The #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is a global campaign that raises awareness about the systemic nature of gender-based violence. The #16Days of Activism begins on the International Day […]

Verisheh Moradi, a member of Iran’s Kurdish minority, faces the death penalty after a deeply unfair trial in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court. In November 2024, she was sentenced to death for […]

The derisory new climate finance target agreed to at the close of COP29 in Azerbaijan will put the human rights of billions of people at risk and perpetuate global inequalities, […]

On September 24, 2024, Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) reduced Mohammad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi’s death sentence to 30 years in prison. The 55-year-old retired teacher faced this severe penalty […]

Ahead of the COP29, Azerbaijani authorities have filed new charges and extended the detention of six journalists from the investigative outlet Abzas Media. These journalists have already been held for […]

Leaders at COP29 must listen to demands for climate justice by putting human rights at the heart of all decision making and commit to massively scaling up needs-based climate financing […]

Amnesty International reminds President-elect Trump and all elected officials across the country today of their obligations to respect, protect and fulfill human rights in their policies and approaches, here at […]

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens next week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The summit takes place between November, and decisions made there will impact all […]

On November 20, 2023, Saudi authorities detained Fahd Ezzi Mohammed Ramadhan, two days after his arrival from the Netherlands. From November 23 to January 1, 2024, he was held incommunicado […]

Education activists Ahmad Fahim Azimi and Seddiqullah Afghan have been released after enduring months of unjust imprisonment. Seddiqullah Afghan regained freedom on April 9, 2024, as part of a prisoner […]

Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish activist and humanitarian worker from Iran, is at risk of execution. A Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced her to death in July 2024 after an unfair […]

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