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Three Abortion Rights Defenders Share Their Stories of Hope
Three courageous human rights defenders from Burkina Faso, Poland and the United States share their strategies to protect access to abortion.
March 10, 2026
Press Release
Côte d’Ivoire: Pregnant Women Among Those Detained without Cause Since October 2025 Crackdown
Authorities must guarantee and ensure the human rights of everyone including the rights to liberty, freedom of expression and peaceful…
March 10, 2026
Press Release
Côte d’Ivoire: A Unionist Sentenced to Two Years Imprisonment Must Be Released and the Right to Strike Guaranteed for Everyone in the Country
Teachers cannot be treated as criminals for exercising their fundamental rights. The authorities must respect the human rights of everyone.
April 10, 2025
Press Release
Côte d’Ivoire: Thousands of Families Still Awaiting Support Measures After Forced Evictions in Abidjan
Evicted families were not meaningfully informed nor consulted on the process of evictions, options for compensation and alternative housing.
August 14, 2024
Press Release
Regional human rights bodies struggle to uphold rights amid political headwinds in Africa
For a second consecutive year, Amnesty International has documented how African governments are grossly undermining regional human rights bodies by…
October 20, 2020
Press Release
Cote d’Ivoire: Acquittal of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé a crushing disappointment to victims of post-election violence
Following today’s International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to acquit Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé, Marie-Evelyne Petrus Barry Amnesty International’s…
January 15, 2019
Press Release
Côte d’Ivoire: Authorities must stop arbitrary arrests and ‘mobile detention’ of opposition supporters ahead of referendum
Authorities in Côte d’Ivoire must stop targeting opposition members by curtailing their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly,…
October 28, 2016
Press Release
Trial of former first lady Simone Gbagbo opens in Côte d’Ivoire
While today’s trial of former first lady Simone Gbagbo is an important step towards ending impunity in Côte d’Ivoire, Amnesty…
May 9, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms
On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his…
February 22, 2016
Report
Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
Press Release
Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
Report
State of the World 2014/2015
This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up…
February 25, 2015