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 »
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
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 »
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 »
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 10, 2023
Morocco: Journalist Faces Three Years in Jail for Facebook Post
Responding to the opening today of the trial of journalist Hanane Bakour who faces up to three years in prison and a fine after being accused of "publishing fake news by using… 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 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 03, 2023
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 »
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 »
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 »
March 30, 2023
Western Sahara: Oral Statement to the UN Committee On the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Amnesty International's oral statement to the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families on the occasion of the review of… 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 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 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 »