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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...

A woman identifying as a lesbian makes jewellery to sell whilst at a shelter for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women on April 24, 2023 in Kampala, Uganda.

Uganda: President’s failure to veto anti-LGBTI Bill an ‘abhorrent’ violation of LGBTI rights

Responding to the news that Uganda’s Parliament has passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill after President Yoweri Museveni sent it back to...

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....
Vladimir Kara-Murza

Russia: Anti-war political activist and prisoner of conscience Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in jail

Reacting to news that Vladimir Kara-Murza, a political activist and journalist, has been sentenced to 25 years in jail by...

Credit: HyunGu Kang

Half of Canada’s provinces now ending immigration detention in provincial jails: Saskatchewan announces end to agreement with CBSA

Saskatchewan will end the practice of detaining people seeking safety or a better life in its provincial jails, joining British Columbia, Nova Scotia,...

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: End Violence Against LGBTI+ Communities

Uganda’s Parliament has violated the human rights of LGBTI+ communities by passing a discriminatory bill called the ‘2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill.’...

Two men stand in front of a school bus while police in tactical uniforms frisk them.

El Salvador: One year into state of emergency, human rights remain under attack

In El Salvador, a state of emergency has led to a litany of human rights violations such as torture, arbitrary...
A riot police officer, standing in front of six other riot police officers standing behind shields, fires rubber bullets at demonstrators.

Chile: ‘Nain Retamal’ bill risks increasing police abuses of power

Amnesty International urges lawmakers to fix flaws in the Nain Retamal bill that threaten to violate international human rights standards....
A black-and-white headshot of a smiling woman with dark skin and long braids

Air Canada must publicly apologize for racist treatment of Amnesty International Canada’s Secretary General

On Thursday 30 March, Air Canada staff denied Ketty Nivyabandi, the Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada’s English-speaking section, permission...

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