Reacting to the acquittal of at least 22 of the defendants in the so-called “Kempir-Abad case,” Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The acquittal of defendants in the “Kempir-Abad case” is an important victory for justice and human rights....

Ahead of the court decision in the so-called “Kempir-Abad case” where the state prosecution has asked for 20 year-long sentences for 22 peaceful protesters and government critics, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The Kyrgyzstani...

Provision of greater climate finance and guarantees around civic space are essential if COP29 later this year is to advance human rights-based solutions to the climate crisis. Unfortunately the lack of progress towards these goals in Bonn is concerning.

Reacting to reports of violent clashes between protesters and police in Armenia’s capital Yerevan, which resulted in numerous injuries and detentions, Natalia Nozadze, Amnesty International’s South Caucasus Researcher, said: “The level of violence during the latest street rally in Yerevan is deeply...

Little progress has been made in investigating the shipwreck of an overcrowded trawler, the Adriana, off the coast of Pylos, Greece on 14 June 2023, according to Amnesty International and Human Right Watch. The boat was carrying an estimated 750 people, mainly from Syria, Pakistan and Egypt. Only...

Reacting to today’s verdict that three police officers were cleared of ‘causing death by culpable negligence’ in the killing of prominent human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, Dinushika Dissanayake said: “Almost nine years after Tahir Elçi was...

Authorities in South Sudan must comply with the directive by the country’s Minister of Justice by immediately releasing government critic Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak, who has been held in arbitrary detention for more than 400 days, said Amnesty International. After being arbitrarily arrested in Kenya...

Reacting to a violent attack by unknown men on a civic activist in Georgia just hours after he was accused in a social media post by the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament of participating in an “organized and politically motivated campaign of terror”, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s...

A delegation of Amnesty International representatives from France, Germany, the United States and Canada will attend the trials of criminalized land defenders from the Wet’suwet’en Nation in Smithers, British Columbia the week of 17 June. The delegates will be there to watch the criminal court...

Responding to the swearing in of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third term and his stated promise to lead the country by consensus and uphold the values of the Indian constitution, Aakar Patel, Chair of Amnesty International India’s board, said: “Over the past 10 years, the government of...

Regarding the Finnish Government’s proposal for an emergency law on the so-called “instrumentalization” of migration, defined in the text as actions by “states or other actors” to facilitate irregular migration movements into another country in an attempt to destabilize it, Director of Amnesty...

The international community must ensure that the focus of two major conferences on peace and reconstruction in Ukraine is firmly fixed on human rights, justice for victims of violations and the voice of civil society groups, Amnesty International said today. Governments from all continents are...