Press Release

The Ugandan government should urgently suspend the crime preventer program ahead of the February 2016 national elections.

Amnesty International has gathered new testimony from residents living inside besieged Syrian villages.

More than 100 Syrian refugees have been forcibly returned to Syria by the Lebanese authorities.

The human rights situation in Saudi Arabia has steadily deteriorated over the year since blogger Raif Badawi was publicly flogged for exercising his right to free expression.

The reports of further allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse are deeply disturbing and highlight just how much needs to be done to stamp out this recurrent practice.

Saudi Arabia’s authorities have demonstrated their utter disregard for human rights and life by executing 47 people in a single day.

23 Central African and international human rights groups speak out

Russian air strikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians and caused massive destruction in residential areas, striking homes, a mosque and a busy market, as well as medical facilities.

The three year suspended prison sentence handed down against human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang is a deliberate attempt by the Chinese authorities to shackle a champion of freedom of expression.

Security forces systematically killed dozens of people, including by extrajudicial execution, on the single bloodiest day of Burundi’s escalating crisis.