Amnesty International

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We defend human rights around the world. No government is beyond scrutiny, no situation is beyond hope. Let's get to work! For media enquiries, please contact us at press@amnesty.org

illustration of two figures one with a hijab and one with hair down text: wearing a hijab should never be forced or banned
Graphic with text: 100 hours offline in Iran Authorities have cut off 90+ million people from the outside world since 28 February, preventing them from accessing essential information and contacting loved ones. AUTHORITIES MUST RESTORE INTERNET ACCESS IMMEDIATELY
Illustration of hand holding pen
Hundreds of people killed and more missing as a cyclone hits Indonesia. Communities affected by this disaster have contributed almost nothing to greenhouse gas emissions, yet they are paying for governments’ inaction on climate change and curbing deforestation.
Delhi, India. Protesters detained for demanding clean air
Tanzania: hundreds killed amid internet and electricity blackouts
France: good news. French law now clearly states: sex without consent is rape.
Fossil fuels cause UNnatural disasters
Good news from Japan: The ‘morning after’ pill can now be bought over the counter
Afghanistan - Books written by women banned from universities
It's genocide.
We all have the right to live free from gun violence
Hong Kong lawmakers reject same-sex partnerships bill
Sabrina Carpenter shows support for trans rights at the vmas
Canada - good news - Beach land returned to Saugeen First Nation
Gun violence threatens our most fundamental right: the right to life. Our human rights are not protected if our leaders fail to tackle and end the epidemic of gun violence and gun deaths.
Protect the Protest. We won't imagine a world without it.
Two men caned 76 times each by authorities for having consensual sex
Aid workers are NOT targets.
Invasion [crossed out] - People seeking protection
Climate action is a human rights obligation NOT a political choice
Living free from violence is a human right.
"There was a part of our lives where we were removed from the face of the Earth, placed behind the sun, and subjected to horrors. That place will always be a black stain—one that will grow unless we make meaning of it by ensuring our children never go through it. If we can’t guarantee that, then what happened has no meaning." – Ahmed Helmi - from Syrian survivor-led group Ta’afi
Amnesty Greece invited via viva engage
Internet shutdowns are a human rights issue
Good news. Norway adopts consent-based rape law.
A line of people hold steel pots and pans. Text reads 'While the world celebrates Eid, Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza'.
Mother close to death in hunger strike for her son’s freedom. Image of Laila Soueif mother of Alaa Abdel Fattah.
A yellow fist with the words black lives matter in captials underneath.
Graphic with text: Important Update Russia Labels Amnesty International 'Undesirable'
Israel must stop using starvation of civilians as a method of war. A crowd of men and women pushed close together hold up large cooking pots and pans.
Civilians must be protected.
Finger print with 'journalism is not a crime' written over.
Blue press helmet lies on top of a blue press vest, on top of a body covered in white cloth. Text on screen reads: 'Israel's war on Gaza is the deadliest conflict for media workers ever recorded'
"Events of the past 12 months – not least Israel’s livestreamed but unheeded genocide of Palestinians in Gaza – have laid bare just how hellish the world can be for so many when the most powerful states jettison international law and disregard multilateral institutions." - Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General.
Living free from discrimination is a human right
Civilians must be protected.
Graphic featuring Ahmad Manasra with text: Arrested and interrogated at only 13, without a lawyer or parent present, Ahmad Manasra has be release almost 10 years later
Cracking down on parody but not on hate and discrimination. X must fix its broken priorities.