Eswatini authorities must drop all trumped-up charges against Members of Parliament Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube and ensure they are immediately released, Amnesty International said before the start of their trial on 20 October. The two were detained amid a wave of pro-democracy...

Anniversary Marks Ongoing Assault on Women’s Rights, Rule of Law Women, girls, and all pregnant people have faced extreme barriers to accessing legal abortions in the year since a Constitutional Tribunal ruling virtually banned legal abortion in Poland, 14 human rights organizations said today....

Attacks on freedom of expression by governments, combined with a flood of misinformation across the world during the Covid-19 pandemic, have had a devastating impact on peoples’ ability to access accurate and timely information to help them cope with the burgeoning global health crisis, said...

The right to freedom of expression has been attacked globally in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and increased the dangers posed by the public health crisis. Freedom of expression is vitally important because a free flow of accurate, evidence-based and timely information increases awareness...

Bu raporda Türkiye’deki sivil toplum örgütü temsilcilerinin, 7262 sayılı Kitle İmha Silahlarının Yayılmasının Finansmanının Önlenmesine İlişkin Kanun’un (“7262 sayılı Kanun”) etkileri hakkındaki görüşlerine yer verilmektedir. Bu kanun, Mali Eylem Görev Gücü’nün (“FATF”) 2019 yılındaki tavsiyelerine...

This briefing paper reflects the views of representatives of civil society organizations in Turkey regarding the early impact of Law. No. 7262 on the Prevention of the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Law No. 7262). The law was adopted in December 2020 in response to...

Responding to the violent attacks on Hindu minority households and temples in Bangladesh during and after the Durga Puja, the country’s biggest Hindu festival, Amnesty International’s South Asia Campaigner, Saad Hammadi, said:  “Reports of a spate of attacks by angry mobs against members of...

Sri Lanka’s Muslim community has suffered consistent discrimination, harassment and violence since 2013, culminating in the adoption of government policies explicitly targeting the minority group, said Amnesty International, in a new report published today. From Burning Houses to Burning Bodies:...

Saiful Mahdi, a university lecturer who was convicted of defamation for a WhatsApp message, received a presidential amnesty on 13 October 2021. He should never have spent a single day behind bars as he was imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression.

Sri Lanka’s Muslim community have faced incidents of violence, discrimination and harassment for decades. Most recently, since 2013, there have been consistent episodes, which have culminated in the adoption of government policies which expressly target the minority community. This is in addition...

Amnesty delivers this statement on the ocasion of the review of Sweden’s 10th periodic report by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Dsicrimination against Women.

National Campaign Urges Provinces to Cancel Contracts Enabling Abuses (Ottawa, October 14, 2021) – Provincial governments should sever their contracts to hold immigration detainees in provincial jails, where many experience abusive conditions, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today...