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Madagascar: Gruesome killing of suspected cattle thieves must be investigated

Malagasy authorities must fully investigate the gruesome killing of eight men suspected of being cattle thieves, Amnesty International said today...

Pakistan: Authorities must investigate whereabouts of missing political activists

Responding to the news from Pakistan that three political activists and one other person have been disappeared over the last...

Venezuela: Authorities must release journalists detained while covering crisis

In response to reports of the detention of at least 11 journalists in Venezuela this week, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director...

Russia: Heartless charges against activist who supported detained colleague

The Russian authorities must stop their vicious campaign against opposition movement Otkrytaya Rossia (Open Russia), Amnesty International said today after...

Pakistan: Asia Bibi must finally get her freedom

Responding to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold its ruling, again acquitting Asia Bibi of blasphemy charges and ordering her...

China: Founder of human rights website jailed for five years

Responding to the five-year prison sentence imposed by a Chinese court against Liu Feiyue, founder of human rights website “Civil...

Israel/OPT: Tourism companies driving settlement expansion, profiting from war crimes

Online booking giants Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor are fuelling human rights violations against Palestinians by listing hundreds of rooms...

Afghanistan: Protect human rights defenders

Against the backdrop of unrelenting civilian casualties in Afghanistan, Amnesty International called on the government to do more to protect...

Cameroon: Post-election crackdown escalates with arrest of opposition leader Maurice Kamto

Following the arbitrary arrest of Cameroon’s main opposition leader Maurice Kamto, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Deputy...

Amnesty International concerned about accounts of violence and abuse of Indigenous women at labour camps in northern Manitoba

January, 28, 2019 (Ottawa): First Nations advocates and leaders in northern Manitoba have shared very concerning accounts of violence and...

Cameroon: Peaceful protesters targeted in violent crackdown must be released

Following the mass arbitrary arrests of protesters in several cities in Cameroon on 26 January, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s West...

China: Disgraceful 4 and a half years prison term for human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang

Responding to the 4 and a half years prison sentence handed down by a Chinese court to human rights lawyer...

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