Iraq: Demand truth and justice for disappeared activist
On September 19, 2020, a group of armed men abducted Sajjad al-Iraqi from a vehicle he was travelling in with his friends in Nasiriya, Thi Qar governorate, Iraq. Sajjad is […]
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Pakistan: Decision on forced returns of Afghan refugees must be reversed immediately
Ahead of the Pakistan Government’s deadline on 1 November 2023 for forced deportations of unregistered Afghan refugees, Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International’s Senior Director, said: “Amnesty International strongly reiterates its call […]
Rita Karasartova
Acquitted, after facing 15 years for peacefully protesting Rita Karasartova credits the powerful solidarity of the Write for Rights campaign for giving her hope. She faced 15 years’ imprisonment in […]
Global: Social media companies must step up crisis response on Israel-Palestine as online hate and censorship proliferate
Social media companies must urgently address the fanning of online hate and racism against Palestinian and Jewish communities, Amnesty International said today, as the conflict in Israel and the Occupied […]
Write for Rights – the life-changing power of words
Reading the news can be really depressing. Sometimes there seems to be so much wrong in the world, the idea of changing it for the better feels impossible. But as […]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi must be released immediately and unconditionally
Reacting to the news that unjustly imprisoned Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “Narges Mohammadi receives this […]
DRC: Arbitrarily jailed journalist must be released immediately!
On September 25, the High Court in Kinshasa rejected detained journalist Stanis Bujakera’s bail application. Stanis Bujakera was arbitrarily arrested on September 8 at N’djili Airport in Kinshasa, the Democratic […]
Compulsory veiling bill a despicable assault on rights of women and girls in Iran
Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s and girls’ rights as well as increasing prison terms and […]
Egypt: Human rights lawyer must be released
Since his arrest on September 10, 2017, Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily detained Ibrahim Metwaly, human rights lawyer and co-founder of the Families of the Disappeared in Egypt group, who was […]
States must safeguard children’s rights from climate change
“Children are among those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change,” says Ann Harrison, Amnesty International’s Climate Advisor.
Canada: Search the landfills and return Indigenous women’s remains home
Manitoba's refusal to search for the remains of three murdered Indigenous women is ‘indefensible,’ Amnesty International Canada says.
Iran: Respect families’ right to commemorate loved ones killed during Woman Life Freedom uprising without reprisals on one-year anniversary
The families of those unlawfully killed by Iran’s security forces during the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising in 2022 must be allowed to mark the one-year anniversaries of their deaths, Amnesty […]