There must be no repeat of the discrimination and violence meted out to Pride participants in Türkiye last year, said Amnesty International on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Ahead of Pride season, new research by Amnesty International reveals how, in 2023, Turkish authorities...
The Jordanian authorities must immediately halt the forcible deportation of two Syrian refugees who would face credible risks of serious human rights violations if they are returned to Syria....
Women and LGBTI activists are being subjected to an online onslaught of abuse....
It is time to put maximum pressure on Israel and the international community to end the repeated forcible displacement of the people of Gaza....
Tunisia’s authorities must immediately end this vicious campaign and halt all reprisals against NGO workers providing essential support, including shelter, to migrants and refugees....
The current forced displacement of almost 2 million Palestinians and mass destruction of civilian property and infrastructure in the occupied Gaza Strip puts a spotlight on Israel’s appalling record of displacing Palestinians and its ongoing refusal to respect their right to return for the last 76 years, said Amnesty...
The Moroccan state is failing to meet its obligations to ensure accessible, affordable and good quality sexual and reproductive health services, including abortion....
Responding to the death of Netiporn ‘Bung’ Sanesangkhom, a Thai pro-democracy activist who passed away today after a prolonged hunger strike in detention, Amnesty International Thailand Director Piyanut Kotsan said: “Amnesty International expresses its deepest condolences following the death of Netiporn ‘Bung’...
An offer made by Nigeria’s industry regulator to fast-track approvals of sales by oil companies which accept responsibility for pollution must not be an easy option that allows Shell to cut and run from the suffering related to its operations in the Niger Delta, or which exposes local communities to more human rights harms,...
Today’s unanimous decision by the Council of Europe’s European Committee of Social Rights that Italy seriously and systematically breached the European Social Charter with respect to the housing situation of Romani communities must herald a change in Italy’s discriminatory housing policies, Amnesty International said....
The Israeli authorities’ demolition on 8 May 2024 of 47 homes in Wadi al-Khalil, an unrecognized Palestinian/Bedouin village in the Negev/Naqab, without proper consultation or compensation underscores the urgency to dismantle Israel’s apartheid system, said Amnesty International today. The demolition orders against the Abu...
FIFA should immediately publish and act on a review it received five months ago assessing its human rights responsibilities towards workers harmed delivering the 2022 men’s World Cup in Qatar, Amnesty International said today....
Two strikes that killed 23 civilians during Somali military operations supported by Turkish drones must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said today. Civilians killed in the strikes on 18 March 2024 included 14 children, five women and four men. Another 17 civilians were injured in the strikes: 11 children,...
A joint NGO Global Day of Action that calls on all states to stop the transfer of weapons, parts and ammunitions being used to fuel violations of international law in the occupied Gaza Strip....
The Iraqi authorities’ passing of a law that penalizes same-sex relations with up to 15 years in prison is yet another blow to the LGBTI community in the country, said Amnesty International today. Responding to the news the organization’s Iraq Researcher Razaw Salihy said: “LGBTI individuals in Iraq endure relentless...
Reacting to FIFA’s four-year global partnership deal with Saudi Aramco, making the state-owned fossil fuel company a sponsor of the 2026 men’s World Cup as well as the Women’s World Cup in 2027, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social Justice Steve Cockburn said: “There is a cruel irony that a Saudi Arabian...
Reacting to a call by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples to consider a moratorium on carbon markets, Amnesty International’s Advisor on Indigenous Rights, Chris Chapman, said: “The UN Special Rapporteur is right to raise human rights concerns about the workings of carbon markets. Polluters can use...
The report: www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol10/7200/2024/en/...
Responding to the death in custody of Walid Daqqah, a 62-year-old Palestinian writer who was the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails after having spent 38 years imprisoned, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns said:...
Responding to a vote by the Senate of the Netherlands for introducing a consent-based definition of rape into the country’s Sexual Offences Act, Dagmar Oudshoorn, Director of Amnesty International Netherlands, said: “The Netherlands has taken the final step to change the outdated Dutch law and recognize that sex without...
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Ahead of the expected announcement that Saudi Arabia will be appointed chair of the UN women’s rights forum at the annual meeting of the UN Commission of the Status of Women today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Advocacy, Sherine Tadros, said:...
Israel must end its brutal occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which it has maintained since 1967, said Amnesty International, as public hearings begin at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to examine the legal consequences of Israel’s prolonged occupation....
