In July 2017, our friend and colleague İdil Eser, the Director of Amnesty Turkey, was detained along with nine other human rights defenders in Istanbul. Currently eight of them are […]

Authorities must not “push-back” Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar Refugees sent back to face certain persecution Thailand should provide refugees formal legal status and protection With the world’s fastest growing […]

NEW YORK – Following a revision of President Trump’s travel ban to now include restrictions on travelers from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, Naureen Shah, […]

by Gloria Nafziger, Campaigner, Refugees and Migrants, Amnesty International Canada The outpouring of compassion and concern from Amnesty International supporters in Canada to the crisis in Myanmar has been truly […]

By Olof Blomqvist, Amnesty International The stories I heard from Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, the south-eastern tip of Bangladesh, are haunting. Almost 400,000 people have fled across the border […]

‘Your brother has been killed,’ the Myanmar soldier said. ‘You can come out of hiding and take him.’ By Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International crisis response director As you approach the […]

‘Your brother has been killed,’ the Myanmar soldier said. ‘You can come out of hiding and take him.’ By Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International crisis response director As you approach the […]

Follow Tirana Hassan, Amnesty’s director of the research and crisis response unit, for live updates from Bangladesh @TiranaHassan. In recent weeks, around 250,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh, as […]

Follow Tirana Hassan, Amnesty’s director of the research and crisis response unit, for live updates from Bangladesh @TiranaHassan. In recent weeks, around 250,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh, as […]

A wave of brutal attacks in the Central African Republic, including the systematic rape and murder of civilians, highlights the urgent need for stronger UN action to protect civilians, Amnesty […]

· At least 381 civilians have been killed by Boko Haram since April 2017 in Cameroon and Nigeria amid a spike in suicide bombings · Millions remain in need of […]

Human rights are under threat. So are the people who defend human rights. Join Amnesty this fall to defend our friends, our colleagues, our fellow human rights defenders. They are […]