In response to the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns Ming Yu Hah said:  “The harsh sentences handed down to […]

As our new Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly assesses priorities for Canada’s foreign policy, it’s crucially important that Guatemala be on the agenda. The Central American country was cause for […]

Amnesty International’s record-breaking Write for Rights campaign launches today, marking 20 years of the global letter-writing drive. Since 2001, the organization has collected millions of messages written in support of people […]

After almost a decade of campaigning, Ali al-Nimr is finally free.  Ali al-Nimr was just 17-years-old when he was arrested in 2012 for participating in anti-government protests in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. Two of his friends, Abdullah al-Zaher,...

At COP26, world leaders chose to ignore and bargain away our rights. People must be at the centre of our global response to the climate crisis - not profit, not industry, not nationalism.

Thousands of Afghans are at serious risk of Taliban reprisals—your support ensures Amnesty is working to protect those in danger. “The Taliban are searching for me,” Mahmud, a human rights […]

Some Officials Freed, but New Detentions and Others Still Held (Nairobi, November 9, 2021) – Sudanese security authorities should immediately release people arbitrarily detained since the military takeover on October […]

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 111/21 BELOW Ten Egyptian men of the Nubian ethnicity are due to appear for their first hearing before the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh on […]

Can writing letters actually change things? We know it can. That’s why we run the biggest human rights event in the world every year.  Write for Rights 2021 is fast […]

By Duncan Tucker Locked up in filthy, overcrowded conditions in a prison system notorious for deadly riots and beheadings, Bernardo Caal Xol is paying the price for standing up to corporate […]

Afghanistan Afghanistan is at risk of losing the human rights gains made in the last 20 years. Amnesty was among many organizations expressing concern at the rapidly deteriorating situation earlier […]

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 106/21 BELOW Armed men abducted Mansour Atti, a journalist, blogger and head of the Red Crescent Committee and of the Civil Society Commission in Ajdabiya, on 3 June 2021 […]