Amnesty International has issued a new open letter calling for the protection of human rights defenders in Honduras.

In the two years since mass protests in Russia against the politically motivated detention of prominent opposition activist Aleksei Navalny, the Russian authorities have been relentless in their attempts to dismantle the opposition movement and to create a more fearful environment for...

Download a copy of the 1st UA 3/23 below Aly Magdaleno Domínguez Ramos and Jairo Bonilla Ayala, members of the popular resistance of Guapinol (department of Colón, northern Honduras) against an iron ore mine, were found dead in the community of Guapinol on January 7, 2023. They were intercepted...

Download a copy of the 1st UA 6/23 below Mohammad Ghobadlou, a 22-year-old with mental disability is at grave risk of execution in connection with Iran’s nationwide protests. He has received two death sentences after grossly unfair sham trials, marred by torture-tainted “confessions” and...

Download a copy of the 3rd UA 100/22 below Danish-Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja continues to be denied due process by the court. On December 29, 2022, an appeal court ruled that he did not have the right to appeal the case in which a criminal court convicted him of insulting a...

The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) closed-door meeting on Afghanistan – tomorrow – must focus on how to reverse the stifling ban by the Taliban on women and girls from accessing work, education, sports and public spaces said Amnesty International today. On 24 December 2022, the Taliban,...

January 7, 2022 marks the fourth anniversary of the RCMP's first raid on a checkpoint established by Wet’suwet’en and other land defenders.

Confronted with what can sometimes seem like an endless cycle of bad news in the media, it’s easy to feel despondent. But, amid the gloom, there were plenty of good news stories to celebrate this year.  Throughout 2022, Amnesty’s ongoing campaigning, media and advocacy...

Amnesty International is calling on Peruvian authorities to respect demonstrators' right to peaceful protest.

A new Amnesty International report documents sexual and other forms of gender-based violence committed by Colombian police during the repression of the 2021 National Strike.

Download a copy of the 1st 95/22 below A Fijian lawyer is at risk of hefty fines or imprisonment for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression. After pointing out on social media a spelling mistake in a court decision, Richard Naidu will have a court hearing for contempt of court on...

By Pilar Sanmartín, Americas crisis researcher at Amnesty International This blog was originally published in Spain’s El Diario The Chilean Attorney General’s Office is continuing investigations, seemingly now very seriously, into several current and former Chilean public officials...