Background: In mid-September 2025, media reports suggested that US President Donald Trump’s administration planned to call for “reframing the global approach to asylum” during an event on the sidelines of the United National General Assembly High-level Week. On 25 September, the US hosted ...
Responding to Microsoft’s decision to restrict an Israeli military unit’s access to its technology after an investigation found it was being used to store mass surveillance data on Palestinians, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International said: “Amnesty International welco...
Iranian authorities have executed over 1,000 people thus far in 2025, the highest number of yearly executions in Iran that the organization has recorded in at least 15 years, said Amnesty International. The organization is calling on the Iranian authorities to establish an immediate morato...
Reacting to news that the Slovak parliament voted today to pass amendments to the constitution that will lead to the recognition of only two genders (male and female), restrict comprehensive sexuality education, and limit adoption to only married heterosexual couples, Rado Sloboda, Directo...
Fernanda Doz Costa trained as a human rights lawyer in Argentina before becoming Amnesty International’s Director of Gender, Racial Justice and Refugee Rights. To mark International Safe Abortion Day, Fernanda talks about the dangers of unsafe abortions, some of the people she’s supported ...
Responding to today’s European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) decision which will allow the Austrian government to deport a man to Syria, Shoura Zehetner-Hashemi, Executive Director of Amnesty International Austria said: “Today’s decision effectively allows Austria to deport a man to Syria...
Responding to reports that at least four people were killed and more than 50 injured after police opened fire on protesters in Leh city in the Union Territory of Ladakh yesterday, Aakar Patel, Amnesty International India’s Chair of Board, said: “While there are reports that a group of peop...
Eswatini’s authorities must disclose why Orville Etoria was held in detention without charge for more than two months, Amnesty International said today following his arrival in Jamaica. Orville Etoria was one of five men who were deported from the United States to Eswatini on 16 July and h...
Ahead of the vote in the Slovak parliament on 25 September on amendments to the constitution that would recognize only two genders (male and female), restrict comprehensive sexuality education and limit adoption to only married heterosexual couples, Rado Sloboda, Director of Amnesty Intern...
On 11 March 2025, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for the crime against humanity of murder. A few days later, Maria (not her real name) marked the eighth anniversary of her husband’s death. He was one of the tens of ...