By Deprose Muchena At the end of June, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Regional Human Rights Impact, Deprose Muchena, announced that he will leave the organization after 11 years. He reflects on the human rights situation in Ethiopia. When I joined the Amnesty movement to lead i...
The Taliban de-facto authorities must immediately put an end to the arbitrary and unfair delivery of justice by reinstating a formal constitutional and legal framework and the rule of law in accordance with Afghanistan’s international human rights obligations, Amnesty International said to...
Did you know Amnesty International launched a really good podcast last year? Now on series two, On the Side of Humanity, has just been nominated for a British Podcast of the Year Award. It’s a deserving candidate, as it tells the stories of brave activists from around the world all of whom...
1,844 people killed between January 2021 and June 2023 Gunmen killed over 400 people in Imo state between 2019 and 2021 Hundreds of people arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared The Nigerian authorities’ persistent failure to address the security crisis in the country’s South-East r...
On 3 August, President Abinader approved a new Penal Code for the Dominican Republic after years of attempts to reform existing criminal law, which dates back to the 19th century. However, the legislative and executive branches ignored many of the demands of civil society and public figure...
Responding to the decision by Israel’s Security Cabinet to approve Prime Minister’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to “take control” of Gaza City, where nearly one million Palestinians are currently trying to survive under inhumane conditions, Amnesty International’s Secretary-General Agnès Ca...
Content Warning: This story includes examples of discrimination and abuse towards trans women. We are publishing these details to bear witness to Erika’s experience and evoke positive change for trans women in Argentina. Erika Noely Moreno is a trans woman and human rights activist from A...
Responding to the decision by Israel’s Security Cabinet to approve Prime Minister’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to “take control” of Gaza City, where nearly one million Palestinians are currently trying to survive under inhumane conditions, Amnesty International’s Secretary-General Agnès Ca...
Responding to the decision by the Bangladesh High Court to dismiss the case filed in 2018 under the draconian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act against photographer, social activist and Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience, Shahidul Alam, Amnesty International’s South Asia Resea...
The XVI Regional Conference on Women, the main United Nations forum on gender in Latin America and the Caribbean, will be held in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, from 12 to 15 August 2025. Thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing action plan, which established a global consensus for the ach...