Responding to the guilty verdict handed to Khmer Rouge cadres Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) today, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s […]

By Steve Crawshaw, the director of the Office of the Secretary General at Amnesty International and a former Eastern Europe editor of The Independent. Follow Steve on Twitter @stevecrawshaw Srebrenica. A […]

Please join us on Human Rights Day, Wednesday December 10 at  9:30 PDT, 10:30 CST, 12:30 EDT,1:30 ADTfor the tenth and final webinar in our ongoing series on the abolition […]

After more than eight months of diplomatic efforts by the United States and Qatar to end the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), civilians continue to face serious […]

Since the current Israeli government took office in December 2022, the authorities have intensified their policies aimed at displacing Palestinians in parts of the occupied West Bank known as Area C which is under Israeli control. These efforts have...

Please join us on Saturday, November 29, 9:30 PDT, 10:30 CST, 12:30 EDT,1:30 ADT for the ninth webinar in this ongoing series on the abolition of the death penalty. This […]

Please join us on Saturday, November 29, 9:30 PDT, 10:30 CST, 12:30 EDT,1:30 ADT for the ninth webinar in this ongoing series on the abolition of the death penalty. This […]

In response to the passing of the first reading of a controversial new amendment to the Israeli Penal Law making it mandatory for  Israeli courts to impose the death penalty […]

When the world emerged from the horrors of World War II and vowed “never again,” nations laid the foundation for the system of international justice that now exists to address […]

People worldwide are still suffering the long-lasting effects of slavery and colonialism and struggle to get the reparations they deserve.

Since the arrest and arbitrary detention of Mahmoud Khalil on March 8 for taking part in student protests at Columbia University, at least nine other students have faced similar targeting […]

Leqaa Kordia, a 32-year-old Muslim Palestinian woman and long-time U.S. resident, was detained by immigration authorities on March 13, 2025. Her arrest followed her participation in a 2024 protest against […]