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Learn more about what we do and the issues and the countries we’re currently focused on. LEGAL WORK EXPLORE LEGAL RESOURCE LIBRARY Amnesty International’s mission is to ensure that every person enjoys all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other...

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Release, Evacuate Detained Refugees and Migrants European Union foreign ministers gathering in Brussels on 15 July 2019, should issue a clear call to Libyan authorities to close their migrant detention centres, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the European Council on Refugees and...

The International Criminal Court must order an urgent investigation into an abhorrent attack on the Tajoura immigration detention centre in eastern Tripoli, Libya, in which at least 40 refugees and migrants were killed and more than 80 injured, said Amnesty International. “This deadly attack...

Since 2018, the US government has conducted an unlawful and discriminatory campaign of intimidation, threats, harassment, and criminal investigations against people who defend the human rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on the US–Mexico border, Amnesty International said in a new...

El Salvador’s new government must promote and implement transformative human rights changes that fulfill the nation’s international commitments, said Amnesty International today in a meeting with President Nayib Bukele, who repeatedly vowed to respect human rights. “We met with President...

An attack which forced hundreds of Syrian refugees to leave Deir al-Ahmar, an informal camp in the Bekaa valley, last week is a clear example of the escalating hostility which is driving many refugees to leave Lebanon and return to Syria despite ongoing violations of international humanitarian law...

New evidence that ‘scorched earth’ attacks continue UN and AU set to vote to close UNAMID peacekeeping mission on 27 June Peacekeeper drawdown would expose civilians to brutal tactics of Sudanese security forces UN and AU must pause the drawdown of UNAMID and resist Transitional Military...

By Alex Neve      May. 22, 2019 With only five sitting weeks to go, Parliamentarians face high expectations on bills on Indigenous languages and rights, environmental protection, and more. NDP MP Romeo Saganash introduced Bill C-262 in 2016 and is still waiting for it to pass. It would set a...

Amnesty International was represented in this case by Michael Bossin, Laïla Demirdache and Jamie Liew. WHAT IS THIS CASE ABOUT? Tusif Ur Rehman Chhina is a man of Pakistani origin who was held for over 2 years in immigration detention, since November 2015. During that time, his detention was...

In response to the “follow-up” meeting between the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu and the Minister of Police Bheki Cele with Heads of the Diplomatic Missions represented in South Africa “to find a lasting solution” to xenophobic attacks in the country,...