Responding to the International Court of Justice’s ruling today, which ordered Israel to immediately halt military operations in the governorate of Rafah, following South Africa’s application for additional provisional measures in its genocide case, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional...

Turkish authorities must lift permanently unlawful restrictions on Istanbul’s iconic Galatasaray Square and allow the Saturday Mothers/People to gather there, said Amnesty International on the eve of their 1,000th vigil demanding justice for their loved ones forcibly disappeared after being...

A vote by ministers of the 27 EU member states earlier today to pass a law requiring big businesses to identify and address negative human rights and environmental impacts in their operations marks one of the most significant advances of international business and human rights legislation in recent...

Responding to reports of escalating violence in El Fasher, in Sudan’s North Darfur region, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said; “Civilians are caught in the escalating violence in Sudan’s El Fasher city. The international community including...

Reacting to the UN General Assembly’s adoption of a resolution establishing 11 July as an official International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, Jelena Sesar, Amnesty International’s Europe Researcher, said: “This long overdue resolution represents an...

The pattern of continued harassment by officials from the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Judiciary through their abuse of the criminal justice system, in order to suppress or disrupt the fight against corruption and impunity, includes several forms of gender-based violence and discrimination...

The Huthi de facto authorities must immediately and unconditionally release five members of the Baha’i community who have been arbitrarily detained in Sana’a without charges for almost a year as part of the ongoing persecution of people of the Baha’i minority faith, Amnesty International said...

Responding to the first international advisory opinion by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea issued today which held that anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions constitute pollution of the marine environment that states have a specific duty to prevent, reduce and control, Mandi...

Responding to the application for arrest warrants by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh, for...

In a new research briefing released today, Amnesty International documents extensively the ways in which technology contributes to the growing trend of human rights violations at borders and urges that states stop using such technologies until they can ensure their use does not violate  human...

In Mexico, the practice of making arbitrary use of the criminal justice system against people who denounce and investigate human rights violations, and who support the victims of these violations in their search for justice, truth and full compensation for damages has become the norm. This is what...

Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, concluded a five-day visit to Sri Lanka today, in which she met with officials and a diverse cross-section of society, stakeholders to discuss a range of pressing human rights issues. Speaking at the end of her mission, she said: “This...