Companies selling less lethal weapons to countries that abuse them to suppress protests, and states licensing these exports, are fuelling a global human rights crisis and must stop this irresponsible […]

Reacting to the news that unjustly imprisoned Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said:   “Narges Mohammadi receives this […]

Authorities across the world are increasingly resorting to unlawful use of force and repressive legislation to crush protests. Amnesty International launched a digital map today that exposes the shocking rise […]

In September 2022 Jina Mahsa Amini, a young woman from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish minority, visited Tehran with her brother. She was stopped and arrested by Iran’s “morality” police (gasht-e ershad), […]

The death in detention of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, following her violent arrest by Iran’s “morality” police sparked the unprecedented Woman Life Freedom popular uprising in […]

Amnesty International is highlighting nine rights defenders and collectives who have devoted their lives to ending inequality and violence.

What is legacy giving? Legacy giving is a way of making a charitable gift to charities or non-profit organizations in your last Will and testament. It can be a legacy […]

Recorded executions worldwide in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years. According to the Amnesty International Death Penalty Report released today, the Middle East and North Africa’s most notorious […]

Amnesty International is calling this week for social security to be made available to everyone worldwide after a series of crises exposed huge gaps in state support and protection systems, […]

Who are Women Human Rights Defenders? Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) is an inclusive term used to represent the struggle for the recognition of unique challenges faced by women and […]

Security forces across the world are routinely misusing rubber bullets, plastic bullets and other law enforcement weapons to violently suppress peaceful protests and cause horrific injuries and deaths, said Amnesty […]

International Women’s Day is March 8th – here are some of the events taking place!  If your Amnesty chapter or group is organizing an International Women’s Day event, let us […]