relocated refugees from the Lombrum detention centre on 23 November, three weeks after all essential services were shut down. These refugees and asylum-seekers remain at further risk of violence from members of the local...

In this letter to the Ministry of Justice, ICJ and Amnesty International identify particular concerns regarding provisions in Thailand’s Draft Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearances Act and set out recommendations aimed to bring the proposed legislation in line with...

Large protests are expected throughout Poland on Friday as MPs vote on two amendments that threaten the independence of the country’s judiciary. Amnesty International will have spokespeople on the ground and available for interview. “If these laws are adopted as currently proposed, it would be a...

A year on from the signing of the Peace Agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC), other guerrilla and paramilitary groups are wrestling for control of parts of the country in conflicts that are wreaking havoc on the lives of...

Large protests are expected throughout Poland on Friday as MPs vote on two amendments that threaten the independence of the country’s judiciary. Amnesty International will have spokespeople on the ground and available for interview. “If these laws are adopted as currently proposed, it would be a...

Responding to today’s decision by the Istanbul Court to continue the pre-trial detention of Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair, Taner Kılıç, John Dalhuisen said: “Today in court lawyers for the defence and an independent expert witness demolished the prosecution’s arguments. All the evidence...

A year on from the signing of the Peace Agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC), other guerrilla and paramilitary groups are wrestling for control of parts of the country in conflicts that are wreaking havoc on the lives of...

‘Years of solitude continue’ explores how the Colombian Peace Agreement, signed on 24 November 2016, is having a very limited impact on the lives of scores of Indigenous and afro-descendant communities in the department of Chocó.

Responding to today’s decision by the Istanbul Court to continue the pre-trial detention of Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair, Taner Kılıç, John Dalhuisen said: “Today in court lawyers for the defence and an independent expert witness demolished the prosecution’s arguments. All the evidence...

Amnesty International researchers have discovered illegal torture equipment including spiked batons, spiked electric shock riot forks, electric shock vests and heavy leg irons for sale by Chinese companies at Milipol, a military and police trade fair taking place this week in Paris. The import and...

Responding to news that Iran, Turkey and Russia will meet in the Russian city of Sochi on Wednesday, while more than 30 Syrian opposition groups hold separate talks in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, Lynn Maalouf, Middle East Research Director at Amnesty International said: “As the parties to the...

Today’s conviction of the former Bosnian Serb war leader, general Ratko Mladić, for crimes under international law, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes has finally – after more than 20 years –  delivered justice to tens of thousands of the victims of 1992-95 armed conflict in...