Responding to the devastating earthquake that struck eastern provinces of Afghanistan, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said: “Amnesty International expresses its deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones in the devastating ...
The report contains sensitive content that may be upsetting for some readers. X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has contributed to the spread of targeted hate against LGBTI people in Poland, Amnesty International said in a new report analyzing the platform’s business...
Reacting to the ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, (Maputo Protocol) on 26 August by the Central African authorities, Abdoulaye Diarra, Senior Researcher at Amnesty International, said: “The Central African aut...
Big Tech or big technology companies like Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple influence how we access and interact on the internet. They control key sectors such as search, social media, cloud computing, e-commerce and mobile phone production systems. Access to these services is alm...
Syria’s government must demonstrate its unequivocal commitment to establishing truth, justice and reparations for the tens of thousands of disappeared persons by prioritizing an inclusive national search for those still missing and delivering on accountability, said Amnesty International i...
Bissan Fakih is a Middle East Campaigner with Amnesty International based in Beirut. In this piece, she shares reflections from an Amnesty International trip to Damascus – the organization’s first official access to the country since the uprising began in 2011. In the middle of a crowded...
Polish authorities must end the investigation into the conduct of a doctor who provided a lawful late-term abortion and take measures to ensure her safety following physical and online attacks against her, said Amnesty International in a public statement published today. Dr Gizela Jagiels...
Amnesty International has launched a new briefing titled ‘Breaking up with Big Tech’ calling on governments to rein in the power of Big Tech companies in order to safeguard human rights. The so-called big five tech companies – Alphabet (Google), Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple – wield ...
Recommendations from United Nations report ignored by China New testimony reveals Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang still suffering repression “Families of detainees continue to seek truth, justice and freedom for all those suffering in the Uyghur region” – Sarah Brooks Families of det...
Responding to today’s caning of two men in the city of Banda Aceh for having consensual same-sex sexual relations, Amnesty International’s Regional Research Director Montse Ferrer said: “This public flogging of two young men under Aceh’s Islamic Criminal Code for consensual sex is a distu...
