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UK: Make it a compassionate Christmas with Amnesty's new retail range

Shop for Christmas gifts that support defending human rights Hundreds of products mean sustainable and ethical shopping couldn’t be easier ‘A gift from the Amnesty festive range works as a present two...

Uganda: 'Drastic' increase in online attacks against LGBTQ people having 'devastating consequences' - New Report

Amnesty research reveals widespread patterns of online violence against LGBTQ people, including blackmailing, outing and threats of physical attack Cases of police using social media to connect with...

Cuba: Amnesty declares four new prisoners of conscience in midst of new wave of state repression

Widespread state repression has been enforced since the July 2021 protests, but a renewed effort to suppress dissent began this September Félix Navarro, Dama de Blanco Sayli Navarro, Roberto Pérez...

Lebanon: Israeli attacks on financial institutions are possible war crimes

There have been multiple attacks on branches of Qard al-Hassan, a non-profit financial association affiliated with Hezbollah Under laws of war, financial institutions are civilian objects unless being...

Northern Ireland: Government's appeal of Troubles Act judgement a 'betrayal'

Amnesty has today said the UK Government is betraying its own legacy commitments and failing victims by diluting its election promise to repeal and replace the widely opposed Troubles legacy Act...

Saudi Arabia: migrant workers at Carrefour sites exploited and forced to live in squalor - new report

Workers from Nepal, India and Pakistan made to work 16-hour days and threatened with costly lay-offs if they refused to work overtime Workers report sleeping six or eight to a room, with one...

Indonesia: New Government must protect human rights and end impunity

Human rights violations include repression of freedom of expression and marginalised Indigenous communities 1,262 human rights defenders attacked ‘The new administration must recognise that protest is...

Iran: authorities set to execute child offender contrary to international law

Mohammad Reza Azizi is due to be executed in the city of Shiraz on Monday Arrested as a 17-year-old, his execution would violate international law ‘The international community, including UN bodies and...

UK: David Lammy must use China visit to challenge Beijing’s brutal suppression of human rights

‘The Government should ensure that talks on trade and security relations with China aren’t pursued at the expense of human rights’- Sacha Deshmukh Commenting on Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s first...

Netherlands: Mass police surveillance of protests part of 'growing control culture' - new report

“All facial recognition technology for identification purposes should be banned and clear rules for police surveillance at protests must be established.” - Dagmar Oudshoorn Fear amongst protestors...