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Human rights lawyer and China’s labour rights advocate Chow Hang-tung, currently imprisoned, was charged for “inciting subversion” under the new National Security Law on 9 September 2021 and faces potential 10 years’ imprisonment. Photo: Alex Chan

Chow Hang-tung wins 2023 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights

Imprisoned human rights lawyer and labour rights advocate Chow Hang-tung was awarded the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights by the...

Tiananmen Square Demonstrators (Photo by David Turnley/Getty Images)

Remembering Tiananmen Square: the hidden history of China’s protest movement

On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops shot dead hundreds, if not thousands, of people who had taken to the streets...

women hold up candles at march for Human Rights in Bangalore in 2018

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Three men in Iran are at imminent risk of execution. Names from left to right: Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, Saeed Yaghoubi © Private

Iran: International community must take bold action to prevent the execution of three tortured protesters

Responding to fears over the imminent execution in Iran of three protesters – Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi...

People gather in front of the Palace of Justice (Palais De Justice) to protest, as they demand the release of those who stormed the banks on Friday in an attempt to retrieve their savings frozen in the banking system in Beirut, Lebanon on September 19, 2022.

Amnesty International urges social security protection for all

Amnesty International is calling this week for social security to be made available to everyone worldwide after a series of...

On May 11, 2023 the UN HRC will hold a special session on the Sudan conflict

Sudan: UN Human Rights Council’s special session on Sudan should establish an investigative mechanism

Responding to news that the United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Sudan on 11 May...

A young man with a wound on his head is leaning against a wall while a medic treats his injury.

World Press Freedom Day: Press in the line of fire in Peru

Journalists in Peru have reported more than 170 incidents of aggression since the state started cracking down on protests in...
A high-profile woman journalist in the Dominican Republic has been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware

Dominican Republic: Pegasus spyware discovered on prominent journalist’s phone

A high-profile woman journalist in the Dominican Republic has been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, in the first confirmed...

The Dome of the Rock and the old city are seen from the Mount of Olives aside a security camera in Jerusalem on January 13, 2018. (Photo by Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Israel/OPT: Israeli authorities are using facial recognition technology to entrench apartheid

The Israeli authorities are using an experimental facial recognition system known as Red Wolf to track Palestinians and automate harsh...

A UN peacekeeper stands guard as crowds of children and villagers gather to welcome Steven Koutsis (unseen), the United States' top envoy in Sudan, in the war-torn town of Golo in the thickly forested mountainous area of Jebel Marra in central Darfur on June 19, 2017.

Sudan: New conflict escalation exacerbates 20 years of suffering for civilians in Darfur

As the escalation in violence between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) spreads throughout Sudan,...

A woman with black jacket, a red had and a red scarf waves a rainbow flag at a protest in in front of a building labelled "Uganda House" on its front door.

Uganda: President Museveni must veto draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Amnesty International is calling the Ugandan legislature's Anti-Homosexuality Bill "one of the most extreme anti-LGBTI laws in the world."...
A young woman, a boy and a middle-aged man are among people participating in a candelight vigil in memory of a man who was killed in a protest in Nicaragua.

Nicaragua: A continuum of repression and systematic human rights violations under the Ortega-Murillo government

Nicaragua's human rights crisis persists five years after the government cracked down on peaceful protests against social security reforms....
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