The Nigerian authorities’ persistent failure to address the repeated abductions of school children and teachers in several parts of northern Nigeria is putting the education of a generation of children at risk, said Amnesty International, following the indefinite closure of 20,468 schools ...
Responding to news that the Tunis Court of First Instance convicted human rights defenders Mustapha Djemali and Abderrazek Krimi yesterday evening, and released them due to the time already served after they have spent more than 18 months in arbitrary detention, Deputy Regional Director fo...
Zahra Joya is an award-winning Afghan journalist and the founder of Rukhshana Media, an online news outlet reporting on the daily realities of women’s lives in Afghanistan. Since the Taliban seized power in 2021, Afghanistan has been in a downward spiral of human rights violations. Women a...
Nos débuts Depuis 2017, Amnesty International utilise l’éducation aux droits humains (EDH) pour sensibiliser et lutter contre les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF) et les mariages précoces ou forcés, dans plus de 60 communautés au Burkina Faso, au Sénégal et en Sierra Leone. En 2024, à...
Four young digital rights activists from Ireland, Argentina and France will today deliver a petition at TikTok’s Dublin, Ireland, office demanding that the company address its toxic and addictive design which has exposed children and young people to harmful content. The petition titled, “M...
Egyptian authorities should amend the associations law to lift tight restrictions over independent civil society organizations, hindering the right to freedom of association and other rights and putting the future of the country’s civic space at risk, Amnesty International said in a new br...
28 survivors tell of killings, beatings, rape and sexual assault RSF fighters responsible for attacks on civilians must be held accountable United Arab Emirates’ support for the RSF responsible for facilitating violence Survivors who escaped El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur State have det...
Reacting to the German government’s decision to lift a suspension on the issuance of certain arms export licences to Israel for use in the occupied Gaza Strip effective today, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns said: “G...
To counter the increasing criminalization of human rights defenders, activists and journalists across the world, Amnesty International, the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) will publish a briefing on 27 November, outlining a series of leg...
Philippines police unlawfully targeted protesters with unnecessary and excessive force during anti-corruption marches in September, according to harrowing new testimony gathered by Amnesty International ahead of fresh protests planned across the country this weekend. Ten people interviewed...
