Responding to the conviction and one-year prison sentence handed down to five members of the Peacock Generation, a satirical poetry troupe, Joanne Mariner, Amnesty International’s research director for South East Asia, said: “This is an appalling verdict. Punishing people for performing a piece of...

The release without charge of 22 government critics who were arrested and detained for months on allegations of terrorism illustrates the Ethiopian authorities’ continued abuse of the country’s anti-terror laws, Amnesty International said today. The 22, released late on Tuesday, were among more...

Responding to the conviction and one-year prison sentence handed down to five members of the Peacock Generation, a satirical poetry troupe, Joanne Mariner, Amnesty International’s research director for South East Asia, said: “This is an appalling verdict. Punishing people for performing a piece of...

Responding to reports about the killing of the human rights defender Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes, in the Brazilian press yesterday, Jurema Werneck, executive director of Amnesty International Brazil, said: “The latest revelations reported in the Brazilian media raise alarming new...

Responding to reports about the killing of the human rights defender Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes, in the Brazilian press yesterday, Jurema Werneck, executive director of Amnesty International Brazil, said: “The latest revelations reported in the Brazilian media raise alarming new...

The government’s failure to protect people from exposure to hazardous air in Punjab risks violating their human rights to life and health, Amnesty International said today. Levels of air quality have been rated “near unhealthy” and “very unhealthy” for most of the year in Punjab. During the “smog...

The government’s failure to protect people from exposure to hazardous air in Punjab risks violating their human rights to life and health, Amnesty International said today. Levels of air quality have been rated “near unhealthy” and “very unhealthy” for most of the year in Punjab. During the “smog...

On 2 October, neighbours informed Luz Marina Arteaga, a defender for the rights of rural communities in the Meta department, in central Colombia, that her house is under continuous surveillance from unknown men. Luz Marina was forced to leave her home 7 months ago due to a death threat received...

Moroccan journalist Rabie Lablak has been on hunger strike for over 45 days in Tanger 2 prison where he was transferred in April 2019 after being detained in Casablanca prison in May 2017 for his involvement in the Hirak El-Rif protests. Lablak is protesting the alleged torture and ill-treatment he...

Responding to a statement by WhatsApp on Tuesday that spyware produced by the Israeli firm NSO Group was used to target more than 100 human rights activists, Danna Ingleton, Deputy Director of Amnesty Tech, said: “These latest revelations underscore that NSO Group continues to profit from its...

Responding to a statement by WhatsApp on Tuesday that spyware produced by the Israeli firm NSO Group was used to target more than 100 human rights activists, Danna Ingleton, Deputy Director of Amnesty Tech, said: “These latest revelations underscore that NSO Group continues to profit from its...

On 13 May 2019, reports emerged about a security vulnerability in the popular messaging service WhatsApp which was leveraged to spy on the device of a high-risk human rights defender among others. WhatsApp this afternoon, October 29th, confirmed that the exploit (a software or command that...