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...
The recent global aid cuts have wreaked havoc across the world, leaving people without jobs, as well as proper access to healthcare and education. Many fear the Sustainable Development Goals – which were adopted 10 years ago to end global challenges like poverty, discrimination, exclusion ...
Fifty-three people, including three activists who have been arbitrarily detained for more than a month, are due to stand trial in Türkiye tomorrow on charges related to June’s banned Istanbul LGBTI Pride march. Ahead of the start of the trial, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Direct...
Reacting to the conviction and two-year imprisonment of prominent Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “Mzia Amaghlobeli was subjected to a litany of abuses at the hands of the police: ver...