In response to statements made by the Dominican Republic’s vice president, Raquel Peña, on concerns raised by Amnesty International regarding the responsibility of Luis Abinader’s government to investigate, punish and redress human rights violations occurring in the context of the implementation of...

Responding to the signing of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances by the Interim Government of Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus yesterday, Smriti Singh, Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International said: “The signing of...

The Guinean authorities must immediately carry out an impartial, independent and transparent investigation into the enforced disappearance of civil society activists Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah, who have now been missing for more than seven weeks, said Amnesty International and 17 Guinean...

Letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) August 30, 2024. We are writing to urge you to take action at the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend, by at least two years, the...

On 1 August 2024, a Tunis investigative judge ordered the pre-trial detention of prominent human rights defender Sihem Bensedrine who was president of the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) until 2018. Sihem Bensedrine has been under investigation since February 2023 under charges of “fraud”,...

South Sudan has experienced near constant conflict in recent decades before and after independence in 2011. The resulting loss of livelihoods and displacements (1 in 3 have been forced to flee) have been compounded by both many years of limited investment in public services due to conflict and...

Responding to the “sedition” conviction of the defunct Hong Kong media outlet Stand News and two of its former editors, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “This dismaying verdict is one more nail in the coffin for press freedom in Hong Kong. Stand News and its two editors...

Background information The case of the collective Hasta Encontrarte is an example of the experience of thousands of women searchers in the Americas. In the continent, the role of women in guaranteeing the rights of the disappeared has been crucial and inspiring. Their leading role can be observed...

To commemorate International Day of the Disappeared, today Amnesty International is launching the international campaign “Searching without Fear”, which recognizes the crucial work of women searchers in the Americas and urges states to protect and guarantee their rights as they search for their...

Enforced disappearance drives families, loved ones, and communities to search for their loved ones. In this report, Amnesty International draws on international human rights law to make the case that searching for forcibly disappeared persons is a right. Given that most searchers in the Americas...

On 1 August, Equatorial Guinean human rights defender Joaquín Elo Ayeto was arrested at his house in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea’s capital, when members of the Gendarmerie forcibly entered his house and took him away. He was accused of carrying out illegal activities through the civil society...