By Anna Neistat, Senior Director for Research, Amnesty International The long-awaited fifth season of Game of Thrones begins on Sunday, April 12. Broadcast in 170 countries, the show shocks viewers […]

  Supporters “Dance for Rights” to raise awareness for Amnesty’s global letter-writing event Write for Rights This past Saturday on December 6th, supporters of Amnesty International took to the streets […]

By Mustafa Qadri, Amnesty International’s Pakistan Researcher For anyone following the news from Pakistan, the past few weeks have made for grim reading when it comes to violence against women. […]

By Adotei Akwei. Johanna Lee contributed to this post. Originally published by AIUSA. In mid-April, Islamist armed group Boko Haram abducted 276 schoolgirls aged 15-18 from the village of Chibok in […]

Amina Filali committed suicide by swallowing rat poison in March 2012. She was 16 years old. Her desperate act showed the depth of her pain and despair: she must have felt that nobody […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

As more and more civilians bear the cruel toll of the terrifying military escalation in Iran and Israel since 13 June 2025, and amid threats of further escalation in the […]

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) should take immediate and demonstrable steps to safeguard human rights for all people involved in the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, the Sport […]

June is Pride month – kicking off a summer of marches and events across the country and around the world. While Pride is often thought of as a celebration, it […]

Authorities in the occupied Gaza Strip must respect the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression and cease the ongoing repression of protesters, Amnesty International said today.   Over the […]