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.
835 results for 'protect the protest'
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 […]
Azerbaijan: Academic & vocal critic of government, detained on made-up charges
Gubad Ibadoghlu, a renowned political economist and civil activist, was detained on July 23, 2023 on fabricated charges of the production, acquisition, or sale of counterfeit money by an organized […]
Troubling Human Rights Record of the United Arab Emirates ahead of COP28
This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the United Arab Emirates (UAE).1 To have […]
Cuba: Prisoner of conscience, Maykel Osorbo in danger
Maykel Castillo Pérez, also known as “Maykel Osorbo,” is a Cuban musician and prisoner of conscience who has faced constant harassment and arbitrary detentions. On May 18, 2021, state security […]
9 Afro-Latina and Afro-Caribbean women, collectives devoting their lives to justice
Amnesty International is highlighting nine rights defenders and collectives who have devoted their lives to ending inequality and violence.
Russian Federation: Jailed nurse’s condition worsens
Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist from Russian-occupied Crimea is still being denied healthcare. She was abducted by Russian security officials in April 2022 and sentenced to seven […]
Good News: Cecillia Chimbiri and Joanah Mamombe acquitted of publishing falsehoods about their abduction
We are pleased to announce that on July 4, Cecillia Chimbiri and Joanah Mamombe were found not guilty of communicating falsehoods about their abduction and were acquitted by the High […]
Pakistan: YouTuber & TV anchor, Imran Riaz Khan, forcibly disappeared
On May 11, 2023, Imran Riaz Khan, a Pakistani YouTuber and TV anchor, was detained and arrested by police at the Sialkot International Airport. It was only after his detention […]
Honduras: Castro government emulates human rights suspensions in El Salvador
Amnesty International is calling on Honduras to protect human rights in response an ongoing rise in murders in the country.
Honduras: Water defenders killed
Oquelí Domínguez, brother of defenders Aly and Reynaldo Domínguez was killed in the community of Guapinol (department of Colón, northern Honduras) on June 15, 2023. Five months earlier, defenders Aly […]