Egypt: Unjustly Jailed Lawyer's Health At Risk - Hoda Abdelmoniem

The health of human rights lawyer Hoda Abdelmoniem has been deteriorating throughout her arbitrary detention for more than six years. On 28 August 2024, she informed her family… Read more »

West Africa: Authorities Must Repeal Colonial Vagrancy Laws Following Historic ECOWAS Ruling

The Sierra Leonean authorities must repeal vagrancy laws without delay, following a landmark ruling by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court that the… Read more »

Africa: COP29 - Huge Increase in Climate Finance Needed to Achieve Urgent Change

Amnesty delegates are available for interview at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan from Saturday 9 - Sunday 24 November Read more »

Africa: COP29 - Leaders Must Commit to Fair Climate Financing and Fully Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

Leaders at COP29 must listen to demands for climate justice by putting human rights at the heart of all decision making and commit to massively scaling up needs-based climate… Read more »

Mozambique: End Violent Post-Election Crackdown Ahead of 7 November Maputo March

Ahead of a major opposition march planned for 7 November in Maputo following disputed elections, Mozambique's Frelimo-led government must halt its violent and widespread crackdown… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia - Arbitary Detention of Thousands in Amhara Region Must End Now

Makeshift detention camps across the Amhara region have been filled with thousands of civilians since September Read more »

Mali: Investigation Demanded After Deadly Mali Drone Attack

The Malian authorities must carry out an effective and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least eight civilians following drone strikes that targeted a market on a… Read more »

Mali: Drone Strike Deaths Must Be Investigated As a War Crime

Strikes occurred in Inadiafatane, in the Timbuktu region in northern Mali Read more »

Africa: COP29 - What You Need to Know About the Global Climate Summit

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens next week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The summit takes place between 11 and 22 November, and decisions made… Read more »

Africa: Richer Countries Must Commit to Pay At COP29 As Climate Change Forcibly Displaces Millions Across Africa

With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most responsible for global warming must agree at the COP29 climate conference… Read more »

Tunisia: Ex-Minister Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison: Noureddine Bhiri

On 18 October 2024, the Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Tunis sentenced Ennahdha leader and former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri to ten years in prison on… Read more »

Mozambique: Authorities Must End Post-Election 'Assault' On Protests Now

Police have cracked down on opposition protests with live bullets, tear gas and arbitrary arrests Read more »

Sudan: Urgent Need for Civilian Protection in Wake of Escalating Violence

'Amnesty calls on the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces to end all indiscriminate and deliberate attacks on civilians across the country' - Tigere Chagutah Read more »

Mali: Author Activist Remained Arbitrarily Detained: Étienne Sissoko

On 14 October, the Bamako Court of Appeal ordered Étienne Sissoko's provisional release pending his appeal trial on 11 November, but the decision was suspended later the… Read more »

Uganda: Criminalization Shrinks Online Civic Space for LGBTQ People - Report

Online attacks against Uganda's LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalize various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench… Read more »

Uganda: 'Drastic' Increase in Online Attacks Against LGBTQ People Having 'Devastating Consequences' - New Report

Online attacks against Uganda's LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalise various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench… Read more »

Uganda: 'Everybody Here Is Having Two Lives or Phones': the Devastating Impact of Criminalization On Digital Spaces for LGBTQ People in Uganda

In this report, Amnesty International has documented how the threats and presence of various forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV) against LGBTQ people, in… Read more »

Mozambique: 'Stop Shooting At Peaceful Political Rallies' - Rights Group Urges Govt

Responding to reports that police in Mozambique's Nampula city fired at and detained supporters of opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane at a rally following… Read more »

Zambia: Authorities Must Immediately Release Arrested Journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo

Responding to the arrest of Zambian journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo in Lusaka, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for East and Southern Africa, Vongai Chikwanda, said: Read more »

Africa: COP16 - States Must Reinforce Human Rights Protections in Global Biodiversity Framework

Ahead of the COP16 Biodiversity summit, which runs from 21 October to 1 November in Cali, Colombia, Amnesty International's Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: Read more »

Africa: Countries On the Cusp of Abolition Must Take a Stand Against the Death Penalty

Three sub-Saharan African countries on the cusp of abolition must act now and abolish the death penalty once and for all, paving the way for others around the world to follow in… Read more »

Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa - Sharp Rise in Use of Death Penalty Across Region

Executions more than tripled in 2023, while death sentences increased by 66% in the region Read more »

Angola: U.S. President Biden Must Demand Immediate Release of Five Arbitrarily Detained Government Critics

During his visit to Angola from 13 to 15 October, US President Joe Biden must demand Angolan President João Lourenço and his government immediately release five… Read more »

Africa: COP29 - States Must Press Azerbaijani Authorities to End Assault On Civil Society

In the leadup to next month's COP29 climate summit in Baku, states must exert pressure on the Azerbaijani authorities to reverse their clampdown on civil society, release those… Read more »

Africa: COP29 - States Must Press Azerbaijani Authorities to End Assault On Freedom of Expression

Critics of the Government have been locked up in an intensified crackdown Read more »