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Four former crew members of the search and rescue ship Iuventa, which saved the lives of thousands of people in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, will this week find out if they are to face criminal...

Por Agnes Callamard & Erika Guevara Rosas En febrero de 2021 murió por complicaciones de Covid-19 Aruká Juma, último integrante del pueblo indígena Juma. Tras sobrevivir al desplazamiento de sus...

By Agnes Callamard & Erika Guevara-Rosas In February 2021, Aruká Juma, the last remaining member of the Indigenous Juma people, died from Covid-19 complications. Having survived displacement from his...

Death Penalty 2021: State-sanctioned killings continue in East and Southern Africa, including Somalia and South Sudan - Somalia records highest execution figure with 21 people - Despite regression,...

Israeli authorities must scrap plans to demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village and forcibly transfer its residents to a segregated Bedouin-only town, Amnesty International said today. On 22 and 23...

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Excellencies, Following the military coup of 25 October 2021, the UN...

1. INTRODUCTION An Amnesty International delegation, led by Secretary General Agnès Callamard, conducted an official country visit to Ukraine from 30 April to 6 May 2022. The objectives of the visit...

#PasUnCrime: Une campagne numérique appelle les autorités algériennes à cesser leur assaut contre l’espace civique et les libertés fondamentales Les autorités algériennes ont mis fin aux...

#NotACrime: Online campaign calls on Algerian authorities to stop their assault on civic space and fundamental freedoms A year ago, Algerian authorities shut down the “Hirak” pro-democracy protests...

Belarusian authorities have adopted a new law which introduces the death penalty for “attempts to carry out acts of terrorism.” Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe...