Press Release
ASEAN Must Kickstart Stalled Approach to Human Rights Crisis in Myanmar at US Summit
As leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in the United States for a two-day summit, Amnesty…
May 12, 2022
Press Release
Increase in Unlawful Killings and Other Crimes Highlights Urgent Need to End Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians
Israeli authorities must end unlawful killings, willful injury, arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment, persecution and collective punishment against Palestinians,…
May 11, 2022
Report
One year on, ‘State of Siege’ used as a tool to crush dissent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
A State of Siege, which is similar to a state of emergency, enforced in the North Kivu and Ituri provinces…
May 9, 2022
Report
Russian Forces Must Face Justice for War Crimes in Kyiv Oblast - New Investigation
Russian forces must face justice for a series of war crimes committed in the region northwest of Kyiv, Amnesty International…
May 6, 2022
Press Release
International Community Must Do More to Protect Brave Protesters in Myanmar
Myanmar’s brave activists are still pursuing peaceful protests despite grave danger and numerous challenges, Amnesty International said today, one year…
April 22, 2022
Press Release
School Bombings in Afghanistan a ‘Reprehensible Attack’ on Religious and Ethnic Minorities
Responding to the deaths of at least six people and the injury of 11 others, including children, following bomb blasts…
April 19, 2022
Press Release
New Evidence of Abuses in Poland &038; Belarus Highlights ‘Hypocrisy’ of Unequal Treatment of Asylum-Seekers
The Polish authorities have arbitrarily detained nearly two thousand asylum-seekers who crossed into the country from Belarus in 2021, and…
April 10, 2022
Press Release
Russian Forces Extrajudicially Executing Civilians in Ukraine in Apparent War Crimes - New Testimony
Russian military forces have extrajudicially executed civilians in Ukraine in apparent war crimes, Amnesty International said today as it published…
April 7, 2022
Report
Crimes Against Humanity in Ethiopia's Western Tigray Zone
Amhara regional security forces and civilian authorities in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone have committed widespread abuses against Tigrayans since November…
April 5, 2022
Press Release
Apparent War Crimes by Russian Forces in Bucha, Ukraine Must Be Investigated
Following reports of apparent war crimes committed by Russian military forces against civilians in Bucha, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty…
April 4, 2022
Press Release
Uyghur Girl, 13, Among Four ‘Facing Deportation’ and Torture in China
Saudi authorities must immediately release four Uyghurs – including a 13-year-old girl and her mother – who are at grave…
April 4, 2022
Press Release
Ukraine: Russia’s Cruel Siege Warfare Tactics Unlawfully Killing Civilians - New Testimony and Investigation
The Russian military’s siege warfare tactics in Ukraine, marked by relentless indiscriminate attacks on densely-populated areas, are unlawfully killing civilians…
April 1, 2022