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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

Amnesty International is calling on Peruvian authorities to respect demonstrators' right to peaceful protest.

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.

Download a copy of the 1st 95/22 below A Fijian lawyer is at risk of hefty fines or imprisonment for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression. After pointing […]

By Pilar Sanmartín, Americas crisis researcher at Amnesty International This blog was originally published in Spain’s El Diario The Chilean Attorney General’s Office is continuing investigations, seemingly now very seriously, […]

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 86/22 BELOW Prisoner of conscience Sergey Tihanovski (Syarhei Tsikhanouski) is a popular blogger and prominent government critic, and the husband of Belarus’ exiled opposition leader […]