On January 14, the 14th anniversary of the Tunisian revolution, human rights defender Sihem Bensedrine began a hunger strike to protest her arbitrary detention. She has been jailed since August […]

Behrouz Ehsani, 69, and Mehdi Hassani, 48, are at immediate risk of execution. In early January, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld their death sentences. On January 26, authorities transferred them from […]

On March 8, people around the country will come together to celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 in Canada. It’s an annual global day that recognizes and celebrates women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements.

The leaders of all Amnesty International Americas sections joined to share concerns on President Trump's agenda and threats to human rights.

Amnesty International calls on President Donald Trump and his administration to respect human rights obligations in all their policies.

Authorities in Angola released Tiktoker Neth Nahara, who is featured in this year's Write for Rights campaign, along with four other government critics who were imprisoned.

This year people around the world continued to prove that change is possible. From changing laws to ensuring justice prevails, here are Amnesty's human rights successes of 2024.

The court case involves three land defenders criminalized for their efforts to protect the unceded territory of the Wet’suwet’en Nation.

Tunisian lawyer and media personality Sonia Dahmani has been unjustly detained since May 11, 2024, when security forces arrested her at the Tunisian Bar Association’s office in Tunis. She is […]

On November 1, Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi was released from El Harrach prison following a presidential pardon for over 4,000 prisoners. El Kadi, a prominent journalist and founder of […]

Ilham Mahmudi and Taufik, two fishermen from North Sumatra, Indonesia, were convicted of property damage during a protest linked to their environmental activism. They received two-month suspended prison sentences with […]

The former governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province and two other senior army officers must be investigated for possible crimes against humanity committed while suppressing […]