Urgent Actions
Thailand
Download a copy of the 2nd UA 56/22 below Amid an ongoing crackdown on peaceful protest, including charges against hundreds of people, the Thai authorities have revoked bail for two young activists in January 2023 for exercising their rights. There are concerns for the life and health of two other...
February 3, 2023
Human Rights News
Honduras
Amnesty International has issued a new open letter calling for the protection of human rights defenders in Honduras.
January 27, 2023
Human Rights News
Russian Federation
In the two years since mass protests in Russia against the politically motivated detention of prominent opposition activist Aleksei Navalny, the Russian authorities have been relentless in their attempts to dismantle the opposition movement and to create a more fearful environment for...
January 23, 2023
Urgent Actions
Honduras
Download a copy of the 1st UA 3/23 below Aly Magdaleno Domínguez Ramos and Jairo Bonilla Ayala, members of the popular resistance of Guapinol (department of Colón, northern Honduras) against an iron ore mine, were found dead in the community of Guapinol on January 7, 2023. They were intercepted...
January 20, 2023
Urgent Actions
Iran
Download a copy of the 1st UA 6/23 below Mohammad Ghobadlou, a 22-year-old with mental disability is at grave risk of execution in connection with Iran’s nationwide protests. He has received two death sentences after grossly unfair sham trials, marred by torture-tainted “confessions” and...
January 20, 2023
Urgent Actions
Bahrain
Download a copy of the 3rd UA 100/22 below Danish-Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja continues to be denied due process by the court. On December 29, 2022, an appeal court ruled that he did not have the right to appeal the case in which a criminal court convicted him of insulting a...
January 16, 2023
Human Rights News
Afghanistan
The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) closed-door meeting on Afghanistan – tomorrow – must focus on how to reverse the stifling ban by the Taliban on women and girls from accessing work, education, sports and public spaces said Amnesty International today. On 24 December 2022, the Taliban,...
January 12, 2023
Blog
January 7, 2022 marks the fourth anniversary of the RCMP's first raid on a checkpoint established by Wet’suwet’en and other land defenders.
January 6, 2023
Blog
Confronted with what can sometimes seem like an endless cycle of bad news in the media, it’s easy to feel despondent. But, amid the gloom, there were plenty of good news stories to celebrate this year. Throughout 2022, Amnesty’s ongoing campaigning, media and advocacy...
December 14, 2022
Human Rights News
Amnesty International is calling on Peruvian authorities to respect demonstrators' right to peaceful protest.
December 12, 2022
Human Rights News
A new Amnesty International report documents sexual and other forms of gender-based violence committed by Colombian police during the repression of the 2021 National Strike.
December 1, 2022