A new law was passed recognizing sex without consent as rape. Abuse of minorities increased during the national COVID-19 lockdown. A discriminatory law on social housing remained in place. The authorities failed to protect the rights of children born with variations in sex characteristics.

Thousands of protesters are expected to turn up for demonstrations and protests in 25 cities across Denmark tomorrow to say no to the Danish government’s withdrawal of residence permits for Syrian refugees. Activists and organizations are now joining forces in a joint protest against the Danish...

As the European Court of Human Rights considers a landmark case on climate change brought by six young people from Portugal against 33 European countries, Amnesty International and other human rights organizations and academics have intervened in the case today. They have provided the Court with...

Responding to the news that Danish authorities have signed an agreement with the Rwandan government to enhance cooperation on migration and asylum, potentially to then send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, Amnesty International’s Europe Director, Nils Muižnieks, said: “Any attempt to transfer...

Hundreds of Syrian refugees whose residency permits have been revoked by the Danish authorities could face torture, enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention if forced back, said Amnesty International. At least 380 refugees, including children, have been informed by the Danish Immigration...

As a human rights activist there are moments where we feel things shift. One of those moments came last year during a meeting with Denmark’s then Justice Minister, Søren Pape Poulsen. I was there to discuss with him our Amnesty International’s Let’s Talk About Yes campaign to urge the government to...

Responding to the passing of a bill in Denmark’s Parliament today that, once law, will finally recognise that sex without consent is rape, Amnesty International’s Women’s Rights Researcher, Anna Błuś, said: “This is a great day for women in Denmark as it consigns outdated and dangerous rape laws to...

Responding to the reading of a Bill in Denmark’s parliament today that, once law, will finally recognise that sex without consent is rape, Amnesty International’s Women’s Rights Researcher, Anna Błuś, said: “We are now just one legislative stage away from Denmark finally recognising the simple fact...

Reports emerged today that Dennis Christensen, a prisoner of conscience and Jehovah’s Witness from Denmark, has been put into punitive confinement in a Russian penal colony for an alleged minor violation of prison rules. Responding to the news which leaves the prospects of Christensen’s release...

Seven in ten people (73%) want governments to do more to regulate Big Tech, with a clear majority (71%) worried about how tech companies collect and use their personal data, a new Amnesty International poll conducted by YouGov reveals. Nearly 10,000 people were polled on their attitudes to online...

“Are you aware that you are ruining his life?” It was a question put to me by a policeman in 2016 when I went to report the fact that I had been raped. Three years later, I heard it again. But this time I was not in an interview room of a police station in […]

Yesterday, Denmark’s new government, led by Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrat party, published an 18-page manifesto outlining its ambitions for its first term in office. The paper – “A fair direction for Denmark’ – focuses primarily on policies to deal with climate crisis, housing, transport and...

Following the publication of a “Government agreement” committing itself to introduce consent-based rape legislation Amnesty International’s Women’s Rights Researcher, Anna Błuś, said: “This commitment by the new government to amend Danish law to recognize the simple truth that sex without consent...