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CAR: Acquittal of Bemba a blow to victims

Following the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s decision to acquit Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, the former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of...

Syria: Scores of civilian casualties in suspected Russian air strike on Idlib

Responding to reports that Russian aircraft carried out an attack in Idlib province last night, killing at least 44 people,...

Amnesty International Canada and Quebec Civil Liberties Union provide a progress report on their joint monitoring mission at the G7

Quebec City, June 7, 2018 – On the eve of the G7 Summit in Quebec, Amnesty International Canada Francophone Branch...

Mozambique: End brutal killing spree by armed group

Amnesty International calls for swift action to protect villagers from killings At least 37 people have been killed in...

Nigeria: Threats from the military won’t deter us from defending human rights

The Nigerian military is increasingly resorting to threats, intimidation and smears to discredit Amnesty International’s work documenting the human rights...

Colombia: Amnesty International urges presidential candidates to make a commitment to human rights

Today Amnesty International sent an open letter to the presidential candidates in Colombia’s run-off election to express its main concerns...

Amnesty International alarmed at Canada’s failure to act on MMIWG Inquiry police task force recommendation

Ottawa, June 5, 2018 – Amnesty International is alarmed at the government of Canada’s failure to act on a recommendation...

Nicaragua: OAS member states must not turn their back on the victims of repression

In a response to the “Draft Declaration of Support for the People of Nicaragua” presented by the permanent missions of...

South Korea: New laws needed after police officers avoid jail over fatal use of water cannon

Three South Korean police officers were spared jail time despite being convicted on Tuesday of neglect of duty in connection...

Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab unfair conviction for Twitter posts upheld

Responding to the news that Nabeel Rajab, a prominent human rights activist in Bahrain, has had his appeal against his...

Syria: Raqqa in ruins and civilians devastated after US-led ‘war of annihilation’

Amnesty International carried out field investigations in the destroyed city US-led Coalition fired vast number of imprecise explosive weapons in...

Indonesia: State officials complicit in attacks against Ahmadiyya religious minority

State officials were complicit in recent mob attacks against the Ahmadiyya religious minority in East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, that...

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