By: Yasmine Kacha, researcher on Algeria/Morocco/Western Sahara at Amnesty International On 13 November, Morocco's army launched an operation in the village of Al Guerguerat in the disputed Western...
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must maintain the arms embargo on South Sudan, Amnesty International said today, after confirming shocking cases of extreme violence by government forces...
The return of at least 16 children and an estimated 12 adults to Trinidad following their deportation to Venezuela on 22 November gives the authorities of Trinidad and Tobago a second chance to...
Read in Burmese here. Myanmar's newly elected government must prioritize human rights reforms after failing to do so in its first term, said Amnesty International today. Amnesty International is...
Any compromise on women’s rights in a peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban would betray two decades of hard-won progress for Afghan women, said Amnesty International, ahead of a...
The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is on the brink of a deadly escalation after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave fighters loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) 72 hours...
Iraq: Thousands of displaced Iraqis stigmatized for perceived IS ties trapped in cycle of abuse Thousands of displaced Iraqis with perceived ties to the armed group calling itself the Islamic State...
The Bangladeshi authorities must abandon plans to relocate more than 100 Rohingya families to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal which has not yet been declared safe for human habitation by the...
Tanzanian authorities must launch a prompt, thorough and independent investigation into allegations of unlawful killings and torture of opposition members and supporters arrested and arbitrarily...
Nearly eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Syrian government is failing to adequately protect its health workers, still lacks a robust response to the spread of the disease, and is refusing...