News
Asia and the Pacific
4 June, 1989 is etched into history as the day the Chinese authorities ruthlessly stamped out peaceful protest. Chinese troops shot dead hundreds, if not thousands, of people who had taken to the streets in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to call for political reforms. No one knows the true...
June 1, 2023
Research
Tunisia
Justice Systems
Since President Kais Saied’s institutional power grab of July 25, 2021, followed by his decree of September 22 of the same year, which implicitly repealed the constitutional order, and the adoption of a tailor-made Constitution a year later, the judicial system has been subjected to constant...
June 1, 2023
News
Middle East and North Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
States participating in a climate meeting starting on 5 June in Bonn, which will help set the agenda for the COP28 in Dubai later this year, should urge the United Arab Emirates to improve its dismal human rights record to ensure a successful conference, Amnesty International said today.
June 1, 2023
Research
United Arab Emirates
Armed Conflict
This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the United Arab Emirates. To have a successful COP28 that takes humanity off the path of climate crisis, the conference requires open civic space for criticism and...
June 1, 2023
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Amnesty International wrote to the Minister of Justice with concerns regarding the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act. Earlier in May, the Ministry of Justice sought public comments and proposals on the bill that was issued on the gazette on 22 March 2023.
June 1, 2023
News
Unlawful surveillance of peaceful protesters in the Netherlands is undermining the right to privacy and having a chilling effect on the right to protest, said Amnesty International Netherlands in a report published today. The report, Unchecked power: ID checks and collection of data from peaceful...
May 31, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Discrimination
States are increasingly imposing obstacles to the right to protest. In the Netherlands, authorities are turning to surveillance tools, collecting data from social media, deploying camera surveillance during protests, and knocking on activists’ doors with questions about their participation in...
May 31, 2023
News
Angola
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Angola authorities must release Tanaice Neutro, an activist who is being detained arbitrarily for more than 500 days despite suffering from severe health issues, Amnesty International said today. Tanaice Neutro was arrested on 13 January 2022 after he allegedly shared a video online in which he...
May 31, 2023
News
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Detention
Responding to the decision by the Appeals Chamber of the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to confirm the guilty verdicts for former Serbian state security officials Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, and raise their prison sentences from 12 to 15 years each, Amnesty...
May 31, 2023
News
Africa
Business and Human Rights
The Gambian government must take all necessary steps to eliminate illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing (IUUF), combat overfishing, and increase the transparency of fishing agreements to protect local communities in The Gambia, Amnesty International said today in a new report. The new...
May 31, 2023
Research
Africa
Business and Human Rights
Fish is an essential resource for Gambia and Gambians. The communities in coastal towns in Gambia such as Sanyang rely heavily on pelagic fishes for their daily protein intake, as well as their economic activities. However, the fishing industry in the country has been subjected to increasing...
May 31, 2023