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Bassem al-Zaak

Iraq: Reveal fate of disappeared journalist, Bassem al-Zaak

On October 24, 2021, journalist Bassem al-Zaak was abducted while he was live-streaming a sit-in organized by a political bloc...

People at COP28 hold signs calling for phase out of fossil fuels

COP28 agreement to move away from fossil fuels sets precedent but falls short of safeguarding human rights

December 13, 2023 COP28 in Dubai has agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels for the first...

Election flags for a pro-Beijing candidate are being displayed on the polling day of the city's ''patriots-only'' District Council Election, amid crackdowns on democracy by Beijing, in Hong Kong, on December 10, 2023. No candidates from the democratic camps are being allowed to run in the election, while the Hong Kong government is also implementing Chinese-style patriotism education and has forced pro-democracy newspapers such as Apple Daily to close down. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Hong Kong: Release activists arrested for expressing concerns about elections

Responding to the arrests of several people in connection with Hong Kong’s District Council elections, which took place on Sunday,...

Students take part in a protest against climate change in Hong Kong on March 15, 2019, as part of a global movement called #FridaysForFuture. - Thousands of young people marched through cities in Asia on March 15, kicking off a global day of student protests that aims to spark world leaders into action on climate change. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images.

UDHR 75 and Generation 2048: time to resist, disrupt and transform

2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Born from the ashes of World War...

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Egypt: Unfairly held student denied prosthetic leg

Oqba Hashad has been arbitrarily detained without trial for over four years and six months solely for his brother’s human...

Yuly Velasquez travels in a boat on the river

‘We continue to risk our lives defending Colombia’s rivers and wetlands’

By Colombian water defender Yuly Velásquez Briceño * Rivers and wetlands have always held great significance for me. They are a...

Amnesty International Sweden activists call for a ceasefire by all parties in Israel and the occupied Gaza Strip

European governments donors’ discriminatory funding restrictions to Palestinian civil society risk deepening human rights crisis

Announcements by a number of European countries and the European Commission to restrict funding to Palestinian civil society and human...

Irina Danilovich

Russia: Unfairly jailed nurse at risk of complete hearing loss

Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist, was abducted by security officers in Russian-occupied Crimea in April 2022 and...

Human rights defender Narges Mohammadi

Iran: Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s health at risk

Iranian authorities have been subjecting arbitrarily detained human rights defender and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi to torture...

Geraldina Lopez holds up photos of women she represents

Wendy Geraldina López: “In Guatemala, women are under attack”

Wendy Geraldina López Rosales is a Maya Kaqchikel lawyer and human rights defender. She has worked with the Human Rights...

A woman sits in a small boat on a river while wearing a blue and read long-sleeve shirt and a neon green and grey life jacket.

Americas: States must ensure an environment conducive to the work of climate, land defenders

Amnesty International has released a new report in the lead-up to COP28 about threats facing environment and land defenders in...

It’s hunting season against justice officials in Guatemala

By Adeline Neau and Josefina Salomon* Guatemalan lawyer Flor de María Gálvez Álvarez still struggles to see herself as a...

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