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Aug 14 2024 3:34PM
Uniting for Change: Afghan Women’s Rights Matter – a background of women’s rights in Afghanistan

Blog by Livia Amato On August 15 th , 2021, the Taliban regained control of Kabul following the US withdrawal. Almost instantly, Afghan women’s rights were severely curtailed. As the third anniversary of this takeover approaches, it is...

Aug 10 2024 6:26PM
Belfast. We stand as one.

Text of speech given by Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International at the anti-racism solidarity rally in front of Belfast City Hall, Saturday 10 August 2024

Aug 9 2024 4:28PM
FIVE YEARS OF SILENCE AND STRUGGLE IN KASHMIR

It has been five years since India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's semi-autonomous status, a decision that plunged the region into a stringent lockdown marked by extensive control over freedom of the press, expression, and politics.

Aug 9 2024 4:22PM
Michael Chakma is Found

The fruits of the student liberation movement are only beginning to be felt. A decade of brute oppression is slowly coming undone.

Aug 9 2024 2:28PM
United Nations Committee against Torture expresses concern that torture and ill-treatment still endemic in Türkiye

On 26 July the United Nations Committee against Torture published its latest review of the situation in Türkiye.