Four months after the armed attack against Venezuelan activists Yendri Velásquez and Luis Peche in Bogotá, the authorities have yet to present clear progress in the investigation or guarantee full protection measures, warns Amnesty International, while expressing concern over the risks fac...
In response to the judgment in the judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action, Tom Southerden, Amnesty International UK’s Law and Human Rights Director, said: “Today’s ruling is a vital affirmation of the right to protest at a time when it has been under sustained and delibera...
Governments must not squander the opportunity to turn the International Court of Justice’s 2025 Advisory Opinion on states’ obligations regarding climate change into robust climate action, Amnesty International said ahead of discussions to finalize a new UN climate change resolution. Infor...
Hong Kong human rights lawyer Chow Hang-tung is detained over her role in organizing the city’s Tiananmen crackdown vigil, for which she faces up to 10 years in jail under the National Security Law. Her partner and fellow activist, Ye Du, is living under police surveillance in the Chinese ...
Slovenian authorities must amend the ‘Security Law’ and end punitive seizures of social assistance which disproportionately affect the Roma community, said Amnesty International today as the Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy, a collaboration of NGOs Amnesty International Sloven...
Court’s closure would fail victims & survivors and represent “a catastrophic setback” in country’s fight against impunity Court staff already reduced by 25% The Special Criminal Court (SCC) of the Central African Republic is at serious risk of closure in 2026, potentially depriving tho...
Responding to a Hong Kong court’s conviction of the father of US-based pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok under the city’s Article 23 law, Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas spokesperson Joey Siu said: “This conviction is the first time a family member of a ‘wanted’ pro-democracy activ...
Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard will attend the Munich Security Conference from 13 to 15 February, where she will be available for interview and will call on world leaders and senior officials to collectively resist the predatory attacks on international law that ...
Reacting to the European Parliament’s vote to ratify changes to EU asylum rules that undermine the foundation of refugee protection, Olivia Sundberg Diez, the EU Advocate on Migration and Asylum at Amnesty International, said: “It’s a very dark day for human rights in the EU. This attack o...
Reacting to the decision by Russian authorities to further restrict the Telegram messenger service by considerably slowing it down, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “As usual, Russian authorities are resorting to the bluntest instrume...
