Ahead of a hearing at the General Court of the European Union, in which Frontex, the EU border agency, will be questioned over its lack of transparency in relation to its involvement in maritime interceptions and subsequent human rights abuses against refugees and migrants in Libya, Matteo de...

The World Bank, as one of the major global funders of social protection systems has a key role to play in realizing the right to social security for all. This briefing calls on the World Bank to act in line with its human rights responsibilities and commitment to universal social protection, and...

The Tunisian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release six political opposition figures who have been arbitrarily detained for nearly eight months solely for their peaceful political activism on unfounded accusations of “conspiracy against state security” and drop all charges against...

Contracted workers in Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia were deceived by recruitment agents and labour supply companies, cheated of their earnings, housed in appalling conditions and prevented from finding alternative employment or leaving the country, Amnesty International said today. A new...

Amnesty International’s “Write for Rights” campaign takes place annually around 10 December, which is Human Rights Day (marking the day when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948). Write for Rights aims to bring about change to the lives of people or communities that have...

Amnesty International conducted research into the treatment of migrant workers contracted to Amazon’s warehouses in Saudi Arabia. As part of the research, Amnesty International contacted Amazon on two occasions to seek details about due diligence it had undertaken into third-party supply companies,...

This report documents serious human rights abuses suffered by Nepali migrant workers employed by labour supply companies and contracted to work in Amazon’s warehouses in Saudi Arabia. Many of the men interviewed for this research are highly likely to be victims of human trafficking. The report...

The use of the death penalty for drug-related offences is unlawful under international human rights law and standards. It frequently violates international safeguards and restrictions established to prevent the arbitrary deprivation of life. It disproportionately affects groups that are already...

Singapore’s use of the death penalty violates international law and standards. Drug-related offences do not meet the threshold of the “most serious crimes” involving intentional killing. Death sentences are also imposed as mandatory punishment and after proceedings that do not meet the highest...

On the occasion of the 2023 World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October, Amnesty International highlights the use of the death penalty for drug related offences, which is unlawful under international human rights law and standards and has been applied in a discriminatory manner. Despite this,...

Responding to the catastrophic earthquake that struck western province of Herat in Afghanistan over the weekend, Zaman Sultani, Amnesty International’s regional researcher for South Asia, said: “Amnesty International expresses our deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones in the...

Responding to the awarding of the 2023 Václav Havel Prize to Turkish prisoner of conscience, Osman Kavala, by the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, Dinushika Dissanayake, said: “While we celebrate the fact that Osman Kavala has...