May 29, 2023
Uganda: President's Signing of Highly Repressive Anti-LGBTI Law Is 'Dark Day' for Human Rights
Law could see death sentences handed down for 'aggravated homosexuality' Read more »
May 26, 2023
Lesotho: Prime Minister Matekane Must Deliver On Promise of 'Realization of Human Rights' - Amnesty
Lesotho Prime Minister Sam Matekane must move swiftly to honour his promise to ensure the "realization of human rights", including tackling entrenched impunity for violations such… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria - Tainted Sale?
Nigeria's new government under President Bola Tinubu will be sworn in on 29 May 2023. In this new report, Amnesty International explains why the incoming administration must ensure… Read more »
Nigeria: Shell's Sale of Its Niger Delta Oil Business Must Not Worsen Human Rights Abuses - Amnesty
Nigeria's new government, which will be sworn in on 29 May, must ensure that Shell's planned sale of its operations in the Niger Delta, does not lead to a further deterioration in… Read more »
May 19, 2023
Kenya: LGBTI Refugees At Risk of Rape and Violence at Kakuma Refugee Camp - New Report
Research carried out over five years highlights dangers facing LGBTI people at Kakuma camp Read more »
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 17, 2023
Mali: Mali - the Perpetrators of the Moura Massacre Must Be Prosecuted and Tried By a Competent Court
Amnesty International welcomes the publication on 12 May of a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concerning the joint military… 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 »
May 09, 2023
Tunisia: Authorities Add Human Rights Lawyers to Trumped-Up Conspiracy Case
The Tunisian authorities' decision to broaden a criminal investigation based on unfounded accusations of "conspiracy" by adding four dissidents to the list of accused is a deeply… Read more »
May 04, 2023
Zimbabwe: Opposition Leader's Conviction and Sentencing Adds to Crackdown on Peaceful Dissent
The conviction and sentencing of Job Sikhala, a member of parliament for the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), for obstructing justice, is a travesty and further… 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 29, 2023
Zimbabwe: Quash Sentencing of Opposition Leader, Says Amnesty
Responding to the conviction and sentencing of opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, to 48 months imprisonment on charges of inciting public violence for simply exercising his… 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 18, 2023
Angola: Urgent Healthcare Needed for Jailed Activist: Tanaice Neutro
On 13 January, activist Tanaice Neutro was arrested in connection to videos he recorded where he called the president a 'clown' and the authorities 'ignorant'. He was tried in… Read more »
Zimbabwe: 43 Years Independence Commemoration Marred By Rapidly Shrinking Civic Space and Decline in Freedoms
Zimbabweans are marking forty-three years of independence from colonial rule amid the reality of a rapidly shrinking civic space, including criminalization of dissent and targeting… Read more »
April 14, 2023
Nigeria: Nine Years After Chibok Girls' Abducted, Authorities Failing to Protect Children
98 Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram remain in captivity More than 61 children are still being held in captivity two years after they were abducted by gunmen Lack of… Read more »
April 12, 2023
Egypt: Independent Civil Society Organizations At Risk of Closure After NGO Deadline Passes
Independent civil society groups may be forced to shut down in Egypt, further limiting the space for civic engagement and human rights activism in the country, Amnesty… Read more »
April 06, 2023
Zimbabwe: Conviction and Sentencing of Opposition Spokesperson Shows Escalating Assault On Freedom of Expression
Responding to the conviction and sentencing of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere after she was accused of "publishing falsehoods" for a video… Read more »
April 07, 2023
Burkina Faso: No Backtrack On Human Rights! Amnesty International : Submission to the 44th Session of the Upr Working Group
This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review of Burkina Faso on 6 November 2023. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made… 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 »
Algeria: Conviction of Journalist is Latest Escalation in Crackdown on Media
The Algerian authorities must release all wrongfully detained journalists, drop all politically motivated charges against at least five of them and quash the conviction of… Read more »
Libya: HRC 52 - Oral Statement - Interactive Dialogue With the Fact-Finding Mission On Libya
The final report of the Fact-Finding Mission is a harrowing read. The Mission found that crimes under international law and other serious human rights violations continue unabated,… Read more »