Saudi Arabian authorities have executed nearly 100 people so far this year, including at least 61 for drug-related offences, the latest of which was on 18 June. In response, Dana Ahmed, Middle East Researcher at Amnesty International, said today: “It is halfway through the year and Saudi Arabia has executed nearly 100 people, a grim […]
Around the world, millions of people are left with little choice but to leave their homes because of conflicts, violence, persecution or climate emergencies. Many are still seeking protection. On World Refugee Day, Victor Nyamori, Researcher and Advisor on Refugees and Migrants’ Rights at Amnesty International, reflects on what has changed in recent years, the challenges that remain and how everybody has a role to play in the fight for justice. […]
Guillaume Konan, known as Kajeem, is a singer and songwriter who grew up in Abobo, a neighbourhood of Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d’Ivoire. Now 57, he began his career in the 1990s in rap music before moving on to reggae. Kajeem is committed to defending rights and freedoms, and speaks out against restrictions […]
Burkina Faso’s authorities should urgently account for the journalist Atiana Serge Oulon, who was forcibly disappeared by state security forces two years ago, and release him immediately, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Observatoire Kisal, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the World […]
Amnesty International urges the European Union (EU) institutions and member states to abandon Afghanistan deportation plans and end any readmission cooperation with Taliban de facto authorities. Afghanistan cannot in any way be considered safe for returns, and this approach will put the lives of returnees at risk, as repeatedly noted by several UN bodies. The European Commission recently invited Taliban authorities to Brussels to discuss the deportation of Afghan nationals. This meeting, which is expected to take place imminently according to media reports, follows a push […]
The coastal community of Cedeño, in the Gulf of Fonseca, is facing a human rights crisis caused by the impacts of climate change, including coastal erosion, rising sea levels and the lack of an adequate state response, Amnesty International said today as it launched its new report, Cedeño: “Losing everything, home and children”. Climate displacement from […]
Ahead of an upcoming hearing on 19 June during which the Tunis appeals court will re-examine the conviction of Saadia Mosbah, a prominent Tunisian Black human rights defender, and five of her colleagues from the anti-racist organization Mnemty, based on unfounded financial criminal charges stemming from their human rights work, Amnesty International’s North Africa researcher Safia Rayan said: “The initial verdict issued on 19 March against Saadia Mosbah and other Mnemty staff and collaborators, among them four who now risk imminent arrest, is shocking and profoundly unjust. It is another appalling indictment of the Tunisian authorities’ ongoing weaponization of the criminal justice system to silence civil […]
Israeli military radically expanded its use of unlawful “everybody-leave” orders, displacing hundreds of thousands of people across Lebanon Israeli military also expanded “don’t come back” orders, with residents in southern Lebanon indefinitely barred from returning to villages within Israel’s unilaterally declared buffer zone covering 6% of the country. In parts of southern Lebanon, the Israeli military’s forced displacement of civilians and prevention of their return amounts to unlawful transfer, which is a war crime The Israeli military’s repeated use of unlawful mass “evacuation” and no-return […]
Reacting to the opening of the trial of former president François Bozizé and three co-defendants before the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa said: “The fact that François Bozizé is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity – including […]
Amnesty International recently gathered a group of young people from around the world in Kenya to discuss their experiences on social media amid a push for teenage social media bans by governments across the world. Australia and Indonesia have already put restrictions on young people’s use of social media. UK announced a social media ban for children under 16 on 15 June 2026. Over 40 countries are considering bans. The proposals are driven by concerns about young […]
