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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, Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas (AIHKO), will be led by Hong Kong diaspora activists operating

Global executions reached their highest figure since 2015, as over 1,500 people were executed across 15 countries in 2024, a new report has found. According to Amnesty International's Death Sentences and Executions 2024, 1,518 executions were recorded in 2024 – the highest number since 2015 (a

States and companies are manufacturing, promoting and selling electric shock equipment that is being used for torture and other ill-treatment, said Amnesty International, in a new report calling for a global, legally-binding treaty to regulate the unchecked trade in law enforcement equipment. &ldquo

The scheduled execution tomorrow of a Malaysian man for drug trafficking offences is a source of great alarm, Amnesty International has said. Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, 37, was convicted of importing 51g of heroin into Singapore, where he was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in 2017.

The relentless gang violence in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas has resulted in a brutal attack on childhood in Haiti, Amnesty International said in a new report. “I’m a child, why did this happen to me?”: Gangs’ assault on childhood in Haiti, documents how children are

Arrested protesters in Georgia are being denied their right to a lawyer and a fair trial, Amnesty International has said. For several nights now, protesters in Tbilisi have blocked key streets to oppose the government's announcement that it will not proceed with EU accession talks until 2028.

FIFA should halt the process to select Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 men’s World Cup unless major human rights reforms are announced before a vote of FIFA members next month, campaigners have said. Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance are also calling on FIFA to mak

Iraqis are being subjected to torture and other ill-treatment as well as enforced disappearance after being arrested in Al-Jed’ah Community Rehabilitation Centre in northern Iraq, Amnesty International said in a new investigation. Amnesty documented the cases of eight people, including seven m

Human rights campaigners have called on the Scottish government to do more to hold Israel accountable for serious breaches of international law in the wake of a controversial meeting between Angus Robertson and the deputy Israeli ambassador. The letter to First Minister John Swinney from Amnesty Int

Women in Afghanistan have called on the international community to do more to defend women's rights in the country three years from the Taliban's takeover. Amnesty International conducted a wide-ranging consultation with more than 150 women in Afghanistan and in exile — including lawyers, poli

A ban on French women athletes who wear hijabs from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international human rights laws, Amnesty International has said. In a 32-page report published ahead of the Paris Olympic Games later this month, the rights organisation highlights the devastating impact that

Amnesty International has documented new shipments of aviation fuel to Myanmar despite global calls to deprive the country’s military of the resources it needs to carry out unlawful air strikes. In January 2024, Amnesty International exposed the Myanmar military’s new evasive tactics for

Gender apartheid should be recognised as a crime to close a "major gap in international law", Amnesty International has said. The human rights group said legal recognition of gender apartheid would strengthen efforts to combat institutionalised regimes of systematic oppression and domination imposed

Major social media companies including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok may be failing to respect international human rights standards by removing abortion-related content on their platforms, according to Amnesty International. A new Amnesty report reveals how, since the 2022 US Supreme Court decision

A total of 1,153 executions took place around the world in 2023 – excluding China – marking an increase of more than 30 per cent from 2022. It was the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 2015, when 1,634 people were known to have been executed. Despite this increase, t