Alarming new video footage sourced from Bille, Nigeria, shows methane gas leaks bubbling to the surface in rivers & swamps, putting local residents lives in danger. @amnesty.org calls for the Nigerian Government to rapidly expedite its investigation. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

On the latest episode of the @activistlawyerpod.bsky.social podcast, @amnesty.org ’s Roi Bachmutsky highlights how many NGOs want to work on BHR as companies operating in their countries have caused massive environmental harm and pollution. [1/6] make.headliner.app/download/b3d...

Amnesty's Roi Bachmutsky discusses corporate criminal liability on latest episode of @activistlawyerpod.bsky.social podcast. How companies become implicated in corporate crimes, to investigating supply chains & preparing criminal complaints. #bizhumanrights www.activistlawyer.com/podcast/epis...

Amnesty's Legal Advisor Roi Bachmutsky & Gabriel Pereira of ANDHES spoke with with Janet and Stephanie of the @asymmetricalh.bsky.social podcast about our Corporate Crimes Handbook & the cutting edge cases being brought across Latin America. [1/2] www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

Breaking News: Journalists & NGO workers are acquitted for a 2nd time in a defamation lawsuit brought by Kolmar Group AG against Public Eye & TRIAL International The was seen as being a classic SLAPP, and the acquittal is a win for corporate accountability trialinternational.org/latest-post/...

Join Amnesty Canada on February 4th, at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET for Extraction Extinction: Ending the Fossil Fuel Era — an urgent online mobilization session about Canada’s role in fossil fuel financing and how you can take action. Register now at: amnesty.ca/event/extrac...

New @amnesty.org investigation published today: Myanmar: Jet fuel used in deadly air strikes flowing in on ‘ghost ships’ with suspected links to Iran Read the full article here👇 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Amnesty International endorsed the briefing published by @trialinternational.bsky.social supporting the position that there must be accountability for all persons that commit crimes against humanity including legal persons such as corporations. trialinternational.org/wp-content/u... [1/3]

At #WEF #Davos, the world’s richest will meet under “A Spirit of Dialogue”. But dialogue w/out multilateral cooperation & int’l law means nothing. While most of the #SDGs are off-track, authoritarian practices threaten peace, worsen the climate crisis & erode #humanrights. A 🧵

New article: "Since Nineteen Fifty-Six: Nigeria, Oil and the Niger Delta (Simplified)" A short history of oil extraction in the Niger Delta by Iniruo Wills for @AtlDigest marks the 70th anniversary of the first oil extraction in Nigeria. Read the article here👇 atlanticdigest.com/opinion/sinc...

“The ‘spirit of dialogue’, the theme for this year’s meeting in Davos, has been painfully and increasingly absent from international affairs of late,” said @agnescallamard.bsky.social ahead of attending the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in #Davos. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has just announced it will stop calculating how many lives are saved - and how much health care money is avoided - by air pollution rules that curb two deadly pollutants. [1/4] apnews.com/article/epa-...

New year, new EU council presidency. Cyprus has assumed the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU & set out 5 priorities - autonomy, security, defence, migration & support for Ukraine. President Christodoulides must put human rights at the centre of Cyprus' mandate 🧵

People in Iran daring to express their anger at decades of repression and demand fundamental change are being met with unlawful use of force and firearms and mass arbitrary arrests, in scenes reminiscent of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising of 2022. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

2025 has been an incredibly busy year for the @amnestybhr.bsky.social Team. Please take a look at some of our highlights from the past year. #Bizhumanrights [1/14]

New @amnestybhr.bsky.social statement on today's @europarl.europa.eu vote on the EU's sustainability regulations package: "Deregulation deal on climate and human rights ‘betrays people and the planet’" See the full statement here 👇

📢 Ahead of the draw for the #FIFAWorldCup2026, the SRA, Dignity 2026, and @hrw.org will host a press briefing in Washington, DC, Dec 3, at 9:30 AM EST | 3:30 PM CET. 📩 DM for details.

Many thanks to everyone who attended the launch event at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, or attended online. The @amnesty.org Corporate Crimes Handbook is available online in English, French & Spanish. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

Amnesty International will launch the new Corporate Crimes Handbook today on Weds 26 November, 13:00-14:30 (CET) at the UN Forum on Business & Human Rights 2025. #CorporateCrimes #BHR Please join in person at the event or online at the following link: teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

Amnesty International's new report "Extraction Extinction" launched earlier today at #COP30. This report on Environmental Human Rights Defenders includes a tribute to the #OgoniNine to coincide with the 30th anniversary since their executions. See the full report 👇 amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

The #Ogoni9 are Ken Saro-Wiwa, Barinem Kiobel, John Kpuinen, Baribor Bera, Felix Nuate, Paul Levula, Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo & Daniel Gbokoo. They were put on trial in 1995 after challenging the impact of oil production by #Shell in the Niger Delta. amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Ogoni Nine who were executed by the Nigerian military government in November 1995 after campaigning against widespread oil pollution in the Niger Delta. @amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Tickets are still available for this screening of Esther and the Law on Thurs 13 November in London. Click on the link below to reserve your tickets 👇

Amnesty International will launch the new Corporate Crimes Handbook at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2025. Launch event is on Weds 26 Nov, 13:00-14:30 at the Palais de Nations (H Building), Geneva, Switzerland. and livestreamed here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

📣 Breaking News: "South Africa: Flooded and Forgotten", the new @amnesty.org report highlights the impact of the climate crisis on millions of people living in informal settlements. See the full report and press release here 👇 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

🚨 NEW joint statement It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line. Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests. corporatejustice.org/publications...

🚨 NEW joint statement: Ahead of key #CSDDD votes taking place in two weeks time, over 140 EU & non-EU CSOs have urged MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests. See the full statement here: amnesty.org/en/documents...

📢 @amnesty.org & @amnestyuk.bsky.social present free screening of human rights film "Esther and the Law" documenting Esther Kiobel's brave legal battle against oil company Shell. 📅Thurs 13 Nov 🕧6pm-8:30pm 🎞️ @genesiscinema London, UK Book your tickets here👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/free-film-...

🚨A NEW POLL released by @amnesty.org & @globalwitness.org suggests majority of Europeans favour human rights & environmental protection yet @ec.europa.eu is trying to roll these back #EU #CSDDD #HumanRights #climatejustice 🧵 Full results here: amn.st/eupublicopin... [1/8]

Amnesty International publishes new briefing calling for states and companies to confront the global political economy underpinning Israel’s genocide, occupation and apartheid. See the full article here 👇 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Amnesty is proud to stand with many many others in calling out the few who plunder the earth at the expense of the majority. Human rights are not for sale, nor is the planet on which we all depend. @erikaguevararosas.bsky.social

Riva Jalipa is a Researcher in Amnesty International’s Economic & Social Justice team. In this article, Riva makes the case for reforming global financial systems, reparative justice & economic & fiscal sovereignty for low-income countries. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

Amnesty International responds to the recently published letters from seven UN Special Rapporteurs to Shell, and other oil companies, regarding divestment and remediating historic oil pollution in Nigeria. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Amnesty International's statement: International Court of Justice’s landmark opinion bolsters fight for climate justice and accountability

Today’s opinion is a landmark moment for climate justice and accountability. The ICJ made clear that the full enjoyment of human rights cannot be ensured without protection of the climate system and other parts of the environment. Read more 👇 amn.st/63322fJEyw

29 Human rights wins to be proud of. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/im...

Between January 2014 and June 2025, Saudi Arabia executed 1,816 people. Out of the 597 people executed for drug-related offences during the ten-year period, foreign nationals made up nearly three-quarters (75%) of such executions. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

A reminder.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights' advisory opinion has affirmed that states have an obligation to take immediate, concrete, and positive action to urgently tackle the climate crisis.

New @theguardian.com article on the EU's recent deregulation drive. "The European Union’s rollback of environment policy is gaining momentum, campaigners have warned, in a deregulation drive that has shocked observers with its scale and speed." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The ruling means that Shell’s attempts to restrict the scope of the upcoming full trial, to be held in 2027, have been unsuccessful, and it can be held responsible. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Amnesty International press statement following today's UK High Court ruling that oil company Shell can be held responsible for its oil spills in the Niger Delta, regardless of how long ago they happened. www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Amnesty International's response to the announcement on Wednesday 12 June that the Nigerian government has pardoned the Ogoni Nine. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

New Op-Ed: "Fuego en el corazón de la Amazonía ecuatoriana: niñas y jóvenes en lucha por la justicia climática" by Alicia Moncado and Tamaryn Nelson has been published in El País. elpais.com/planeta-futu...

As the world accelerates toward renewable energy, we must not replicate old injustices At #RightHereRightNow #RHRNClimate, @amnesty.org joined a global UN–Oxford summit to call out the hidden human rights costs of the green transition & push for real accountability www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

@hrw.org 🤝🏼 @amnesty.org

ridiculously bad call www.politico.eu/article/macr...

Shell faces shareholder pushback over gas strategy. A special resolution at the Shell AGM today called for more information on the company's LNG business & asked how it was compatible with Shell’s climate goals. The resolution won 20.56% support from shareholders www.ft.com/content/1158...

@amnestyuk.bsky.social, @fossilfreeldn.bsky.social and Justice for Nigeria's protest makes the @theguardian.com photos of the day. www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...

They have been waiting YEARS for Shell to clean up their oil spills - and now Shell could walk away without properly doing so. We can’t allow this to happen: NO clean up means NO justice.