Guatemala: Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán will be able to return home to their families

In response to the court’s decision to grant alternatives to pretrial detention to prisoners of conscience and former ancestral authorities of Totonicapán’s 48 Cantons, Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, Ana Piquer, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said: “We welcome the fact that Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán will be able to return to their families […] The post Guatemala: Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán will be able to return home to their families appeared first on Amnesty International.

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African states must refuse to be complicit with the USA’s policy of ‘third country removals’  

On 12 June, a group of 17 people – among them Turks, Afghans and Iranians – were forcibly removed from the United States and flown to Bangui, in the Central African Republic (CAR), a country where they have no ties and whose language they do not speak. According to Third Country Deportation Watch, all but […] The post African states must refuse to be complicit with the USA’s policy of ‘third country removals’   appeared first on Amnesty International.

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China: Activist arrested over photo of Dalai Lama in Tibet must be released

Responding to the arrest of a Han Chinese man in Lhasa, Tibet – the human rights activist Zhang Yi – Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: “The arrest of Zhang Yi after he showed a photograph of the Dalai Lama while visiting a monastery is a chilling reminder of how far the Chinese […] The post China: Activist arrested over photo of Dalai Lama in Tibet must be released appeared first on Amnesty International.

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UK: Supreme Court ruling on Bahrain spyware case sends a clear message against transnational repression

The UK Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal by Bahrain, which has been claiming state immunity against a long running lawsuit filed by two political activists, Saeed Shehabi and Moosa Mohammed for allegedly suffering psychological harm after their laptops were infected with FinSpy spyware while they were in the UK, in an operation they believe was authorized and directed by the Bahraini government.  In response Stanley Kwenda, Strategic Communications Advisor at Amnesty International said:  “In establishing that the remote infection of devices from abroad constitutes an ‘act in the UK’, this ruling opens new avenues for justice and sends […] The post UK: Supreme Court ruling on Bahrain spyware case sends a clear message against transnational repression appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Sri Lanka: Justice for ACF massacre cannot wait after two decades of impunity 

Twenty years after 17 aid workers from the French humanitarian association Action contre la Faim (ACF) were killed in Muttur, eastern Sri Lanka, the authorities must finally deliver truth, justice and reparations, Amnesty International said today.  On 4 August 2006, 17 Sri Lankan employees of ACF – 16 Tamils and one Muslim – were found shot dead at close range at the […] The post Sri Lanka: Justice for ACF massacre cannot wait after two decades of impunity  appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Pakistan: Authorities must restore Imran Khan’s rights as detention reaches third anniversary

Ahead of the third anniversary of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ongoing detention, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said:  “For three years, Pakistan’s authorities have systematically denied Imran Khan the right to a fair trial, subjected him to prolonged solitary confinement, and limited his access to medical care and visitation rights. He has not been allowed to meet his family for more than eight months and his vision has reportedly deteriorated significantly. Both he and his wife, Bushra Bibi Khan, have now been denied regular access to […] The post Pakistan: Authorities must restore Imran Khan’s rights as detention reaches third anniversary appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Spain: Ensure human rights, dignity and humanity are central in response to exceptional arrival of people in Ceuta

Reacting to the crossing of tens of thousands of people, including children, from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and the reported deaths of 43 people, Esteban Beltrán, Director of Amnesty International Spain, said:  “We are monitoring this situation very closely. Spanish and Moroccan authorities must put their human rights obligations at the centre of […] The post Spain: Ensure human rights, dignity and humanity are central in response to exceptional arrival of people in Ceuta appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Ethiopia: Tigray residents at renewed risk of human rights violations as violence returns to the region

In response to the violent clashes in parts of Tigray – Ethiopia’s northern region – between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) on 1 August, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Tigere Chagutah said: “The resumption of violence in Tigray region puts residents at renewed risk of human rights […] The post Ethiopia: Tigray residents at renewed risk of human rights violations as violence returns to the region appeared first on Amnesty International.

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EU: European leaders must respond with humanity and solidarity to the situation in Ceuta 

Ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of European countries’ ministries of interior on the European Union’s (EU) response to the situation in Ceuta, Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe said: “As they prepare to meet, we call on European leaders to respond humanely and with solidarity to the situation in Ceuta, as well as […] The post EU: European leaders must respond with humanity and solidarity to the situation in Ceuta  appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Nicaragua: Constitutional reform seeks to dismantle the right to participate in public affairs

In response to the constitutional reform initiative put forward by the Nicaraguan authorities to extend the presidential term and permanently exclude from electoral processes people labelled by the government as “traitors” or “coup plotters”, Amnesty International warns that these measures represent a further step in dismantling the right of Nicaraguans to participate in the public […] The post Nicaragua: Constitutional reform seeks to dismantle the right to participate in public affairs appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Haiti: The Women Sustaining What the State Has Abandoned

Every 25 July, the International Day of Afro-Latin American, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women reminds us that Black women do more than survive the crises surrounding them. They are also the ones sustaining life in the midst of them. In Haiti, Tina Nadine Anilus has spent more than fifteen years doing exactly that. As the founder […] The post Haiti: The Women Sustaining What the State Has Abandoned appeared first on Amnesty International.

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India: Continuing weapons exports to Israel could risk complicity in ongoing genocide in Gaza – new investigation

India continued to supply arms to Israel despite the substantial risk they could be used in its ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, Amnesty International said in a new report. Made in India: The Supply of Weapons and Ammunition to Israel documents how the Government of India has forged a close and […] The post India: Continuing weapons exports to Israel could risk complicity in ongoing genocide in Gaza – new investigation appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Transforming shame into solidarity: What the racist riots in Belfast taught me about community  

On the evening of 10 June, less than 24 hours after a horrendous knife attack that left the survivor with life-long injuries, the city of Belfast was shut down by masses of hooded people going door to door and street to street terrorizing anyone who didn’t look like them – and blaming racialized communities for the act of an individual.   I watched […] The post Transforming shame into solidarity: What the racist riots in Belfast taught me about community   appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Syria: Suspend use of Assad-era cybercrime law pending reform

The Syrian authorities must suspend implementation of and substantially amend Law No. 20 of 2022 on Combating Cybercrime, passed by the former Bashar al-Assad government, to bring it in line with Syria’s obligations under international human rights law, Amnesty International said today. Syria’s Ministry of Justice in June 2026 announced a review of the cybercrime law and introduced some limitations around its use, yet it continues to be used to restrict the right to freedom of […] The post Syria: Suspend use of Assad-era cybercrime law pending reform appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Ecuador: Guerreras por la Amazonía demand the elimination of gas flares five years after landmark ruling 

Amnesty International joins the call from the Guerreras por la Amazonía (GxA, Women Warriors for the Amazon), who, five years after securing a landmark ruling requiring Ecuador to eliminate oil industry gas flares located near populated areas and provide reparations to affected communities, continue to demand its full implementation. “Over the past five years, the […] The post Ecuador: Guerreras por la Amazonía demand the elimination of gas flares five years after landmark ruling  appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Global: Extreme heat exposes deadly collision of climate change, corporate greed and political failure as rights burn

Responding to extreme heat related weather events around the globe, including widespread wildfires, drought and floods, Marta Schaaf, Programme Director for Climate, ESJ and Corporate Accountability at Amnesty International said: “Extreme heat is not just a weather event. This heat is political. It is where climate change driven by corporate greed and political failure collides […] The post Global: Extreme heat exposes deadly collision of climate change, corporate greed and political failure as rights burn appeared first on Amnesty International.

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India: Invoking of extraordinary police powers amid Delhi protests an “affront to human rights” 

Responding to the decision by Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor to invoke powers under India’s National Security Act (NSA) that allow police to hold people in administrative detention without procedural guarantees, including the right to be informed of the grounds of detention and the possibility to challenge it before judicial authorities, Aakar Patel, Chair of the Board of Amnesty International India, said:  “This deeply concerning move is an affront to […] The post India: Invoking of extraordinary police powers amid Delhi protests an “affront to human rights”  appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Mali: Evidence of war crimes by armed groups in Gao region

Summary killings of at least 19 Malian soldiers by members of armed groups in Tabrichat, a village in the Gao region, in central Mali, must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said after analyzing video footage of the incident which took place after the soldiers were ambushed on 18 July. Amnesty International analyzed 12 […] The post Mali: Evidence of war crimes by armed groups in Gao region appeared first on Amnesty International.

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“Activism is the way we learned to see the world”

Two Black women on the movement reshaping Brazil Jurema: “Black women live surrounded by risks” Jurema Werneck is Executive Director of Amnesty International Brazil and was on the frontlines, campaigning for justice for murdered politician, Marielle Franco… I was born in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, in Copacabana, exposed from an early age to […] The post “Activism is the way we learned to see the world” appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Nigeria: Shell documents expose ‘basket’ pipeline, ‘missing’ wells and US$10.9bn decommissioning costs as pollution scandal grows

Shell must answer for decades of pollution in the Niger Delta after internal company documents revealed broken rules, failing infrastructure and unresolved clean-up costs that risk leaving affected communities to pay the price, a coalition of human rights and environmental organisations, including Amnesty International, said today in a new report. The report, Nigeria: Lifting the […] The post Nigeria: Shell documents expose ‘basket’ pipeline, ‘missing’ wells and US$10.9bn decommissioning costs as pollution scandal grows appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Georgia: Journalist jailed and comedian attacked for political satire

Reacting to the 14-day jailing of journalist Vakho Sanaia over his satirical Facebook posts and a reported assault on comedian Onise Okriashvili following a smear campaign in pro-government media prompted by a joke he had made, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Regional Director, said: “Beating up and imprisoning government critics […] The post Georgia: Journalist jailed and comedian attacked for political satire appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Pakistan: Authorities must lift communications blackout following reports of lethal force used against protesters amid elections 

Reacting to reports that security forces used lethal force against protesters in Rawalakot, Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the first day of the regional election, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said:   “The disturbing reports emerging from Rawalakot are consistent with the Pakistani authorities’ long history of unlawful violence against protesters in Jammu and Kashmir. A prompt, independent, and transparent investigation must be ordered into the security forces’ use of force against protesters. So long as an internet and mobile […] The post Pakistan: Authorities must lift communications blackout following reports of lethal force used against protesters amid elections  appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Algeria: Authorities must immediately rescind ruling to dissolve independent teachers’ union

In response to the decision by the administrative tribunal in Algiers to dissolve the National Autonomous Union of Education and Training Workers (CNAPESTE), Sar Hashash Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International said:   “Today’s decision to dissolve the CNAPESTE is a serious assault on the rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly and a devastating […] The post Algeria: Authorities must immediately rescind ruling to dissolve independent teachers’ union appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Zambia: Authorities must free journalist arrested over social media posts

Responding to the charges brought against detained Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) journalist MacPherson Mukuka, reportedly related to the violation of Section 10 of Zambia’s 2025 Cyber Crimes Act, which prohibits recording a private conversation without prior notice and posting it on social media, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Regional Director said: “MacPherson Mukuka’s arrest raises […] The post Zambia: Authorities must free journalist arrested over social media posts appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Spain: Ensure human rights, dignity and humanity are central in response to exceptional arrival of people in Ceuta

Reacting to the crossing of tens of thousands of people, including children, from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and the reported deaths of 43 people, Esteban Beltrán, Director of Amnesty International Spain, said:  “We are monitoring this situation very closely. Spanish and Moroccan authorities must put their human rights obligations at the centre of […] The post Spain: Ensure human rights, dignity and humanity are central in response to exceptional arrival of people in Ceuta appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Iran: End escalating campaign of arbitrary executions and death sentences against protesters

The public execution of two protesters today, following the arbitrary execution of at least three other protesters last week, marks a further escalation in the authorities’ use of the death penalty to quash dissent, Amnesty International said. The organization fears that at least 60 others, including three arrested as children, remain at risk of execution after being sentenced to death, while many others are facing prosecution on capital charges in relation to the protests.  In the first half of […] The post Iran: End escalating campaign of arbitrary executions and death sentences against protesters appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Ghana: Still no law criminalizing witchcraft accusations six years after Akua Denteh’s fatal lynching  

Ghanaian authorities have failed in their duty to protect hundreds of victims of witchcraft accusations by delaying passing the Anti-Witchcraft Accusations Bill, said Amnesty International, six years after Akua Denteh was beaten to death, triggering outrage nationwide. On 23 July 2020, 90-year-old Akua Denteh, accused of being a witch, was lynched to death in front […] The post Ghana: Still no law criminalizing witchcraft accusations six years after Akua Denteh’s fatal lynching   appeared first on Amnesty International.

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South Korea: Appeal decision for abortion case abortion exposes legal vacuum

Responding to today’s appeal decision overturning the murder conviction of a woman who had a later abortion while reducing the sentences of medical staff, Amnesty International Korea’s Executive Director HeeKyoung Cho said: “While we welcome the court’s decision to acquit the woman who sought abortion, the court’s decision to uphold the convictions of medical staff […] The post South Korea: Appeal decision for abortion case abortion exposes legal vacuum appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Nigeria: Lifting the Lid

For decades, communities across Nigeria’s Niger Delta have suffered the devastating impacts of oil pollution linked to Shell’s operations in the region, including contaminated water, damaged ecosystems, and serious harms to their health and livelihoods. Shell has long blamed most spills on oil theft and sabotage. But a legal case brought by the Bille and Ogale communities against Shell has forced the company to disclose internal documents that raise serious questions about what the company knew - and what it permitted to continue. Video includes interview footage from Amnesty International’s visit to Bille in June 2026.

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Peru: Another step towards entrenching impunity  

Amnesty International rejects the enactment of Law 32735, which allows alleged crimes committed by members of the Armed Forces and the Police to be investigated and tried by military and police courts, rather than by the ordinary justice system, even when the victims are civilians. The law, enacted on 20 July, amends the Military-Police Criminal […] The post Peru: Another step towards entrenching impunity   appeared first on Amnesty International.

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