Nigeria: Bring Back Our Girls!
By Adotei Akwei, Guest Writer – originally published on Amnesty USA Blog. On April 14, 234 school girls between the ages of 16 and 18 were abducted from the Government Girls […]
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“Are we really foreign agents?” Why we need YOU to get involved in our Sochi Winter Olympics campaign
By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigner and Women’s Rights Campaigner Basic freedoms are under threat in Russia. Restrictive new laws are making it difficult for NGOs to carry out their work. […]
A historic victory for truth, justice and human rights in Guatemala
By Val Croft, an Amnesty activist from Toronto with a passionate commitment to human rights in Guatemala. Photo: An Ixil woman is sworn in before giving her testimony in the […]
Webinar: Children, Trauma, and the Death Penalty
Please join us on Saturday October 25, 9:30 PDT, 10:30 CST, 12:30 EDT,1:30 ADTfor the eighth webinar in this ongoing series on the abolition of the death penalty. This series […]
Who We Are – Discussion Guide
Learn about how reconciliation requires truth, empathy & shared responsibility in this memoir by the Honourable Murray Sinclair.
Israel/OPT: No more bargaining chips: Immediate ceasefire and release of hostages urgently needed
Palestinian armed groups must immediately and unconditionally release all civilians held hostage in the occupied Gaza Strip, reiterated Amnesty International nearly two years after they were seized during the Hamas-led […]
Webinar: Capital Punishment and the Iranian Legal System
Please join us on Saturday, September 20, at 9:30 PDT, 10:30 CST, 12:30 EDT, 1:30 ADT for the seventh webinar in this ongoing series on the abolition of the death […]
Iran: Authorities unleash wave of oppression after hostilities with Israel
Authorities in Iran are waging a terrifying crackdown under the guise of national security in the aftermath of the June 2025 hostilities with Israel, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The deepening […]
Syria: New investigation reveals evidence government and affiliated forces extrajudicially executed dozens of Druze people in Suwayda
The Syrian government must hold members of government security and military forces and members of affiliated forces accountable for the extrajudicial executions of Druze men and women in Suwayda, said […]
Warring factions in eastern DRC commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions and abductions
Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army, have gang raped women and committed widespread human rights abuses […]
Venezuela: One defender freed, five others still in detention
On August 12, 2025, at around 9:00 p.m., human rights defender Martha Lía Grajales was conditionally released in Caracas, Venezuela. She had been arbitrarily detained since August 8. The charges […]
Stop the mass deportations of Afghans
Since early 2025, Iran has forcibly returned more than one million Afghans to Afghanistan, including people who were born in Iran or have lived there for decades. This is part […]