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July 20, 2023
Africa: Campaign for the Right to a Healthy Environment, Including Amnesty International, Wins Prestigious Human Rights Prize #AfricaClimateHope
Responding to the announcement that a global civil society and Indigenous peoples' coalition, which includes Amnesty International, has won the prestigious United Nations Human… Read more »
June 25, 2023
Africa: Advisory Opinion of the Court Requesting the Abrogation of Vagrancy Laws
A majority of countries in Africa¹ have some type of "vagrancy laws", meaning laws which consider people that are or are perceived to be poor, homeless or unemployed as… Read more »
June 21, 2023
Africa: Global - Paris Finance Summit Must Deliver Urgent Assistance to States Struggling With Debt and Climate Crises
World leaders attending a summit in Paris tomorrow must ensure that wealthier nations commit to comprehensive debt relief for lower-income nations, including the cancellation of… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Africa: FIFA Must Ensure Human Rights Are Key Factor in 2030 World Cup Hosting Decision
New global opinion poll shows majority of public (53%) believe human rights should be a key consideration in hosting decisions, with even more - 60% - of those in UK taking this… Read more »
June 14, 2023
Africa: Colonialism and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - Submission to the Independent Expert On Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Today 62 countries across the world have laws that criminalize same-sex conduct, many of which trace their origins back to colonialism. Many of these laws are part of the legacy of… Read more »
May 10, 2023
Africa: Rising Prices, Growing Protests - the Case for Universal Social Protection
In a world facing multiple crises and increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks, the right to social security can play a critical role in protecting people from poverty and the… Read more »
March 29, 2023
Africa: UK - Home Office Plans to House Asylum Seekers in Barges Is 'Dismal'
In response to Home Office plans to house people seeking asylum in disused cruise ships, barges and barracks, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK's Refugee and Migrant… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Africa: IPCC Report Warning That Global Warming Will Exceed 1.5°C Limit Must Hasten Phasing Out of Fossil Fuels #AfricaClimateCrisis
An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report issued today, which warns that global warming this century is on course to exceed an agreed 1.5°C limit without… Read more »
March 13, 2023
Africa: Global - Protesters Increasingly Maimed and Killed By Police Misuse of Rubber Bullets
Greater availability of 'less-lethal' weapons has led to rise in the use of force against protesters, with huge increase in eye injuries resulting in blindness Read more »
February 01, 2023
Africa: Recent Violence Shows Deadly Cost of Israel's System of Apartheid
Year on from launch of major Amnesty report, almost 220 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces Read more »
December 16, 2022
Africa: Qatar - Gianni Infantino Says World Cup Made $1bln More Than Expected but Still Ignores Migrant Workers' Compensation Claims
Responding to comments made today by FIFA President Gianni Infantino that the organization has made record revenues from the World Cup in Qatar, Stephen Cockburn, Head of Economic… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Africa: COP15 - Biodiversity Conference 'Fails' to Protect Indigenous People's Rights
COP15 aims to preserve biodiversity by calling on countries to commit to declaring 30% of the earth protected for conservation by 2030 Yet '30 x 30 agreement' falls short of… Read more »
December 16, 2022
Africa: Musk's Latest Move to Suspend Journalists' Accounts On Twitter Is a Threat to Press Freedom
In response to Twitter's decision to suspend the accounts of more than a dozen journalists from CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other outlets, as the company… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Africa: Twitter's Flippant Decision to Disband Safety Council Will 'Exacerbate Abuse and Harassment'
Responding to Twitter's decision to abruptly dissolve its Trust and Safety Council, an advisory group that includes almost 100 civil, human rights organisations that addressed… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Africa: Qatar - FIFA Failing On Migrant Worker Compensation Fund
Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, FairSquare and Equidem condemn FIFA's shifting position on effective compensation scheme FIFA set to make $7.5bn from World Cup which concludes this… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Africa: Biodiversity COP15, Montreal - Warning of 'Grave' Risk to Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Proposal to protect 30% of all land and sea must put Indigenous peoples' rights at its heart Read more »
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