Authorities in Bangladesh must end impunity for torture and other ill-treatment by police and security forces, hold perpetrators to account and ensure reparations are given to victims, Amnesty International said on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Despite ratifying the UN...

Russia’s authorities are systematically denying arbitrarily imprisoned government critics contact with their families, Amnesty International revealed in a new report. Using several emblematic cases, the report documents how authorities have exploited legal loopholes and fabricated pretexts to...

Three decades after the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) was acceded by Nepal, the government continues to betray its commitment to stamp out torture and other ill-treatment, as impunity for the crime persists. On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and beyond,...

Russia’s authorities are systematically denying arbitrarily imprisoned government critics contact with their families. Using several emblematic cases, the research briefing documents how authorities have exploited legal loopholes and fabricated pretexts to further isolate dissidents, including...

Nairobi, 25 June 2024: Despite the assurance by the Government that the right to assembly would be protected and facilitated, today’s protests have spiralled into violence. Human rights observers and medical officers have reported several incidents of human rights violations. Throughout the day, we...

Responding to the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing arrest warrants against Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov for their alleged responsibility for the war crimes of directing attacks at civilian objects and causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects, as...

Reacting to Julian Assange’s release from Belmarsh, a high security prison in the UK, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “Amnesty International embraces the positive news that Julian Assange has finally been released from UK state custody after five years of...

Responding to news that the Myanmar military has issued a rare apology and pledged to investigate the killing of a prominent monk, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Research, Montse Ferrer, said:  “After killing thousands of people since the 2021 coup, the Myanmar military...

Reacting to the prospective flotation of the ultra-fast fashion clothing company SHEIN on the London Stock Exchange, Dominique Muller, Amnesty International Researcher specializing in the garment industry, said: “It’s deeply troubling that a company with questionable labour and human rights...

On the occasions of World Day for Refugees on June 20th and the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26th, the undersigned organizations urge the Lebanese authorities to respect their international obligations and ensure that all instances of torture and ill-treatment are...

The Police Reforms Working Group Kenya (PRWG-K) unequivocally condemns the recent wave of abductions of citizens suspected of involvement in the #RejectFinanceBill2024 protests. These abductions of at least 12 people, which have occurred over the last five days and intensified last night, are a...

According to the information we have received, the detention conditions in ‘Rodeo I’ are cruel, inhuman and degrading, and in some cases, could amount to torture. We note that the prohibition of torture is a peremptory norm of international law, so we demand that, as head of the prison system in...