Human Rights and Social Justice

Responding to the brutal attack in Harare on Professor Lovemore Madhuku, the leader of the opposition National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), and several other political activists on March 1, by armed men in full view of the police, Amnesty International Zimbabwe’s Executive Director, Lucia Masuka, said: “Professor Lovemore Madhuku, Effort Manono, and other activists from his […]

Ten years after the murder of Lenca Indigenous leader and human rights defender Berta Cáceres, Amnesty International condemns the ongoing violence against those who defend land and the environment in Honduras, and calls on the authorities to carry out a thorough investigation that takes into account new findings revealed by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent […]

Click to expand Image The Council of State of Greece building in Athens, July 14, 2015. © 2015 C messier An Athens court in a landmark ruling on February 26 delivered the first convictions in Greece’s “Predatorgate” scandal. The court found three executives of the Greek spyware company Intellexa, and another prominent businessman, all guilty of unlawfully […]

Click to expand Image A damaged building is on fire after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik, March 2, 2026. © 2026 AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Civilians are at grave risk of abuse as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, Human Rights Watch said today. In the […]

Click to expand Image Employees of the Hungarian radio station Klubrádió work at its headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, February 6, 2025. © 2025 Bernadett Szabo/Reuters In an important judgment for media freedom, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on February 26 ruled that Hungary violated EU law when it stripped independent radio station Klubrádió […]

Click to expand Image A memorial service for Zweli ‘Khabazela’ Mkhize, activist and treasurer of Abahlali baseMjondolo’s (AbM) eNkanini branch in Gauteng, South Africa, February 19, 2026. © 2026 Noma Masiko-Mpaka/Human Rights Watch Two unknown assailants shot and killed housing rights activist Zweli ‘Khabazela’ Mkhize on February 12. Treasurer of the eNkanini branch of Abahlali baseMjondolo, […]

Click to expand Image The late Sisay Luangmonda (widely known by his social media name Bao Mor Khaen). © Private (Bangkok) – Lao authorities should urgently and impartially investigate the suspicious death of an outspoken critic of the government and appropriately prosecute those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 20, 2026, the body […]

Click to expand Image © 2021 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch (Sydney) – Australia’s government should invest in community-based alternatives to immigration detention rather than spending millions of dollars per person each year on its abusive offshore regime, Human Rights Watch said in a recent submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee […]

Click to expand Image Activists and representatives of the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice” hold a press conference at Press Club Brussels Europe, presenting their campaign for safe and accessible abortion across the EU, after meeting with the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, October, 1, 2025. © 2025 Wiktor Dabkowski/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock On Thursday, […]

The Algerian authorities must ensure the upcoming retrial of 94 people in connection with the August 2021 events in the Kabylie region, in northeastern Algeria, adheres strictly to international fair trial standards without recourse to the death penalty and excluding any torture-tainted statements, Amnesty International said today. On 1 March 2026, 94 individuals will face […]