Reacting to the EU’s failure to call for a vote to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement or to agree on any other concrete measures today at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns said: “At this point, the EU’s decision to maintain its trade […]
Responding to the Fijian authorities’ announcement that a man, Jone Vakarisi, died in military custody on 17 April, Amnesty International’s Pacific Researcher Kate Schuetze said: “The information provided by authorities on this death in custody raises more questions than answers. Initial responses from the military suggested that Jone Vakarisi died from a pre-existing medical condition, […]
Throughout 2025, voracious predators stalked through our global commons, hulking hunters plundering unjust trophies. Political leaders like Trump, Putin and Netanyahu, among many others, carried out their conquests for economic and political domination through destruction, suppression and violence on a massive scale. As Amnesty International has long warned, a global environment where primitive ferocity could […]
The State of the World’s Human Rights Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2025/26 read the report © Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images © Luis Tato, Ali Jadallah, Connie France, Attila Kisbenedek, Timur Matahari / Getty Images Predatory attacks on multilateralism, international law and civil society marked 2025 The alternative on offer is a racist, patriarchal, unequal […]
Reacting to an intensifying campaign of repression against Gen Z activists and civil society members by Madagascar’s military authorities, which took power following a coup in October 2025, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said: “Malagasy authorities are using deliberately vague charges of criminal conspiracy, threats to national security and […]
Proposed amendments to India’s digital regulation rules would grant authorities wide-ranging powers to police, censor and remove users’ content, Amnesty International has warned in a new legal analysis of the proposals. The amendments to India’s IT rules – which govern digital media content – are currently open for public consultation before they are debated in the country’s parliament. They include new powers that would enable the authorities to take down content […]
The decision by French authorities to deny visa access to prominent Palestinian human rights defender and General Director of Al-Haq, Shawan Jabarin, who was due to travel to the country this week as part for an advocacy trip, is an alarming setback for human rights. Al-Haq, the oldest Palestinian human rights organisation and a pioneer […]
Reacting to the announcement of the dissolution of 118 NGOs and associations in Burkina Faso, Ousmane Diallo, Senior Researcher on Sahel at Amnesty International’s Regional Office for West and Central Africa, said: “We are alarmed and deeply concerned by this flagrant attack on the right to freedom of association. Dissolving NGOs and associations is at […]
Today Amnesty International Ireland and Human Rights First published their joint letter to the Irish Ministers for Transport and Foreign Affairs and Trade urging an end to the U.S. administration’s use of Shannon Airport as a refuelling stopover for unlawful removal flights by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The organizations called on the Irish […]
Responding to the Italian government’s long-overdue decision to suspend the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Israel on defence cooperation, Riccardo Noury, spokesperson for Amnesty International Italy, said: “Israel continues to act in defiance of international law and human rights: the genocide in the Gaza Strip is ongoing, the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank proceeds alongside an unprecedented escalation of violence, and attacks and mass displacement in Lebanon continue. […]
