European governments must act to ensure equal and universal access to abortion care in the face of ongoing restrictions and intensifying efforts to further limit access to abortion across the region, said Amnesty International in a report published today. When rights aren’t real for all: ...
The Tunisian authorities have over the past three years increasingly dismantled protections for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, particularly Black people, with a dangerous shift towards racist policing and widespread human rights violations that endanger their lives, safety and dign...
At least 40 people reportedly killed in drone attack outside El Obeid Civilians trapped in El Obeid must be allowed to leave safely All states – especially UAE – must end supply of arms to RSF Civilians in Sudan’s Kordofan region must be protected amid reports of escalating Rapid Support F...
The French short term residency system violates human rights of racialized migrant workers, trapping them in precarious, exploitative and abusive conditions. Human rights abuses against racialized migrant workers are systematic and structural. By exposing these workers to abuses through i...
From 10-21 November, world leaders, scientists, activists, negotiators, diplomats, Indigenous Peoples and other affected communities will gather in Belém, Brazil for COP30, the annual UN climate conference. COP30 arrives at a critical moment. It’s the first conference since the news that t...
Climate defenders from across Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru – some of the most dangerous countries in the world to defend the environment and climate – will be part of the Amnesty delegation to COP30 Amnesty International is also urging governments to resist aligning with US President...
Amnesty International urges a prompt, independent, impartial and internationally supervised investigation into the deadliest police operation in the state’s history. Amnesty International strongly condemns the massacre that occurred during “Operation Containment” carried out on 28 October ...
The government is putting the well-being and in many cases the lives of the more than five million people living in South Africa’s informal settlements at risk by failing to provide them with access to quality housing and essential services, Amnesty International South Africa said in a new...
In response to the ongoing partial internet shutdown by Tanzanian authorities following the October 29 general elections, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for East and Southern Africa, Vongai Chikwanda said: “For close to a week now, many people in Tanzania have suffered nationwide...
As the Supreme Court of Appeal starts hearing the appeal in Various Parties obo Minors and Another v Anglo American South Africa today, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and Amnesty International have submitted a joint amicus curiae submission urging the Court to consider intern...
