Asylum seekers from Honduras need protection not pushbacks
The images are impossible to forget. Men, women and children, many with nothing more than tiny backpacks, walking with thousands of others on a long, exhausting, perilous journey from […]
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World summit brings surge of new commitments to protect human rights defenders
Human rights defenders from across all corners of the world gathered this week in Paris for the Human Rights Defenders World Summit, to develop a plan of action for how […]
Guinea: Death toll rises as repression of opposition protests worsens
At least 18 deaths since January in the context of demonstrations; including three by firearms over the last two weeks Verified video and images show members of an elite military […]
Iran: Critically ill prisoner of conscience coerced to end hunger strike
The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender campaigning for women’s rights, who is being held in the medical clinic at Evin prison in […]
After Khashoggi, we can no longer ignore Saudi Arabia’s contempt for human rights
By Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada Even as the truth about how Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 remains elusive, there is […]
Burkina Faso: Urgent need to protect girls from FGM and forced marriage
48 girls suffered medical complications following female genital mutilation last month More than half of girls marry before their eighteenth birthday The plight of 48 girls who had complications from […]
Digitally dissecting atrocities – Amnesty International’s open source investigations
A grisly video showing a heinous act of violence quickly went viral after it was posted on 10 July 2018. Men dressed in army fatigues and wielding military-grade rifles brutally […]
Afghanistan: Amnesty International unveils mural in Kabul to honour human rights defenders
Afghanistan’s human rights defenders who have faced years of attacks and other human rights abuses must be recognized and effectively protected Amnesty International said today, as the global human rights […]
Israel/OPT: Six Palestinians killed within 24 hours, some deaths may involve war crimes
The deaths of six Palestinians within just 24 hours is a horrific demonstration of the unnecessary or excessive force deployed by Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian […]
South Sudan: Government troops and militias given free rein to commit new atrocities
The staggering brutality of a recent military offensive in South Sudan – including murder of civilians, systematic rape of women and girls and massive looting and destruction – was fuelled […]
Argentina: Senators squander an historic opportunity upon rejecting the legalization of abortion
The decision of the Argentine Senate to reject the draft bill to legalize voluntary termination of pregnancy during the first 14 weeks represents the loss of an historic opportunity for […]
The fearless young leaders the world needs right now
AMERICAS “The only way to heal was to take action” – Jaclyn Corin, 17, USA I never imagined it would happen to me. Parkland was labelled the safest community in […]