Member states of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) must urgently address the serious human rights issues facing their continents, Amnesty International said today in an open letter to the leaders due to attend the summit between both regional...

On 17 May, six University of Zimbabwe students, Benjamin Watadza, Emmanuel Chitima, Comfort Mpofu, Lionel Madamombe, Gamuchirai Chaburumunda and Darlington Chigwena, were arrested for staging a peaceful protest in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. The protest aimed to demand an end to the persecution of...

Nasta (Anastasia) Loika was sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony for “inciting racial, national, religious or other social enmity or discord” on 20 June 2023. She is a prisoner of conscience, targeted in retaliation for her human rights work.

 West and Central African states must stop persecuting human rights defenders who expose corruption, bribery and abuse of office, and instead take concrete and effective measures to protect and support them, Amnesty International said today, in observing African Anti-Corruption Day. Today marks the...

Saving lives, changing laws and protecting human rights – Amnesty International and its supporters have been busy racking up the wins this year…

In this submission, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations previously made to Mexico, including in relation to violence against women and girls, arbitrary arrest and detention, the national human rights commission, freedom of opinion and expression and accountability....

This report presents the emerging body of evidence of severe repression of anti-corruption HRDs in West and Central Africa, a region where such cases remain largely under-reported and one that is characterized by a culture of impunity and lack of accountability for human rights violations. It...

A joint letter from 19 human rights organizations to the King of Bahrain and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace and in the meantime, to ensure he is held in conditions that meet international standards, receives his medication...

Responding to the vicious beating of Elena Milashina, a journalist working with Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper, and Aleksandr Nemov, a human rights lawyer, that took place this morning in Chechnya, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director,...

On 23 June- after 18 months in detention in connection to his peaceful activism- Angolan activist Gilson da Silva Morreira (also known as Tanaice Neutro) was unconditionally released from detention. The activist – who was arrested in connection to videos he posted on social media expressing...

Amparo Carvajal is a 84-year-old human rights defender and president of the Permanent Assembly on Human Rights in Bolivia (APDHB). On 2 June, dozens of people raided the APDHB’s office in La Paz and forced staff to abandon the premises. Since then, Amparo and colleagues have been sleeping on the...

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...