By Tshidi Leatswe Yesterday, 25 November, was Madalitso* Zulu’s 36th birthday and his third one behind bars at a Zambian Prison. Madalitso, a health professional, did nothing wrong, but is locked up. He is serving a 15-year prison sentence with hard labour simply because he identifies as gay in a country that wants to dictate…
The use of opaque artificial intelligence (AI) systems by Försäkringskassan, Sweden’s Social Insurance Agency, must be immediately discontinued, Amnesty International said today, following an investigation into Sweden’s welfare system by Lighthouse Reports and Svenska Dagbladet, which found that the system unjustly flagged marginalized groups for benefits fraud inspections. The investigation exposes that the system disproportionately…
Authorities in Angola must hold police officers accountable for killing, injuring or traumatizing dozens of people during protests between November 2020 and June 2023, Amnesty International said in a new report. Police must also stop attacking protesters and respect and uphold everyone’s right to freedom of assembly. The report, Broken promises: protesters caught between tear…
How did you become an expert on police and human rights? I am a lawyer with a PhD in criminal proceedings. My passion for travel meant I worked for organizations in different countries, focusing on internal violence and disturbances. In these difficult situations, I often had to engage with police and other security agencies, observing…
Responding to the Ethiopian authorities’ suspension of three prominent human rights organizations — Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia (AHRE), Center for Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD), and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) — Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said: “Amnesty International condemns the suspension of AHRE, CARD…