Amnesty International is concerned by the Government of South Sudan’s calls at the ongoing 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS) to share evidence and names of individuals and entities accused of human rights violations in the...

Amnesty International welcomes the government’s commitment to investigate and prosecute human rights violations by its security forces and to uphold the principle of non-refoulment for Rohingya refugees. Regrettably, the government has not accepted recommendations to abolish the death penalty, nor...

It is with regret but no particular surprise that we note that the Russian authorities have made no meaningful commitments following its UPR, and only accepted broad recommendations not requiring any real action. The Russian Government’s responses contradict well-known facts, demonstrating its...

Ahead of the expected announcement that Saudi Arabia will be appointed chair of the UN women’s rights forum at the annual meeting of the UN Commission of the Status of Women today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Advocacy, Sherine Tadros, said: “The Commission on the Status of Women has...

Responding to the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi state Chief Minister and opposition leader from the Aam Aadmi Party, along with freezing of bank accounts of another leading opposition party, Indian National Congress, Aakar Patel, chair of board at Amnesty International India, said: “The...

The Hong Kong government has passed new national security legislation – known as Article 23 – that will severely undermine human rights in the city. Here are 10 key facts about the law: This law is a quarter-century in the making When Hong Kong was handed over to China by the United Kingdom in...

Ahmad Khalefa, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, is a lawyer, human rights defender, community organiser and newly elected city council member. On 19 October 2023, Israeli police violently arrested him along with 10 other demonstrators from a peaceful protest in his native town of Umm al-Fahm in...

Oral statement at Item 6 Consideration of UPR reports: Turkmenistan at the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council from 29 February to 5 April 2024.

Responding to news that Russian authorities have launched the first-ever criminal investigation targeting LGBTI persons under “anti-extremism” laws after raiding a drag show in Orenburg, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Russia Director, said: “What LGBTI persons and human rights activists...

A leaked draft of Saudi Arabia’s first written penal code falls woefully short of universal human rights standards and exposes the hypocrisy behind Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s promises to position his government as progressive and inclusive, said Amnesty International in a new report...

Responding to the passing of Hong Kong’s Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (Article 23), Amnesty International’s China director Sarah Brooks said: “With this draconian legislation, the Hong Kong government has delivered another crushing blow to human rights in the city. The authorities have...

Amnesty International’s analysis of an alleged leaked draft of the penal code shows how it codifies existing repressive practices that have allowed for the imprisonment of dissidents, as well as inhumane practices such as the death penalty. The draft code criminalizes acts of speech that are...