As Gen Z-led protests in Kenya in June 2024 against the introduction of a new Finance Bill, Kenyan authorities systematically deployed technology-facilitated violence as part of a coordinated and sustained campaign to suppress criticism. TikTok, X and Facebook rapidly brought together young people around shared frustrations over the 2024 Finance Bill, which many saw as deepening economic hardship, leading to massive public protests across the country. Kenyan state authorities responded by violently cracking down on young people’s exercise of their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly through online intimidation, threats, incitement to hatred and unlawful surveillance. Prominent social media voices were arrested or forcibly disappeared. Read the report here: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr32/0471/2025/en/

Migrant workers who travelled to Saudi Arabia to work on the Riyadh Metro project were forced to pay exorbitant recruitment fees, worked in dangerous heat and earned pitiful wages during a decade of serious abuse, Amnesty International revealed in a new report today. The report, “Nobody wants to work in these situations”: A decade of […] The post Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers behind the Riyadh Metro system subjected to decade of devastating abuse appeared first on Amnesty International.

One of the girls who sued the Ecuadorian government to end gas flaring in the Amazon will attend the environmental summit to demand that the court ruling be enforced. By: Leonela Moncayo I was born in the Ecuadorian Amazon. My house faces an oil well. While other girls grew up with a view of mountains […] The post OpEd: From an oil well to COP30 appeared first on Amnesty International.

On 4 December 2025, before the Court of Appeal of Lesvos, Greece, Seán Binder will stand trial for his work as a volunteer rescuer helping people in distress and at risk of drowning at sea. Alongside 23 other defendants, he faces criminal charges including membership of a criminal organization, money laundering, and smuggling (facilitation of […] The post Greece: Authorities must ‘drop baseless charges’ against rescue volunteer Seán Binder appeared first on Amnesty International.

The Dominican Republic has among the lowest levels of public investment in health in Latin America and the Caribbean. But instead of strengthening its system, the government has blamed the population perceived as Haitian and has introduced a protocol in public hospitals that ties care to migratory status and puts these people at risk of […] The post Dominican Republic: The facts debunk the myth; migrants do not overburden the health system appeared first on Amnesty International.

Responding to today’s decision by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal to sentence former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death after convicting them in absentia of crimes against humanity, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said:  “Those individually responsible for the egregious violations and allegations of crimes against humanity that took place […] The post Bangladesh: Justice for victims of 2024 massacre not served by death sentence against Sheikh Hasina appeared first on Amnesty International.

Responding to the news of Türkiye hosting COP31 next year, Marta Schaaf, Amnesty International’s Programme Director for Climate Justice said: “As the newly designated host for the annual UN Climate summit next year, Türkiye must take decisive and transparent actions to tackle climate change in line with its international obligations as confirmed in this year’s […] The post Türkiye: New climate summit host must respect, protect and facilitate climate justice advocacy before, during and after COP31 appeared first on Amnesty International.

Fossil fuel infrastructure poses risks for the health and livelihoods of at least 2 billion people globally, roughly a quarter of the world’s population, Amnesty International and Better Planet Laboratory said in a new report on the fossil fuel industry’s harms to climate, people and ecosystems across the world. The report, Extraction Extinction: Why the lifecycle of […] The post Global: Fossil fuel infrastructure is putting rights of 2 billion people and critical ecosystems at risk appeared first on Amnesty International.

By Joshua Franco is a Senior Research Advisor at Amnesty Tech   For years, the EU has taken a leading role in creating standards that protect our rights online. But the winds have now shifted, and under the guise of “simplification” a corporate-backed wave of weakening digital rules is underway that threatens all of our rights […] The post EU Simplification: Throwing human rights under the Omnibus  appeared first on Amnesty International.

The Chadian authorities have failed to protect the victims of armed clashes between herders and farmers as well as their right to truth, justice, and reparations, Amnesty International said in a new report. “Live off the land and die for it: Human rights violations in conflicts between herders and farmers in Chad” documents seven episodes […] The post Chad: Authorities failing to address deadly clashes between herders and farmers amid climate crisis appeared first on Amnesty International.

Moldova’s diverse and multi-lingual media face multiple challenges, including restrictions based on vague national legislation, penalties that are unwarranted and fail to follow due process, harassment, as well as direct reporting restrictions in Russian-occupied Transnistria, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The report, Media freedom in Moldova: Fragility, undue restrictions and self-censorship […] The post Moldova: Fragile media challenged by vague laws, undue sanctions and harassment appeared first on Amnesty International.

In response to the passing of the first reading of a controversial new amendment to the Israeli Penal Law making it mandatory for  Israeli courts to impose the death penalty against individuals convicted of killing an Israeli “either  intentionally or recklessly” if the act is motivated by “racism or hostility towards the public” and “committed […] The post Israel must immediately halt legislation of discriminatory death penalty bill appeared first on Amnesty International.

Ahead of the trial that begins on 12 November in Paris of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a Congolese armed group leader accused of complicity in crimes against humanity, including killings, torture and rape, that were committed in North Kivu province in 2002 and 2003, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa’s regional office, […] The post DRC: Landmark trial in Paris of Congolese armed group leader is a crucial step to ending impunity appeared first on Amnesty International.

Reacting to the forthcoming reading in Kazakhstan’s parliament of draft amendments that would ban so-called “LGBTI propaganda”, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “Together with Kazakhstani civil society we call on lawmakers to reject these draft amendments before they become law. Banning so-called ‘LGBTI propaganda’ is not about protecting children, […] The post Kazakhstan: Parliament’s last-minute “LGBTI propaganda” ban must not become law appeared first on Amnesty International.

A conversation with Prisoner of Conscience Osman Kavala, by Amnesty International Türkiye’s Günal Kurşun  A few weeks ago, as we approached the sombre milestone of Osman Kavala’s eighth year of unjust imprisonment, I visited him in the high security wing of Istanbul’s infamous jail, colloquially known as “the Silivri dungeon”.  Sitting in the room reserved […] The post Osman Kavala: Hope for his country, quietly hopeless about his chances for freedom appeared first on Amnesty International.

On the fifth anniversary of the fatal shooting of Inocêncio de Matos, on his way to participate in a protest, in Luanda, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Vongai Chikwanda said: “Five years on, the relatives of Inocêncio de Matos are still awaiting justice. He did not commit any crime or […] The post Angola: No accountability five years after protestor killing appeared first on Amnesty International.

Nigerian authorities must ensure the safe release of the abducted children and teacher.

Responding to the European Commission’s so-called “digital omnibus” proposals, which will dismantle the bloc’s protections against digital threats, Damini Satija, Programme Director at Amnesty Tech, said:  “The EU’s ongoing deregulatory push will lead to a weakening of people’s rights and expose them to digital oppression. It will open the door to unlawful surveillance, discriminatory profiling in welfare and policing, strip people of their right to have control of their personal data and object to automated decisions, and the spread of harmful […] The post EU: Digital omnibus proposals will tear apart accountability on digital rights  appeared first on Amnesty International.

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In response to the third time that Diana Loginova (aka Naoko) and Aleksandr Orlov, street music performers from the band Stoptime, are being held in administrative detention, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The repeated arrests of Naoko and her bandmates are punishment for their public performance which […] The post Russia: Street musicians jailed for a third time over anti-war songs appeared first on Amnesty International.

Responding to the deaths of refugees and migrants on a boat that sank off the coast of Malaysia, Amnesty International’s Myanmar Researcher Joe Freeman said: “This latest tragedy at sea in Southeast Asia once again lays bare the deadly risks faced by Rohingya Muslims who attempt to flee conflict and persecution in Myanmar, plus deteriorating […] The post Malaysia: Migrant boat tragedy highlights worsening plight of Rohingya         appeared first on Amnesty International.

*Names changed to protect identities  Kenyan authorities systematically deployed technology-facilitated violence as part of a coordinated and sustained campaign to suppress Generation Z-led protests between June 2024 and July 2025 against corruption and the introduction of new tax legislation, a new Amnesty International report shows.  The report, “This fear, everyone is feeling it”: Tech-facilitated violence […] The post Kenya: Authorities weaponized social media and digital tools to suppress Gen Z protests  appeared first on Amnesty International.

Somali authorities and the international community have repeatedly failed to protect thousands of people from drought-affected communities in southern Somalia, exposing them to violations of their rights to food, water, family, health and life, Amnesty International said in a new report. ‘No rain, no food, no animals: The human rights impact of drought and displacement […] The post Somalia: Thousands of climate-displaced individuals being failed by authorities and the international community – new report appeared first on Amnesty International.

Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government’s brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists – the Ogoni Nine – for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty International is calling for their full exoneration. The anniversary coincides with the start of the UN climate talks (COP 30) in Brazil. The Ogoni […] The post Nigeria: Government must clear names of executed activists Ogoni Nine appeared first on Amnesty International.