“You leave your country to move forward. To stay is to lie down and die,”Khristopher told an Amnesty International delegation in Bogotá when we interviewed him to find out about his experience as a Venezuelan living in Colombia.  Khristopher is only one of the 4.8 million people that have been...

Oral statement delivered by Amnesty International during the interactive dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council.

On 2 March 2020, the Second Court of Cassation in Moscow will review the case of human rights defender Konstantin Kotov, who has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for “repeated violation of rules governing public events” under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code. On 27 January, Russia’s...

Amnesty International would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your nomination in office. We are writing to you in hope that you will commit to defending and protecting human rights during your mandate and that you will maintain an open dialogue and cooperation on human rights...

Inequality, corruption, violence, environmental degradation, impunity and the weakening of institutions continued to be a common reality across the Americas, resulting in daily human rights violations for millions of people. Several countries in the region were shaken by massive demonstrations...

Responding to reports that Saudi Arabia is to launch a Women’s Football League, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director, said: “The launch of a women’s football league in Saudi Arabia is no doubt a step that will be welcomed by Saudi citizens – but as with other reforms...

Nigeria: Journalist released on bail: Agba Jalingo February 26, 2020Index Number: AFR 44/1866/2020 NIGERIA CENSORSHIP AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Journalist Agba Jalingo has been released on bail from Calabar Prison, Cross River state, southern Nigeria. However, Agba Jalingo and human rights...

Responding to news that Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has resigned but will stay on for an interim period to oversee the formation of a new government at the request of the King, Amnesty International’s Regional Director Nicholas Bequelin said: “Changes in government in Malaysia must not...

Following reports that 10 schools were hit by shelling in Idlib and Aleppo countryside, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Middle East Director, said: “Schools should be safe places for children to learn and play, even in a conflict zone. Targeting schools and kindergartens is a war crime. “Nine...

The death of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak robs Egyptians of a key chance to see justice done for the litany of abuses committed during his 30-year rule, including the deaths of hundreds of protesters in the 2011 unrest that ended his presidency. Hosni Mubarak, who died in Cairo today at...

Responding to a court announcement that former Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison in China for “illegally providing intelligence to foreign entities”, Amnesty International’s China Researcher Patrick Poon said: “The deplorable verdict and...

A joint letter from Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on the harassment, intimidation and surveillance of journalists in Sri Lanka