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Sudan: French-manufactured weapons system identified in conflict

French-manufactured military technology incorporated into armoured personnel carriers made by the United Arab Emirates is being used on the battlefield...

The Olympics should be for all women, including Muslim women

Anna Błuś is Amnesty International’s Researcher on Gender Justice in Europe. Excitement is mounting ahead of the Paris Olympic Games,...

“Excellence, respect, friendship”: Why hijab bans in French sports defy Olympic values and human rights

26 July 2024: the Paris Olympic Games begin. A moment of joy for sports fans around the world. A moment...

Hijab bans in French sport expose discriminatory double standards ahead of Olympic and Paralympic Games

The ban on French women athletes who wear headscarves from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international human rights laws...

France: Hassan Diab prosecution undermines justice for victims of 1980 synagogue attack

Hassan Diab faces an unfair in absentia trial, despite the fact that French investigative judges previously dismissed the case against...

OUTCOME: France: Trade Unionist Acquitted

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 52/21, UPDATE 1 HERE  On 20 May, long-standing trade unionist Frédéric Vuillaume was acquitted by...

Amnesty International responds to French court ruling on Hassan Diab’s case

Responding to today’s French Court of Cassation decision declaring that Hassan Diab must stand trial in the 1980 bombing of...

FRANCE: COUNTER-TERROR MEASURES FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF SAMUEL PATY RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS

On 16 October, Samuel Paty, a 47-year-old teacher, was murdered in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Paris region). An 18- year old holding refugee...

France: G7 Summit clouded by crackdown on protesters

100 people arrested by French authorities and many more prevented from peacefully demonstrating Summit talks about the climate crisis and...

French government challenged over unlawful boat donation to Libyan Coast Guard

Amnesty International will today (Thursday April 25) legally challenge the French government’s decision to donate six boats to the Libyan...

Amnesty International Canada disappointed by delayed French Court of Appeal decision for Hassan Diab

Amnesty International Canada is renewing calls for a public inquiry into the extradition and imprisonment of academic Hassan Diab, after...

France: Criminal conviction for a tweet will have chilling effect on migrant rights defenders

Following the conviction of Loan Torondel, a human rights defender charged with defamation for a tweeted photograph of policemen standing...

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