Iranian authorities are waging a terrifying crackdown under the guise of national security in the aftermath of the June 2025 hostilities with Israel, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The deepening crisis underscores the urgent need for the international community to...
Reacting to the adoption by the Transitional Legislative Assembly of the new Persons and Family Code, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: “We welcome the long-awaited decision to set the minimum age for marriage at 18 for both boys...
Verified videos and eyewitness testimony reveal 46 Druze men and women deliberately and unlawfully killed Extrajudicial executions were carried out by government and government affiliated forces in military and security uniforms, some bearing official insignia Executions took place in a pu...
Responding to the Indonesian government’s announcement that at least eight people have been killed since nationwide protests against low wages, tax hikes and lawmakers’ pay started on 25 August, Amnesty International’s Regional Research Director, Montse Ferrer, said: “The increasing number...
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...
