The climate crisis is becoming ever more urgent. It is nothing less than a global emergency and the greatest human rights challenge of our time. Indeed, climate change threatens the rights of hundreds of millions of people to water, food and health. The risks to people and nature are greater with...

Sweeping arrests targeting Palestinian activists Unlawful use of force against Palestinian protesters Torture of Palestinian detainees Failure to protect Palestinians from planned attacks by groups of Jewish supremacists Israeli police have committed a catalogue of violations against Palestinians...

Aung San Suu Kyi faces seven charges and decades in prison as the UN General Assembly sets to vote on a landmark resolution on Myanmar Since the coup, more than 800 civilians including 58 children were killed, more than 4800 people detained and more than 100,000 displaced in Kayah State alone ASEAN...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 67/21 HERE Maura, a 41-year-old transgender woman, has spent half her life living in the United States of America. Years ago, she sought safety in the US after experiencing relentless transphobic violence in Mexico after leaving Nicaragua at a young age. Authorities in the USA...

The voices of victims of violence, abuses and police repression must dominate the agenda of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) during its visit to Colombia between 8 and 10 June, said Amnesty International today. Amnesty International is continuing to monitor, verify and document...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 60/21 HERE Shahnewaz Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi engineer and activist, could face up to 10 years in prison for sharing his personal opinion on Facebook. Expressing his belief that a coal-fired power plant in his hometown was environmentally destructive and criticizing incidents...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 56/21 HERE Milostène Castin is the coordinator of AREDE and a defender of the rights of subsistence farmers who have suffered land seizures, displacement, corruption, and violent attacks in north-eastern Haiti. Due to his activism, Mr. Castin has been attacked and intimidated...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 52/21, UPDATE 1 HERE  On 20 May, long-standing trade unionist Frédéric Vuillaume was acquitted by the court in Dijon, eastern France. He was tried on charges of ‘attroupement’ (participation in an assembly that is likely to disrupt public order) for exercising his...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 57/21 HERE  Exiled Belarusian journalist and government critic, Raman Pratasevich, was unlawfully arrested on 23 May by the Belarusian authorities along with his partner Sofia Sapega, a Russian national. Their Athens-Vilnius flight was diverted and forced to land in Minsk...

AMERICAS “The only way to heal was to take action” – Jaclyn Corin, 17, USA I never imagined it would happen to me. Parkland was labelled the safest community in Florida, but when tragedy hit and a mass shooting took place at school, I knew the only way to heal was to take action. When...

Ahead of an appeal hearing at the Jerusalem District Court on 26 May over the forced eviction of two Palestinian families in the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Saleh Higazi said: “This is yet...

Thousands of Danes are expected to turn up for demonstrations and protests in 25 cities across Denmark, tomorrow to say no to the Danish government’s withdrawal of residence permits for Syrian refugees. The plans for returns has to stop immediately and Denmark must give dignified protection...