Reacting to the summoning of former Public Defender (ombudsman) Ucha Nanuashvili by Georgia’s State Security Service over his communication with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy...
Responding to the killing on 15 March of a Palestinian couple, Waed Bani Owda, her husband Ali Bani Owda and two of their young children Othman, 7, and Mohammed, 5, in Tammoun in the occupied West Bank after a special Israeli military unit – posing as Palestinians and driving a car with a ...
In-depth investigation finds US violated international humanitarian law by failing to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm US responsible for deadly attack on school packed full of children killing 168 people US authorities must ensure that the investigation is transparent,...
Amnesty International has today warned that Bangladesh could face more incidents of serious human rights abuses unless Meta takes timely and effective action to address harmful online content on its Facebook platform. In the lead-up to the country’s 12 February parliamentary elections, Am...
In light of the persistent lack of information regarding the whereabouts, state of health and conditions of detention of prisoner of conscience Brooklyn Rivera, Amnesty International declared: “Keeping Brooklyn Rivera in detention without information about his whereabouts and state of heal...
Responding to the decision by Israel’s Military Advocate General to drop charges against five Israeli soldiers accused of abusing and sexually assaulting Palestinian detainees at Israel’s notorious Sde Teiman military prison, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research Advocacy an...
Kazakhstan’s proposed new Constitution represents an alarming rollback of human rights protections and the rule of law and a blatant attempt to concentrate presidential power, Amnesty International said ahead of a referendum on the sweeping changes scheduled for 15 March. “The project of t...
For years, Seán Binder’s life was turned upside down because he believed people’s pulses should be checked before their passports. In January, he was finally acquitted of charges relating to his humanitarian work helping migrants and refugees at sea. Here, he shares his story and his conce...
Four more men removed by the United States arrived in Eswatini on 11 March and are being detained in the Matsapha Correctional Complex, a maximum-security prison located some 2 kms from the country’s international airport. According to information received by Amnesty International, the me...
Pascale Solages is the co-founder and General Coordinator of Nègès Mawon, a feminist organization in Haiti founded in 2015. Since then, the organization provides access to health services and care for survivors of gender-based and sexual violence, and promotes feminist activism through art...
