Responding to the news that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a pardon for Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, along with five other prisoners, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas said: “Today’s presid...
Responding to reports that Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan has been convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and sentenced to four years in prison, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “This second conviction for Zhang Zhan is a betrayal of China’s stated pr...
The Cameroonian authorities must immediately release 36 opposition supporters arbitrarily detained for five years for exercising their right to peaceful assembly and put an end to arbitrary detention in the country, Amnesty International said on the fifth anniversary of their arrest. On 22...
A new report by Amnesty International reveals how the militarization of public security in Ecuador has facilitated enforced disappearances at the hands of the Armed Forces, leaving entire families in limbo and highlighting the failure of the security policies implemented by President Danie...
Responding to the US veto of a UN Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid and ensuring its safe distribution, and immediate unconditional release...
Rwandan authorities must immediately release opposition politician and president of Development and Liberty for All (DALFA-Umurinzi) political party, Victoire Ingabire, Amnesty International said today. The Rwanda Investigations Bureau (RIB) has linked her arrest in June to alleged subvers...
In response to the ruling by Jordan’s State Security Court to uphold its conviction and five-year prison sentence against political activist Ayman Sanduka on 15 September for a Facebook post addressed to the King in which he criticized Jordan’s policies, Kristine Beckerle, Deputy Regional ...
By: Graciela Martínez, senior campaigner, and Adeline Neau, researcher for Central America at Amnesty International. A year ago, in Tocoa, northern Honduras, environmentalist Juan López was shot dead in front of his family, friends and neighbours as he was leaving a religious service. The ...
Amnesty International condemns the massacre that took place on 11 and 12 September in Labodri, Haiti, where more than forty people were killed and dozens of homes set on fire by gangs, according to civil society organizations. “The massacre in Labodri is a painful reminder of how precariou...
Riva Jalipa is a Researcher and Adviser in Amnesty International’s Economic and Social Justice team leading our work on financing for human rights. Spurred on by the progress she has seen in civil society activism in Kenya over 15 years of advocacy, she is a firm believer that change can h...