Saba Skhvitaridze, an activist in Georgia, was arrested on December 5, 2024, after joining peaceful protests against the government. Since his arrest, he has been denied access to a lawyer […]

On June 8, 2025, President Trump took federal control of 2,000 U.S. National Guard troops and deployed them to Los Angeles. This move followed two days of public protests against […]

Reacting to an announcement by Iran’s judiciary that the Iranian authorities this morning executed Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri in connection with the 2022 Woman Life Freedom protests in Iran, Amnesty International’s […]

Authorities in the occupied Gaza Strip must respect the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression and cease the ongoing repression of protesters, Amnesty International said today.   Over the […]

On March 14, 2025, a court in Türkiye acquitted 45 people of charges related to a peaceful protest in 2018. The group included relatives of victims of enforced disappearances who […]

On March 18, Hungary’s Parliament rushed through a new law that effectively bans Pride marches. It uses the country’s anti-LGBTI “Propaganda Law” to justify blocking events that show support for […]

On April 13, 2025, Joel Amaral—also known as MC Trufafá—a 34-year-old artist and national mobilizer for opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane, was shot by unidentified attackers in Quelimane, Zambézia Province. The […]

The moratorium on social security contributions ended on March 23. The government has announced that it will not extend this deadline, citing a fiscal adjustment plan that has severely affected […]

Turkish authorities must end the use of unnecessary and indiscriminate force by security forces against peaceful demonstrators and investigate unlawful acts of violence committed by police against protesters, said Amnesty […]

In response to a U.S. jury in North Dakota ordering Greenpeace to pay at least $660m to the fossil fuel company Energy Transfer, having found the organization responsible for defamation […]

Reacting to reports that Maria Ponomarenko, an unjustly imprisoned Russian journalist and anti-war activist, is at serious risk of further self-harm, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Russia Director, said: “The Russian […]

Mozambique’s Frelimo-led government must urgently launch investigations into reports of widespread human rights violations committed during the ongoing crackdown on protests following disputed national elections and commit to making the […]