Amnesty International urges Eritrea to urgently implement recommendations set out in the consecutive reports of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea.

Reacting to the proposed amendments to the Malagasy Penal Code, which now allow for chemical and surgical castration as punishment for rape against minors, Tigere Chagutah, Regional Director of Amnesty International in East and Southern Africa, said: “In Madagascar, rape cases remain...

Reacting to announcement of the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office, Eve Geddie said:   “Today’s agreement...

Amnesty International submits this document in response to the call for input for the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences to the 56th session of the Human Rights Council on ‘prostitution and violence against women and girls’. Amnesty...

The acquittal of abortion rights activist, Vanessa Mendoza Cortés, on defamation charges is an important victory but she should never have been charged in the first place, said Amnesty International following a court decision today. In a joint public statement with the Centre for Reproductive...

Amnesty International, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Women’s Link Worldwide and Front Line Defenders welcome today’s court decision acquitting human rights defender Vanessa Mendoza Cortés, President of the women’s rights organisation Stop Violence (Stop Violències), of a ‘crime against the...

Although human rights are being gravely undermined in numerous countries across the world, Amnesty International’s supporters and activists have shown that change is always possible… Changing legislation July: Ghana’s Parliament voted to remove the death penalty from the 1960 Criminal and Other...

Burundi’s National Assembly should address significant shortcomings in the landmark 2016 law against gender-based violence (GBV) and inconsistencies in other relevant legislation to ensure effective prevention, protection and justice for survivors, Amnesty International said today in a new...

Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence, amounting to torture and other ill-treatment, to intimidate and punish peaceful protesters during the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.   The 120-page report, “They...

Burundi’s 2016 law against gender-based violence was a milestone achievement, bringing improved protection, including through a consent-based definition of rape and prohibiting harmful traditional practices. However, it falls short of regional and international best practice, and in some instances...

Intelligence and security forces committed horrific acts of rape and other forms of sexual violence against protesters arbitrarily detained during Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” uprising between September and December 2022. Prosecutors and judges were complicit by ignoring or covering up survivors’...

One year ago, on November 29, 2022, the village of Kishishe and its surroundings in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), were plunged into darkness when fighters from the M23 rebel group – which the UN says it is backed by Rwanda - launched a brutal attack on the civilian...