Despite an escalating crackdown on peaceful protest, people in Poland continue to take to the streets and courageously demonstrate against abuse of their rights and threats to the rule of law, Amnesty International said in a new report. The Power of ‘the street’: Protecting the right to peaceful...

On 6 June, Palestinian activist and human rights defender, Munther Amira was released from Hadarim Prison in Israel after serving his prison sentence. He was sentenced to six months in prison, five years of probation and a fine on 12 March. He was convicted on charges relating to his peaceful...

Cuban authorities have suspended family visiting rights of human rights defender, Dr Eduardo Cardet, for six months as punishment for his family’s activism on his case, according to his wife. He is a prisoner of conscience who must be released immediately and unconditionally.

In a response to the “Draft Declaration of Support for the People of Nicaragua” presented by the permanent missions of the United States and Nicaragua, to be discussed and voted at the 48th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at...

Amnesty International submits this information to the Human Rights Committee (the Committee) in advance of the examination of the second periodic report of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (hereafter Lao PDR), at the 123rd session of the Committee scheduled to be held in July 2019. The...

Amnesty International acknowledges the XLVIII Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly as a regional summit that promotes dialogue between the diverse states of the Americas. In the context of its 70th anniversary, the OAS has invited reflections on its future as it seeks to...

In this submission Amnesty International expresses concern about the increasing use of repressive laws and the intelligence service to muzzle critics and to hamper the work of human rights defenders, citizens’ movements, unionists and journalists critical of the government. Amnesty International...

A new attack against a massive demonstration led by the mothers of those who have lost their lives as a result of the violent state repression in Nicaragua demonstrates the systematic “shoot-to-kill” policy of President Ortega’s government, said Amnesty International today after participating in...

In response to social protests during April and May 2018, the Nicaraguan government adopted a strategy of violent repression not seen in the country for years. More than 70 people were reportedly killed by the state and hundreds were seriously injured. It is in this context, and with acts of...

Nicaraguan authorities have adopted a strategy of repression, characterized by the excessive use of force, extrajudicial executions, control of the media, and the use of pro-government armed groups, to crush protests in which at least 81 people have been killed, Amnesty International said in a new...

Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to submit this document to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (The Committee). This submission focuses on the key civil and political rights in Algeria, including the national human rights framework, freedom of expression, freedom of...

In response to reports of threats against representatives from Indigenous and Afro-descendant organizations, social leaders and people who form part of the Indigenous Guard in the face of the presidential elections in Colombia on Sunday, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty...