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U.S. immigration officials unlawfully arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil because he joined student protests at Columbia ...
In just six months, over 180,000 people have been deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. These mass deportations are happening without proper, ...
Hungary’s Parliament rushed through a new law that effectively bans Pride marches. It uses the country’s anti-LGBTI ...
On January 20, 2025, just four days after his arrest, a court in Algiers sentenced activist and poet Mohamed Tadjadit to five years in prison. The trial ...
Mozambican security forces used reckless and unnecessary force in a widespread crackdown on protests following last October’s election, resulting in unlawful killings and devastating injuries, Amnesty ...
Since 2021, Belgium has refused to provide housing and basic services to over 2,500 people seeking asylum. As a result, many—mostly single men—are left without shelter. They sleep on the streets, in ...
On the two-year anniversary of the outbreak of Sudan’s civil war, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas, said: “Today is a day of ...
March 21 marks both the beginning of spring and Mother’s Day in Palestine. A day of celebration, of hope, but it is hard for us to think of hope now. My 12-year-old son apologized to me because he ...
Against the backdrop of President Nayib Bukele’s official visit to the White House on 14 April, Amnesty International released a public statement warning of the deepening human rights crisis in El ...
Amnesty International has announced the launch of a new Hong Kong section based overseas, following the closure of its offices in the city in 2021 amid a crackdown on human rights. The new entity, ...
As discriminatory legislation that could be used to ban Pride marches in Hungary comes into effect today, Amnesty International has announced the launch of an international campaign calling on the ...
“Right now, human rights are under increasing threat as authoritarian practices multiply,” warns France-Isabelle Langlois, director general of Amnistie internationale Canada francophone. “Not only in ...