[resource] Protest is an invaluable way to speak truth to power. (www.amnesty.org)
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Tunisian authorities must urgently put an end to all practices that hinder judicial independence....
The targeting of children and their parents or carers for opposing Russia’s war of aggression is perpetrated via educational institutions and through repressive means including institutionalization, arbitrary arrests, searches, and the criminal prosecution of children...
If the bill before Parliament is enacted, these two laws will be amended, effectively abolishing the death penalty in Zimbabwe. The death penalty clause under Section 48 of the Constitution will be rendered redundant through the amendment....
2023 saw a sharp rise in executions across the Middle East....
The International Criminal Court should investigate as war crimes three Israeli air strikes that killed 44 Palestinian civilians, including 32 children, in the occupied Gaza Strip last month, Amnesty International said today. The strikes – one on al-Maghazi on 16 April, and two on Rafah on 19 and 20 April 2024 – also injured...
The Israeli authorities must completely halt military operations in Rafah, as any ongoing military action could constitute an underlying act of genocide....
A vote by ministers of the 27 EU member states earlier today to pass a law requiring big businesses to identify and address negative human rights and environmental impacts in their operations marks one of the most significant advances of international business and human rights legislation in recent years, Amnesty International...
The death of president Ebrahim Raisi must not deny people in Iran their right to justice, truth and reparation for the litany of crimes under international law and human rights violations committed since the 1980s during his time in the echelons of power, said Amnesty International today, following his passing in a helicopter...
Responding to the first international advisory opinion by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea issued today which held that anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions constitute pollution of the marine environment that states have a specific duty to prevent, reduce and control, Mandi Mudarikwa, Amnesty...
Global: New technology and AI used at borders increases inequalities and undermines human rights of migrants...
New report reveals the cases of three defenders who were subject to espionage by the Mexican State....
South Korea’s Constitutional Court is about to resume hearing four landmark cases in which more than 200 people, including more than 60 young children, are arguing that the government is failing to adequately protect them from the harms of climate change, and infringing their fundamental rights....
15 years ago, countless civilian lives were lost during the last days of the war in Sri Lanka...
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....
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...
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....
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....
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...
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’...
The Moroccan state is failing to meet its obligations to ensure accessible, affordable and good quality sexual and reproductive health services, including abortion....