At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2026, governments jostled with each other over their vision for a “new world order”. Canada’s Prime Minister called time of death on the so-called international rules based order and encouraged others to seek economic and military partnerships outside of the United States. Two days later, the US […]
Donald Trump’s designs on Venezuela and Greenland have sent shock waves around the world. Canadian premier Mark Carney said they have created a “rupture in the world order”, as political alliances that have held for over 80 years are thrown aside. And as the US seeks to carve out a Western Hemispheric sphere of influence, […]
Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard will attend the Munich Security Conference from 13 to 15 February, where she will be available for interview and will call on world leaders and senior officials to collectively resist the predatory attacks on international law that are severely undermining global security. “It’s already clear that 2026 will be […]
The tragic collapse of a residential building in Tripoli’s Bab al Tabbaneh on 8 February which killed 14 people and wounded eight others must spur government action to provide reparation for those who have suffered the loss of their home and to protect those who remain in unsafe buildings, Amnesty International said today. This building […]
Reacting to the decision by Russian authorities to further restrict the Telegram messenger service by considerably slowing it down, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “As usual, Russian authorities are resorting to the bluntest instrument in their digital repression toolbox: censorship and obstruction under the guise of protecting people’s rights […]
Reacting to the European Parliament’s vote to ratify changes to EU asylum rules that undermine the foundation of refugee protection, Olivia Sundberg Diez, the EU Advocate on Migration and Asylum at Amnesty International, said: “It’s a very dark day for human rights in the EU. This attack on the right to asylum is taking place […]
Click to expand Image Baku City Court Complex, Baku, Azerbaijan, January 2025. © 2025 Aziz Karimov/Reuters Courts in Azerbaijan have handed down further politically motivated in-absentia convictions against journalists, bloggers, and other critics of the government living abroad, expanding the authorities’ campaign of transnational repression. In January, a Baku court convicted several government critics residing […]
Click to expand Image People attend the Pecs Pride March, which was banned by police, in Pecs, Hungary, October 4, 2025. © 2025 Bernadett Szabo/Reuters Hungarian prosecutors are charging Géza Buzás-Hábel, the organizer of the 2025 Pécs Pride, for doing what democracies are supposed to protect: organizing a peaceful march. He faces up to one […]
Click to expand Image Former Mali Prime Minister Moussa Mara in Bamako, on February 21, 2025. © 2025 Ousmane Makaveli/AFP via Getty Images An appeals court in Mali’s capital, Bamako, has upheld a two-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister Moussa Mara, the latest demonstration of the military junta’s intent to suppress free expression in […]
Click to expand Image US Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) speaks during a press conference on legislation for the SAVE Act, Washington, DC, May 8, 2024. © 2024 Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP Photo This week, the US House of Representatives will vote on legislation that, if enacted, would create new barriers for millions of eligible voters […]
