Campaigns
Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
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...
July 23, 2024
News
Africa
Detention
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...
July 19, 2024
Campaigns
Egypt
Torture and other ill-treatment
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...
July 19, 2024
News
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
Armed Conflict
Israeli authorities must end their indefinite incommunicado detention of Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip, without charge or trial under the Unlawful Combatants law, in flagrant violation of international law, said Amnesty International. The organization documented the cases of 27...
July 18, 2024
Campaigns
Iran
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi is arbitrarily detained in Esfahan central prison, Esfahan province, in relation to his peaceful activities, including participation in the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising and social media posts critical of the Iranian authorities. In June 2024, the Supreme Court...
July 18, 2024
Campaigns
Middle East and North Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
On 29 May 2024, Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) sentenced 47-year-old teacher Asaad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi to 20 years in prison for social media posts criticizing the government’s Vision 2030 programme and expressing condolences for the death in prison of a prominent human rights...
July 16, 2024
Research
Belgium
COVID-19
In this submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Amnesty International highlights human rights concerns in care homes for older people during the Covid-19-pandemic and barriers limiting people with disabilities’ ability to live autonomous and independent lives. The...
July 12, 2024
Research
Africa
Detention
Amnesty International urges South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir to send the National Security Service Act 2014 (Amendment) Bill 2024 back to parliament for review and significant amendment. The bill that passed parliament on 3 July 2024 risks undermining human rights and strengthening the National...
July 11, 2024
Campaigns
Middle East and North Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
On 21 June 2024, the Huthi de facto authorities released Baha’i human rights activist Abdullah al-Olofi from over a year in arbitrary detention, yet are continuing to arbitrarily detain four other Baha’is. According to credible sources, the Huthis forced al-Olofi to sign a pledge that he would...
July 11, 2024
Research
Bahrain
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Joint letter from 26 NGOs and human rights groups, to the Bahrain King and the Crown Prince to call for their immediate attention to the third anniversary of human rights defender Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace’s liquids-only hunger strike.
July 8, 2024
Campaigns
Iran
Death Penalty
Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali, arbitrarily detained in Iran for over eight years, is at grave risk of execution after exhausting all legal avenues to overturn his death sentence. From 26 June to 4 July 2024, he was on hunger strike in protest at his continued arbitrary detention...
July 8, 2024
Research
Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
In a context of humanitarian crisis and increased protest, Cuban authorities have continued to perfect a sophisticated machinery of repression of the rights of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. The new Penal Code, which entered into force in December 2022, regulates the crimes of...
July 7, 2024