Qatari authorities should immediately free a Jordanian former media manager for the 2022 men’s World Cup, Abdullah Ibhais, after a UN committee determined that he has been arbitrarily detained for nearly three years, FairSquare, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch said today. Ibhais, a...

On 9 July, activists Oumar Sylla (alias Fonike Mengue) and Mamadou Billo Bah were arrested by defense and security forces in Oumar Sylla’s home in Conakry, Guinea’s capital. They have since been subjected to enforced disappearance, with their whereabouts unknown. On the day of their arrest, Oumar...

On 16 June, police arrested and arbitrarily detained 79 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members, including interim party leader Jameson Timba. The group had gathered at Jameson Timba’s house to commemorate the International Day of the African Child. On 17 June, police charged the detainees with...

Responding to the news that authorities at Eswatini’s Matsapha Correctional Complex have denied food rations to jailed former parliamentarian, Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Vongai Chikwanda said:  “Amnesty International is...

Malian authorities must immediately release Youssouf Daba Diawara and 11 other opposition politicians who remain arbitrarily detained solely for exercise of their human rights amid escalating crackdown on dissent, said Amnesty International. On 12 July, Youssouf Daba Diawara, former coordinator of...

On 4 July 2024, Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian political activist and journalist was hospitalized while serving a 25-year sentence in a strict regime penal colony IK-6 in Omsk, Western Siberia. Vladimir Kara-Murza has been diagnosed with polyneuropathy, which can lead to paralysis of the legs....

Ilham Mahmudi and Taufik, two fishermen from North Sumatra Province, face trial amid efforts to save their coastal village from drowning. They face up to five and a half years in prison after being indicted for alleged group violence and property damage. Local NGOs and advocates view the charges as...

Badr Mohamed, aged 28, has spent over four years arbitrarily detained in connection to the Ramsis Square protests which took place on 16 August 2013, when he was 17 years old. In January 2023, he was sentenced to an unjust five-year prison sentence following a grossly unfair trial. He is held in...

The Egyptian authorities have embarked on a new wave of arbitrary arrests of dozens of people against the backdrop of calls for anti-government protests amid rising public discontent at soaring prices and ongoing power cuts, Amnesty International said today. Since the beginning of July, Egyptian...

Nafissatou Gueye Fatou Kiné Diagne Binta Gueye Hannibal Djim Pape Fara Ndiaye Amnesty International contributed to the conference on justice in Senegal from 28 May to 4 June 2024, one of the recommendations of which was the improvement of prison conditions.

Ahead of the trial scheduled on 18 July of prominent Hirak activist Mohamed Tadjadit, known as the “poet of the Hirak”, who has been arbitrarily detained for seven months over critical social media commentary and private online conversations Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director...

Media Advisory Spokespersons Available Zimbabwean authorities must immediately and unconditionally release over 70 opposition members detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their human rights, Amnesty International said today.  The members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party are...