A high-profile woman journalist in the Dominican Republic has been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, in the first confirmed case in the country, Amnesty International reveals in a new investigation published on World Press Freedom Day. Analysis by Amnesty International’s Security Lab...

The rights to education, health and life of millions of schoolgirls are at risk amid ongoing chemical gas attacks deliberately targeting girls’ schools in Iran. Since November 2022, the attacks have left thousands of schoolgirls hospitalized. They presented with symptoms including coughing,...

Nicaragua's human rights crisis persists five years after the government cracked down on peaceful protests against social security reforms.

20-year-old Yuval Dag is serving a 20-day detention order at Neve Tzedek military prison in Tel Aviv for refusing to enlist in the Israeli army to which he was summoned for compulsory service. He was first arrested and detained for 10 days after refusing a conscription summons at Metzudat military...

Matiullah Wesa was arbitrarily arrested by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) on March 27, 2023. He was returning home from evening prayer at the mosque. Following the arrest, the GDI raided his house the next day and confiscated his personal mobile and laptop. On March 29,...

King Mwamisyo and Elias Bizimungu are two activists with the citizens’ movement, LUCHA in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They were arrested in April and September 2022, respectively, on trumped-up charges solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful...

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 people of all genders, who engage in the defence of human rights including but not limited to women’s rights...

The Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) puts refugees at risk, which is why Amnesty and our partners have been fighting against it since it came into effect in 2004. This fight took us all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada in October 2022, where we argued that it violates refugees’ rights to...

Since returning to de-facto power in August 2021, the Taliban’s relentless attack on human rights has targeted critics, ethnic and religious minorities, and decimated the rights of women and girls to such an extent that no part of their daily lives is free from discrimination. The UN Special...

Amnesty International urges lawmakers to fix flaws in the Nain Retamal bill that threaten to violate international human rights standards.

The RCMP’s March 29 raid is the latest act in a “campaign of violence, intimidation and dispossession,” Amnesty International says.

Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist from Russian-occupied Crimea was abducted by Russian security service on April 29, 2022. Her fate and whereabouts were unknown to her family and lawyer until May 11. Irina continues to be held in arbitrary detention. The conditions of her...