On the six-year anniversary of the ethnic cleansing campaign that forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya to flee Myanmar, Amnesty International urges governments in the region and the rest of the international community to effectively and promptly step up their efforts to protect the human rights...

Reacting to the deaths of 19 people, likely migrants and refugees, on 21 and 22 August in fires affecting the Evros region, Northern Greece, Adriana Tidona, migration researcher at Amnesty International said: “The 19 people killed by wildfires in northern Greece appear to be victims of two great...

In response to the deportation of 98 Venezuelan nationals by the authorities of Trinidad and Tobago over the weekend, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “The recent measures taken by the authorities of Trinidad and Tobago are extremely alarming. The human rights...

The authorities of Malaysia must urgently exhaust all efforts to ascertain the whereabouts and ensure the safety of Myanmar refugee and activist Thuzar Maung and her family, who have been missing for a month now following a suspected case of enforced disappearance in Kuala Lumpur. The government...

Starkly divergent accounts from survivors and Greek authorities around the circumstances of the deadly Pylos shipwreck, underscore the urgent need for an effective, independent, and impartial investigation, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.   The fishing vessel, Adriana, was...

Extensive war crimes are being committed in Sudan as the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) ravages the country, Amnesty International said in a new report.

Since 15 April 2023, thousands of people in Sudan have been killed and injured in deliberate and indiscriminate attacks, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been battling each other in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country – notably in the Darfur...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Malta in January-February 2024. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Malta in its previous UPR, including in relation to the search and rescue at sea of refugees and migrants and...

Responding to the hanging of five people by the Kuwaiti authorities yesterday including one convicted of a drug-related offence, Rawya Rageh, Amnesty International’s Interim Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said:  “The Kuwaiti government has now executed a dozen people in less...

In the second year since Tunisian President Kais Saied’s power grab, Tunisian authorities have taken further steps towards repression by jailing dozens of political opponents and state critics, violated the independence of the judiciary, dismantled institutional human rights safeguards, and incited...

UN member states should unequivocally condemn Russia’s abuse of its veto power and the body should affirm the legality, impartiality, neutrality, and independence of the cross-border aid mechanism for north-west Syria, Amnesty International said today, ahead of a General Assembly meeting on 19 July...

Responding to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding under which, among other things, the EU has agreed to give Tunisia financial and technical support to deter Europe-bound migration, Amnesty International’s Advocacy Director at the organization’s European Institutions Office, Eve Geddie...