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...
Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, played a central role in the spread of false narratives and harmful content which contributed to racist violence against Muslim and migrant communities in the UK, following the tragic murder of three young girls in the town of Southport, Amnesty I...
The recent approval by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly of a constitutional reform that modifies key elements of the political and electoral system is the latest example of a worrying trend towards the use of legislative power, without effective checks and balances, to introduce structur...
Ugandan authorities are using military courts to target critics and perceived opponents of the government. In the most recent high-profile case, on November 16, 2024, opposition politician Dr.Kizza Besigye and his aide Obeid Lutale were abducted in Nairobi, Kenya. Four days later, they res...
Lebanese authorities have yet to deliver truth and justice for the victims and their families five years after the devastating Beirut port explosion on 4 August 2020, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. It is imperative to conduct a comprehensive and unobstructed inves...
Responding to reports that at least 29 people were killed, hundreds more injured and more than 1,200 people arbitrarily arrested in Luanda, Huambo, Benguela and Huíla, during a three-day taxi drivers’ strike which started on 28 July, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and S...
Italy: EU Court ruling on ‘safe countries of origin’ is a heavy blow to Italy-Albania migration deal
Reacting to today’s ruling by the European Union (EU) Court of Justice (ECJ) that Italy’s rules on designating certain countries of origin as ‘safe’ for people seeking asylum was incompatible with EU law, Adriana Tidona, Migration Researcher at Amnesty International, said: “Today’s sign...
Ahead of a parliamentary vote on a draft Law on Freedom of Expression and Peaceful Assembly planned for the Iraqi Parliament’s session this Saturday 2 August, Razaw Salihy, Amnesty International’s Iraq Researcher, said: Lawmakers must vote against or propose amendments to any laws that ...
Responding to the Iranian authorities’ use of a guillotine machine to amputate the fingers of three men in Urumieh Central Prison on 30 July as corporal punishment imposed after a grossly unfair, torture-tainted trial, Hussein Baoumi, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North ...