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Viet Nam: Mother Mushroom’s freedom should spark release of countless more peaceful critics

Responding to news of the release of blogger “Mother Mushroom” in Viet Nam, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s Regional Director...

Mozambique: Journalists and activists face death threats and intimidation in post-election witch-hunt

Journalists, priests and civil society leaders are facing death threats and intimidation following local government elections at the weekend, Amnesty...

Morocco: End intimidation of Hirak protest leader Nawal Benaissa

Moroccan authorities must overturn the conviction of Nawal Benaissa, a peaceful protester from the Hirak movement who has been repeatedly...

Young people are not the leaders of tomorrow, but the leaders we need right now

Young people around the world are facing different realities of violence and deprivation, yet in a new wave of human...

Nigeria: Boko Haram killing of aid worker Hauwa Liman is a war crime

Responding to the murder of aid worker Hauwa Liman by Boko Haram, Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said:...

Egypt: France flouts international law by continuing to export arms used in deadly crackdowns

“It was non-stop tear gas and shots were coming from rooftops and armoured vehicles… Shots were raining down on us…I...

China: Mass internment camps are places of punishment, not ‘vocational training’

Responding to comments by the governor of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) northwest China, who described the camps in...

Russia: Amnesty researcher abducted and subjected to mock executions in Ingushetia

An Amnesty International researcher sent to observe demonstrations in the Ingushetian capital Magas was abducted, beaten and subjected to terrifying...

Hungary: Amnesty launches legal challenge to shameful law on migration that targets civil society

Amnesty International will challenge in court the constitutionality of Hungary’s controversial law that criminalizes with up to one year in...

Syria: A year after Raqqa, US-led Coalition’s ongoing denials an insult to survivors

Disappointing Pentagon communiqué spurns liability for civilian casualties Coalition strikes destroyed 80% of Raqqa, killing hundreds of civilians Ongoing Amnesty...

South Africa: Alleged perpetrators in “looting” of poor people’s money must be held accountable

Following the public release of ‘The Great Bank Heist’ report into systemic corruption at the Venda Building Society (VBS) Mutual...

Canada: Supreme Court decision not a license for legislators to trample on the rights of Indigenous peoples

The Supreme Court has issued a narrow and highly technical decision that, while disappointing to many Indigenous nations, critically does...

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