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 »
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 »
Morocco: Stalled Investigations 'Smacks of Cover-Up' Six Months After Melilla Border Carnage - New Report
Mounting evidence of crimes under international law by both Governments at the Melilla border Shocking reports of migrants and refugees being pelted with stones and rubber bullets… 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 08, 2022
Egypt: UAE - Egyptian-American Dissident At Risk of Torture After COP27 Criticism
Sherif Osman has been in detention in Dubai for more than a month and is at risk of multiple human rights violations if extradited to Egypt UAE, which will host COP28 next year,… 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 »
December 02, 2022
Malawi: Horrific' Killing of Three-Year-Old Girl With Albinism Must Be Properly Investigated - Amnesty International
Amnesty International is urging the Malawian authorities to urgently improve the protection of people with albinism across the country following the 'shocking' killing of… Read more »
December 01, 2022
Nigeria: Bogus Charges' Against Student Who Tweeted About President's Wife Must Be Dropped
First lady Aisha Buhari instructed team of police detectives to track down Aminu Adamu Muhammed, who was allegedly tortured in secret location Read more »
November 03, 2022
Liberia: Conviction of Former Rebel Commander Is 'Justice for Victims'
The conviction of Kunti Kamara, a former Liberian rebel commander for wartime atrocities in Liberia by a French court is a milestone in delivering justice for victims, Amnesty… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Zimbabwe: Conviction of Tsitsi Dangarembga Is a 'Travesty of Justice'
Author Tsitsi Dangarembga and Julie Barnes convicted for protesting economic hardship They were handed a six-month suspended sentence for participating in the 31 July 2020 protest… Read more »
September 21, 2022
Zimbabwe: Authorities Must End 'Unjust and Abusive' Incarceration of Opposition MPs - Amnesty International
Senior members of Zimbabwe's main opposition party detained for 100 days 'The continued incarceration is a travesty of justice' - Lucia Masuka 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 »
August 12, 2022
Sierra Leone: Authorities Must Thoroughly Investigate Deadly Protests
Police clash with hundreds of protesters on the streets of Freetown Tensions over rising cost of living turned deadly, with reports of more than two dozens deaths 'When policing… 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 »
July 12, 2022
Rwanda: A Welcome Delay to the UK Home Office's 'Morally Reprehensible' Rwanda Deportation Policy
In response to the High Court postponing a judicial review hearing over the legality of the UK government expelling people seeking asylum to Rwanda, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty… Read more »
June 28, 2022
Egypt: Ten Sentenced to Death After 'Flagrantly' Unfair Mass Trial
'Helwan Brigades' case saw scores held at notorious al-Aqrab and Tora Maximum Security Two Prison in cruel and inhuman conditions A 16-year-old detainee was tortured with electric… Read more »
May 31, 2022
Africa: Covid-19 - Pandemic Restrictions Magnified Discrimination Against Marginalised Groups - New Report
Report reveals 'a grossly disproportionate effect on those who already faced systematic discrimination' Read more »
May 24, 2022
Africa: Global Use of Death Penalty Up By 20 Percent - Major New Report
Annual survey of capital punishment shows how courts re-opening after Covid fuelled increase in death sentences and executions Read more »
May 20, 2022
Africa: Global - Rich and Powerful to Meet At Davos Amid 'Gathering Storm of Human Rights Crises'
World Economic Forum's annual meeting to begin on Sunday 22 May Read more »
May 13, 2021
Mozambique: Palma Rescue Attempts Jeopardized By Racial Discrimination - New Survivors' Testimony
White contractors airlifted to safety before local Black people Hotel manager took two dogs on rescue helicopter, leaving people behind Exclusive satellite imagery reveals damage… 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 »
October 08, 2019
Nigeria: Witnesses Heard in Landmark Case Scutinising Shell's Role in Execution of Ogoni Nine
A witness hearing examining Shell's role in the execution of nine men in Nigeria in the 1990s is a key opportunity to hold the oil giant to account over its alleged complicity in… Read more »
April 16, 2008
Equatorial Guinea: Political Opponent Dies in Police Custody
Amnesty International is concerned at the deteriorating human rights situation in Equatorial Guinea, in advance of the parliamentary and municipal elections scheduled for 4 May… Read more »
May 24, 2007
Zimbabwe: Plight of Evicted People Worsens, Amnesty Reports
Amnesty International has reported that that the victims of mass evictions in urban areas of Zimbabwe in 2005 continue to suffer. Extracts from the country report on Zimbabwe in… Read more »