It’s hunting season against justice officials in Guatemala
By Adeline Neau and Josefina Salomon* Guatemalan lawyer Flor de María Gálvez Álvarez still struggles to see herself as a refugee. More than a decade after becoming a member of […]
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Agreement at COP28 to phase out fossil fuels is vital to prevent a climate and human rights catastrophe
November 13, 2023 An agreement at the COP28 summit to end the production and use of fossil fuels is vital to prevent a global climate catastrophe and stop an unprecedented […]
Israel/OPT: Amnesty petition demanding ceasefire to end civilian suffering backed by more than one million signatures
More than a million signatures from people around the world have been gathered for an Amnesty International petition demanding an immediate ceasefire to end the unparalleled escalation of hostilities in […]
Israel/OPT: Hamas and other armed groups must release civilian hostages and treat all captives humanely
Amnesty International reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of all civilian hostages, some of them children, who have been held in the occupied Gaza Strip for a […]
Iraq: Demand truth and justice for disappeared activist
On September 19, 2020, a group of armed men abducted Sajjad al-Iraqi from a vehicle he was travelling in with his friends in Nasiriya, Thi Qar governorate, Iraq. Sajjad is […]
Pakistan: Decision on forced returns of Afghan refugees must be reversed immediately
Ahead of the Pakistan Government’s deadline on 1 November 2023 for forced deportations of unregistered Afghan refugees, Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International’s Senior Director, said: “Amnesty International strongly reiterates its call […]
Global: Social media companies must step up crisis response on Israel-Palestine as online hate and censorship proliferate
Social media companies must urgently address the fanning of online hate and racism against Palestinian and Jewish communities, Amnesty International said today, as the conflict in Israel and the Occupied […]
Write for Rights – the life-changing power of words
Reading the news can be really depressing. Sometimes there seems to be so much wrong in the world, the idea of changing it for the better feels impossible. But as […]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi must be released immediately and unconditionally
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 […]
DRC: Arbitrarily jailed journalist must be released immediately!
On September 25, the High Court in Kinshasa rejected detained journalist Stanis Bujakera’s bail application. Stanis Bujakera was arbitrarily arrested on September 8 at N’djili Airport in Kinshasa, the Democratic […]
Compulsory veiling bill a despicable assault on rights of women and girls in Iran
Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s and girls’ rights as well as increasing prison terms and […]
Egypt: Human rights lawyer must be released
Since his arrest on September 10, 2017, Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily detained Ibrahim Metwaly, human rights lawyer and co-founder of the Families of the Disappeared in Egypt group, who was […]
