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Egypt: Forcibly disappeared transgender woman at risk of sexual violence and torture

Update: On 7 March Malak al-Kashef appeared in front of a Supreme State Security Prosecutor, who ordered her detention for...

Turkey: NGOs unite to defend civil society from destruction

Leading NGOs in Turkey have come together to call for the dropping of absurd allegations levelled against Osman Kavala...

DRC: President Tshisekedi must act on human rights

As the Democratic Republic of Congo’s new president Félix Tshisekedi marks one month in office today, Amnesty International’s Secretary General...

Saudi Arabia: European Parliament calls on EU countries to step up defence of women’s rights activists

Reacting to the European Parliament’s condemnation of the ongoing repression and torture of a group of women’s rights defenders detained...

Côte d’Ivoire: Arbitrary arrests, crackdown on dissent and torture ahead of Presidential election

Authorities in Côte d’Ivoire must end arbitrary arrests and harassment of people for perceived critical views and dissent, and immediately...

Zimbabwe: Security forces must be held accountable for the brutal assault on human rights

The Zimbabwean authorities must act swiftly to ensure security forces are held to account for ongoing brutal human rights violations,...

Iran’s ‘year of shame’: More than 7,000 arrested in chilling crackdown on dissent during 2018

The Iranian authorities carried out a shameless campaign of repression during 2018, crushing protests and arresting thousands in a wide-scale...

Iran: Labour rights activists at imminent risk of further torture

Two labour rights activists who were rearrested after speaking out about beatings and other abuse they suffered in detention last...

Madagascar: Next president must tackle historic rights violations

The next president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, must tackle historic human rights violations, including excessive use of pretrial detention and...

Uganda: Drop absurd charges against academic Stella Nyanzi

The Ugandan authorities must immediately drop charges against radical academic Stella Nyanzi and put a stop to the charade that...

What are human rights?

It’s a big question, but someone’s got to ask it. At this year’s Human Rights Defenders World Summit in Paris,...

Nigeria: Government failures fuel escalating conflict between farmers and herders as death toll nears 4,000

At least 3,641 people killed between 2016 and 2018, most of them this year Failure of security forces allows some...

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