Following the banning of a number of demonstrations protesting police violence after the unlawful killing of 17-year-old Nahel M by a police officer, Amnesty International is calling for the French government to prioritise the wholesale reform of rules governing the use of firearms and lethal force...

Meaningful policing reform and overdue reckoning with systemic racism in law enforcement urgently needed in response to public anger

Responding to reports that a Spanish investigation into Israeli company NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, that had allegedly targeted the phones of Spain’s Prime Minister and other ministers, has faltered due to a ‘lack of cooperation’ from Israel, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of the Security Lab at...

Oral statement delivered during the Interactive dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Amnesty International condemns the continued failure of all parties to the conflict in Yemen to ensure justice and access to effective remedies for victims and survivors of violations of international law committed since the outbreak of the conflict. We urge this Council to ensure the prompt...

On 1 June, Members of Parliament, Mthandeni Dube and Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza – who have been held for almost two years in arbitrary detention – were found guilty of terrorism, sedition and murder. The two were arrested on 25 July 2021 and are facing over 20 years in jail for representing their...

The Polish parliament on 14 April 2023 adopted the Law on the State Commission for Investigating Russian Influences on the Internal Security of the Republic of Poland between 2007-2022 (Law on the State Commission). The law, commonly referred to as “Lex Tusk”, entered into force on 31 May 2023....

Amnesty International publishes the following letter received from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 8 June 2023 in response to a letter sent by the organization on 19 May 2023 regarding the fate and whereabouts of at least 643 men and boys who were forcibly disappeared in June 2016 by the...

On 13 December 1998, Norbert Zongo, an investigative journalist in Burkina, his two collaborators and his younger brother, were assassinated. Their bodies were found charred in the car in which they were traveling together. The police arrived the same day at the scene of the crime, and the...

Two years after Palestinian dissident Nizar Banat died in the custody of Palestinian security forces, Palestinian authorities have failed to effectively investigate his death and ensure those responsible are held to account, Amnesty International said today. The ongoing trial of 14 officers charged...

Peacekeeping forces should not have track records of human rights violations. United Nations Under Secretary General Jean Pierre Lacroix must prioritise a review of human rights violations by the security forces in Bangladesh during his visit to the country and ensure that perpetrators of human...

An oral statement on Item 2: Interactive Dialogue with the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, delivered during UN Human Rights Council, 53d session.