Angola has faced an unprecedented crackdown on human rights, including unlawful killings and arbitrary arrests, in the lead up to the 24 August election, Amnesty International said today. In its new briefing, “Make the vote meaningful for human rights observance: Human rights manifesto for Angola...

On 24 August 2022, Angolans will have their fifth general election since 1992. This human rights manifesto is intended to encourage all the Angolan political parties and their candidates in this electoral cycle to provide information to the electorate on what they intend to do, and how, to tackle...

Em 24 de agosto de 2022, os Angolanos terão a quinta eleição geral desde 1992. Este manifesto de direitos humanos visa incentivar todos os partidos políticos angolanos e os seus candidatos neste ciclo eleitoral a informar o eleitorado sobre o que pretendem fazer, e como, para responder às seguintes...

This submission to the UN Committe on the Rights of the Child reviews Amnesty International’s concerns about violations of the rights to nationality, education and healthcare affecting children born into the local stateless population in Kuwait, known as the Bidun. It is based on review of Kuwait’s...

The Tunisian authorities should immediately drop all charges against Salah Attia, a detained journalist who is on trial before a military court in connection with public remarks he made about President Kais Saied and the armed forces, Amnesty International said today. Attia’s next trial hearing is...

Reports of various human rights violations from Afghanistan keep coming in and it is impossible to cover the full scope of these violations. This briefing aims to document some of these serious violations, highlight the lack of accountability by the Taliban and the weak international response to...

A letter from human rights organizations to the King of Bahrain and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, an academic, activist and blogger imprisoned in Bahrain who has been on hunger strike for 400 days, and in the meantime, to...

A joint letter sent by Human Rights Watch to 193 countries on the United Nations Transforming Education Summit countersigned by 12 organizations including Amnesty International mistakenly addressed the letter to Myanmar military general Min Aung Hlaing as the country’s prime minister. Other members...

In response to protests that erupted due to the high cost of living on 10 August in Sierra Leone where dozens of people have lost their lives, the authorities have promised to investigate the circumstances leading to the loss of life. “When policing assemblies, security forces have an obligation to...

A joint letter sent by Human Rights Watch to 193 countries on the United Nations Transforming Education Summit countersigned by 12 organizations including Amnesty International mistakenly addressed the letter to Myanmar military general Min Aung Hlaing as the country’s prime minister. Other members...

A UN Security Council session due to take place today must urgently prioritize civilian protection and accountability for the litany of war crimes committed by Russian forces and call for an end to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Amnesty International said. Russia requested the Security...