In response to today’s Tokyo High Court decision that endorsed the Japanese government ban on same-sex marriage, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher Boram Jang said: “The court’s decision today marks a significant step backwards for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling in Tokyo ...
Two years ago, a group of activists known as Scientist Rebellion blocked road and river traffic in Le Havre, Northern France, to oppose a new floating liquefied natural gas terminal. Some activists locked themselves to the barriers on either side of the road, while others glued themselves ...
The Algerian authorities must immediately drop charges against prominent Hirak activist and poet Mohamed Tadjadit and 12 other activists who face state security charges punishable with long terms of imprisonment, or even possibly the death penalty, for exercising their human rights, Amnest...
On 1 September, the Government of India notified the Immigration and Foreigners Order, 2025, superseding the Registration of Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 1957, and the Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Order, 2007. The Order has been issued under Section 3, 7 and 11 of the newly enacted I...
More than a month after a ceasefire was announced and all living Israeli hostages were released, Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by continuing to deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about their physi...
Most factory workers who produce garments for the fashion industry are women. Studies show that women constitute 60-80% of the global garment workforce. This means that when we talk about protecting human rights in the garment and fashion industry, we must also specifically consider the ri...
Ashila Dandeniya: Fair worker treatment for fair fashion My first job was in the garment sector was in 2001 as a quality controller at a well-known apparel manufacturer in Colombo, Sri Lanka. I joined the sector right after completing my A-Level examinations as my family was facing financi...
Responding to the extradition of Montagnard and Ede Indigenous human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap from Thailand to Viet Nam, Amnesty International’s Thailand Researcher Chanatip Tatiyakaroonwong said: “This extradition is a grave failure of Thailand’s human rights obligations. Sending an I...
The Cuban government must put an end to institutional gender-based violence against women human rights defenders, journalists, and activists, Amnesty International said today as it launched its new report “They Want Us Silent, But We Keep Resisting: Authoritarian Practices and State Violen...
Reacting to reports that a draft US-backed peace plan to end Russia’s ongoing war of aggression in Ukraine is under intense discussion, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “The news that comes out of Ukraine every day is of constant tragedy and suffering for i...
