Take Action to End Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians
After four years of research in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and building on decades of human rights advocacy in the region, Amnesty International launched a new report, […]
ISRAEL’S APARTHEID AGAINST PALESTINIANS- Executive Summary
CRUEL SYSTEM OF DOMINATION AND CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has pursued a policy of establishing and maintaining a Jewish demographic hegemony and maximizing its control […]
Q&A: Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime against Humanity
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 1. Many other NGOs have used the term apartheid to describe Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. How is Amnesty’s report different? Amnesty has concluded that Israeli authorities are enforcing […]
Campaign Targeting Immigration Detention in Canada Builds Momentum
Since Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International launched the joint #WelcomeToCanada campaign in October 2021 calling on Canada to stop incarcerating immigration detainees in provincial jails, more than 5,000 people […]
A man’s life – and Singapore’s reputation – are in the balance
By Rachel Chhoa-Howard Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, who is on death row in Singapore, has few chances left. Over the last few months, the fate of the 34-year-old Malaysian, who is set to be executed […]
YEMEN: Arbitrarily Detained British National Released
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 4/22, UPDATE 1 BELOW On 24 April, the Huthi de facto authorities released 30-year-old British national Luke Symons along with 13 other foreign detainees. Luke […]
I survived imprisonment in Burundi
And what I saw on the inside has made me that much more determined to fight for human rights in my country. In July 2017, my wife Emelyne Mupfasoni and […]
USA: Alabama Execution Goes Ahead After Stay Lifted
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 1/22, UPDATE 1 BELOW Matthew Reeves was put to death by lethal injection in Alabama on the evening of 27 January after the Governor of […]
LETTER WRITING ACTION: Free the Guapinol River Defenders
GOOD NEWS UPDATE – Feb 24, 2022 After more than 914 days in unjust, arbitrary detention for peacefully defending water, the Supreme Court ruled that the Guapinol River defenders should […]
41 wins for human rights to celebrate this year
It’s been a busy year for Amnesty International with positive changes taking place around the world. Laws have been rewritten, awards have been won, prisoners of conscience released and our […]
Human rights is the only path forward
By Ketty Nivyabandi One year ago, Germain Rukuki, a well-known activist from Burundi, was languishing in the overcrowded Ngozi jail, serving a 32-year sentence. UN experts determined that his charges, which included rebellion and […]
“I could send him books to prison. But they do not have a free minute there”. A story of 17-years old Mikita Zalatarou
On a hot day of 10 August 2020, Mikita Zalatarou was standing at a bus stop in the central square of the city of Homel in south-eastern Belarus. Everyone around him […]