Responding to a US jury finding that Meta and YouTube were liable for designing platforms that are harmful to children and young people, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, said:  “This damning verdict is a landmark moment in recognizing the harm caused by tech giants in the manipulative designs of their social media platforms. For years, social media companies including Meta and YouTube have profited from targeting children and young...

Responding to a US jury finding that Meta and YouTube were liable for designing platforms that are harmful to children and young people, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, said:  “This damning verdict is a landmark moment in recognizing the harm caused by tech giants in the manipulative designs of their social media platforms. For years, social media companies including Meta and YouTube have profited from targeting children and young...

Responding to the European Parliament’s vote on its position on the European Union (EU) Return Regulation today, Eve Geddie, Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office, said: “Today the European Parliament has voted to expand the EU’s punitive and restrictive detention and deportation plans. This agreement – the result of a collaboration between the European...

BANGKOK, Thailand (26 March 2026) – We, the undersigned human rights organizations and networks, urge members of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) to continue to push for meaningful reforms at the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRCI) ahead of GANHRI’s Annual Meeting in Geneva from 30 March to 1 April...

Judges in Tunisia who spoke out against Kais Said and his government’s attacks on judicial independence continue to face reprisal and harassment for exercising their right to freedom of expression  and defending  the  rule of law,  Amnesty International said today, ahead of the trial of Anas Hmedi, judge at the Monastir Court of Appeal and...

Reacting to the sentencing of opposition politician Elene Khoshtaria to one year and six months’ imprisonment for writing a slogan on an election poster, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director, said: “For a symbolic act of protest – writing barely visible graffiti on a street poster – Elene Khoshtaria will...