The US government is breaching international human rights standards by moving ahead with a series of new lithium mines across Nevada without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of affected Indigenous Peoples, threatening their culture, health, water and environment, Amnesty International said in a new research briefing out today. As global demand for lithium […]
Fermina Stevens, 57, is a member of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone. She was born and raised in Elko, Nevada, USA. Nevada’s stunning landscape of mountain ranges and valleys has been home to Indigenous Peoples for thousands of years. As Executive Director of the Western Shoshone Defense Project, Fermina works to defend her ancestral […]
Israel’s unlawful and wanton destruction of civilian high-rise buildings continues to have devastating consequences for displaced Palestinian families in the occupied Gaza Strip, where reconstruction remains a distant dream amid ongoing genocide and air strikes despite the October 2025 so-called ceasefire, said Amnesty International today. To illustrate the gravity of the wanton destruction that Israeli […]
On 11 May the EU will face a defining test of its values, principles, and commitment to human rights and international law. As public, political, and diplomatic pressure continues to mount, EU foreign ministers have a choice: continue Israel’s red-carpet treatment, or start enforcing the bloc’s red lines, which Israel has made a mockery of, […]
Tunisian authorities have intensified their crackdown on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through court-ordered suspensions and threats of dissolution, judicial and administrative harassment on the pretext of combating “suspicious” foreign funding and protecting “national interests,” Amnesty International said today. Over the past two years, authorities have increasingly targeted organizations working on human rights, migration, anti-racism, election monitoring, corruption, media freedom and social […]
Following the confirmation of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for former Philippines National Police (PNP) Chief, Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, Ritz Lee Santos III, Executive Director of Amnesty International Philippines, said: “Following the ICC’s confirmation it has issued an arrest warrant for former PNP chief Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa, the Philippines government should […]
Ahead of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals, in which Israel will participate, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “The failure of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to suspend Israel from Eurovision, as it did with Russia, is an act of cowardice and an illustration of blatant double standards when it comes to Israel. Songs and sequins […]
Responding to news that five law enforcement officers in Georgia have been arrested and charged over attacks in 2024 on three people attending anti-government protests, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director, said: “Accountability for the widespread abusive use of force by police against peaceful protesters, journalists and government critics during […]
In 2019, a group of 27 law students from the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu began campaigning to take the issue of human-induced climate change and its impacts on human rights to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Their initiative led the ICJ to issue a landmark Advisory Opinion in July 2025, which […]
On the first anniversary of the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s ruling that trials of civilians by military courts are constitutional, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said: “The Supreme Court’s 2025 decision has fundamentally undermined the right to a fair trial and the right to liberty in Pakistan. Such courts flout […]
