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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Amnesty International's 2022/23 Annual Report highlights how Canada unfairly criminalizes Indigenous defenders for protecting their lands.

On April 24, 2023, we mark the tenth anniversary of the deadliest disaster in the global garment industry. On that day in 2013, the Rana Plaza garment factories collapsed in […]