Moussa Tchangari, a human rights defender and secretary-general of Citizens’ Alternative Spaces, faced two new charges: ...

On December 27, 2024, the Israeli military raided Kamal Adwan Hospital in Mashrou’ Beit Lahiya. During the raid, they ...

Amnesty International Secretary Agnès Callamard welcomed the news of Gaza ceasefire deal but called it "bitterly overdue." ...

On December 6, following the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijani authorities arrested seven journalists ...

Authorities in Angola released Tiktoker Neth Nahara, who is featured in this year's Write for Rights campaign, along with ...

Steven Donziger is an environmental lawyer and human rights defender who stood up to the oil giant Chevron. He successfully ...

Carlos Correa, a prominent human rights defender and executive director of the Venezuelan NGO Espacio Público, was ...

On January 6, 2025, the United States transferred 11 Yemeni men from the Guantanamo Bay military detention facility to Oman.

This year people around the world continued to prove that change is possible. From changing laws to ensuring justice prevails ...

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization ...

It is time to step up demands for the Chinese government to release human rights defenders detained after attending a social ...

Violence against women, and certainly violence against Indigenous women, is rarely understood as a human rights issue. When governments, media and the general public consider violence against women, ...