May 19, 2023
Kenya: Kakuma Refugee Camp Complex Not Yet Safe for LGBTI Refugees
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and refugees living in one of Kenya's biggest refugee camps routinely suffer hate crimes, violence,… Read more »
May 02, 2023
Uganda: President's Failure to Veto Anti-LGBTI Bill an 'Abhorrent' Violation of LGBTI Rights - Amnesty International
Responding to the news that Uganda's Parliament has passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill after President Yoweri Museveni sent it back to Parliament for revision, just confirms that… Read more »
Uganda: Bill 'Blatantly Violates' LGBTI Rights - Amensty International
Bill, which imposes death penalty and life imprisonment in certain cases, will fuel violence and homophobia Read more »
April 26, 2023
Burundi: Arrest of Former Prime Minister an Opportunity for Accountability
Following the arrest of the former Burundian prime minister, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, on 21 April 2023, and his right-hand man Désiré Uwamahoro on 18 April 2023,… Read more »
April 20, 2023
Somalia: Urgent Investigation Needed As Fighting Takes Heavy Toll On Civilians in Las Anod
More than 100 people killed, over 600 injured and tens of thousands displaced Read more »
Somalia: Somaliland - Urgent Investigation Needed As Fighting Takes Heavy Toll On Civilians in Las Anod
More than 100 people have been killed and over 600 injured including dozens of civilians amid fighting between Somaliland security forces and armed fighters affiliated with the… Read more »
April 03, 2023
South Sudan: UN Human Rights Council Renews Mandate of Commission On Human Rights in South Sudan
Following the United Nations Human Rights Council's decision to renew the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS), Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International's… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Uganda: 'Appalling' Anti-LGBTI Law Must Be Repealed Immediately
Dubbed the '2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill', the law even criminalises those who 'promote' homosexuality or 'attempt to commit the offence of homosexuality' Read more »
March 09, 2023
Ethiopia: Authorities Must Immediately Lift Blockade On Selected Social Media Access - Amnesty International
As a blockade by the Ethiopian authorities on selected social media platforms enters its second month, Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern… Read more »
March 07, 2023
South Sudan: Human Rights Council Must Listen to Survivors
Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council today, Amnesty International thanked the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan for its update. The organisation said that it was… Read more »
February 17, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Amnesty International Investigation Reveals Rwandan-Backed M23 Rebels Killing Spree, Rapes
M32 rebels killed at least twenty men and raped dozens of women and girls in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Rwandan-Backed M23 Rebels Perpetrating Summary Killings and Rapes - Amnesty International
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels summarily killed men and raped dozens of women in eastern DRC late November 2022, investigation shows. This constitutes war crimes and could constitute… Read more »
February 10, 2023
South Sudan: Forcefully Returned Critic Held Incommunicado: Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak
On 4 February, Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak, a South Sudanese critic, was reportedly arbitrarily arrested, allegedly by armed Kenyan security forces and a South Sudanese man in… Read more »
January 10, 2023
Ethiopia: Human Rights Defenders Held for Documenting Forced Evictions Must Be Released Immediately
The Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release four human rights defenders who were detained solely for their work documenting forced evictions in Addis… Read more »
January 03, 2023
Tanzania: President Hassan Lifts the Blanket Ban On Political Assemblies
Responding to President Samia Suluhu Hassan's announcement that she is lifting the punitive political rallies blanket ban imposed on opposition political parties, Amnesty… Read more »
December 14, 2022
East Africa: Kenya - Meta Sued for U.S.$1.6 Billion for Fueling Ethiopia Ethnic Violence
Meta must reform its business practices to ensure Facebook's algorithms do not amplify hatred and fuel ethnic conflict, Amnesty International said today in the wake of a landmark… Read more »
December 16, 2022
Ethiopia: Thousands of Ethiopian Migrants Held in 'Inhuman' Conditions - New Report
Mass round-ups have taken place as part of crackdown on undocumented migrant workers Read more »
December 13, 2022
Rwanda: UK - PM Announcement to Crackdown On Asylum Is 'Littered With Errors'
In response to the Prime Minister's announcement today to tackle asylum, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK's Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: Read more »
December 19, 2022
Rwanda: UK - Rwanda Refugee Ruling Is 'Bitterly Disappointing'
High Court rules Government plans to deport people seeking asylum to Rwanda lawful Read more »
September 03, 2022
Rwanda: Amnesty International Calls on New British Prime Minister to End 'Staggeringly Irresponsible' Rwanda Deal
Judicial review challenge to the UK's cruel Rwanda deal starts next week Rwanda's troubling human rights record includes enforced disappearances, torture, excessive use of force by… Read more »
July 21, 2022
Ethiopia: 'Horrific' Massacre of 400 Ethnic Amhara Must Be Investigated Immediately
On 18 June hundreds of Amhara residents in Oromia region were killed and scores injured Victims' family members claim atrocities committed by Oromo Liberation Army Most of those… Read more »
February 02, 2021
South Sudan: Rampant Abusive Surveillance By NSS Instils Climate of Fear
South Sudan's National Security Service (NSS) is using abusive surveillance to terrorize journalists, activists and critics, leading to a climate of intense fear and… Read more »