Amnesty International

March 5, 2019 – Responding to reports by The Intercept that Google is still working on Project Dragonfly, its censored search engine for China, Anna Bacciarelli, AI and Big Data Researcher and Adviser at Amnesty Tech, said: “The lack of transparency around the development of Dragonfly is very disturbing. We continue to call on Google’s […]

Feb. 28, 2019 – Responding to the findings of a report published by the UN Commission of Inquiry today which states that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes during protests in Gaza last year, including by deliberately firing on Palestinian civilians, Saleh Higazi, Deputy Middle East and North Africa Director at Amnesty International said: […]

Feb. 20, 2019 – Governments across the world are increasingly attacking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by creating laws that subject them and their staff to surveillance, nightmarish bureaucratic hurdles and the ever-present threat of imprisonment, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. Laws Designed to Silence: The Global Crackdown on Civil Society Organizations reveals […]

Jan. 24, 2019 – In response to reports that at least a dozen people were killed in the context of the protests in Venezuela, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “Since the beginning of the week, thousands of people in Venezuela have taken to the streets to protest the serious institutional and human […]

Oct. 29, 2018 – Leading journalists from around the world pay tribute to Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi Arabian journalist who was murdered by Saudi state agents at the country’s consulate in Istanbul this month, by reading portions of his final Washington Post column in a video released today by Amnesty International. Jake Tapper of CNN, Nick Kristof […]

Oct. 24, 2018 – An Amnesty International delegation will travel to the southern Mexican state of Chiapas from 23 to 26 October to document the situation of the migrants, refugees, and people seeking asylum who are travelling in the caravan from Honduras and monitor the response of the Mexican authorities. “The Mexican authorities must respect […]

Oct. 15, 2018 – An Amnesty International researcher sent to observe demonstrations in the Ingushetian capital Magas was abducted, beaten and subjected to terrifying mock executions by men claiming to be members of the security services. Oleg Kozlovsky, a Russian national working as a researcher for Amnesty International, arrived in Magas on October 5 to […]

Oct. 9, 2018 – Responding to reports alleging that Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside his country’s consulate in Istanbul, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director Lynn Maalouf said: “Reports that a team flew in from Saudi Arabia expressly to carry out a ‘planned murder’ in the consulate are cause for extreme alarm after Jamal […]

Sept. 17, 2018 – Amnesty International will observe the trial of eight people accused of the 2016 murder of Honduran human rights defender Berta Cáceres, beginning next Monday, 17 September at the Supreme Court of Justice in Tegucigalpa. “It’s crucial that the Honduran authorities ensure that this trial meets international standards of fairness and that […]

Sept. 5, 2018 – Responding to the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision, the second one in less than two months, to approve the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, by rejecting the desperate last resort petitions from residents of the West Bank village, Saleh Higazi, Head of Office in Jerusalem for Amnesty International, said:“With this shameful and manifestly […]

Sept. 5, 2018 – Guatemala’s Congress must reject proposed law 5272, also known as the “Law for the Protection of Life and Family,” because it would violate the rights of thousands of women, girls and LGBTI, Amnesty International said today. “This bill actually threatens what it claims to protect: life and families,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, […]

Aug. 27, 2018 – As rapid technological advances bring “killer robots” ever closer to reality, Amnesty International is calling on states to support the negotiation of new international law to ban fully autonomous weapons systems. The Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems will meet in Geneva […]

Aug. 16, 2018 – The human rights movement needs to be bigger, bolder and more inclusive if it is to tackle the challenges that people face today, said seasoned activist Kumi Naidoo as he officially started his role as Secretary General of Amnesty International. “Our world is facing complex problems that can only be tackled […]