Russian propaganda sees protests in Ukraine as weakness. We see the opposite: Ukrainians are showing strength, courage and maturity even during a brutal war.

Dismayed by the sanctions imposed by US government on UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs. Governments and all actors who believe in rule-based order and Int'l law must do everything in their power to mitigate the effect of the sanctions against Francesca Albanese.

It was my great honour to interview the one and only Francesca Albanese yesterday. Watch here, and find out why Trump and Rubio are so determined to stop her vital work: zeteo.com/p/israels-te...

Russia aggression continues to wreak havoc on civilians in Ukraine. At least 28 killed, 100+ injured in Russia’s June 17 strike on Kyiv. Amnesty has verified the use of cluster munitions, either deliberate targeting of civilians, reckless disregard for life, or both. This may constitute war crimes.

I didn't hear much protest from our supposedly pro-human-rights, pro-enlightenment leaders, diplomats and pundits. No, it's not the islamist Iranian foe, it's the islamist Saudi ally. cpj.org/2025/06/saud... @jonathanpiron.bsky.social @hensmans.org @agnescallamard.bsky.social

mnesty International is organising an event looking at the misuse of national security powers by the US. To register for “Guantanamo to CECOT: Abuses by the US Government in the name of national security,” Click here: bit.ly/gitmotocecot

More and more civilians bear the cruel toll of the terrifying military escalation in Iran and Israel since 13 June 2025. Further escalation risks unleashing devastating and far-reaching consequences for civilians across the region and beyond. Amnesty statement: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Some in the US Jewish community warn about misinterpreting and weaponising antisemitism in a way which plays into the hands of Trump's authoritarianism. Words matter. forward.com/news/727939/...

Opera, ice cream, activism – daughter of jailed Uyghur scholar shares Father’s Day memories. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

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

❗Une procédure de dissolution a été lancée contre le collectif Urgence Palestine. Une organisation, mobilisée contre le génocide en cours à Gaza, risque d’être réduite au silence à compter de ce mardi 13 mai. ⚠️Cette décision est grave. C'est aussi un signal alarmant.

Horrific Russian attacks in Ukraine. Yesterday April 13, at least 34 civilians were killed and 117 injured in a Russian attack on downtown Sumy on a religious holiday, @amnesty calls for justice for Ukraine and accountability for these clear war crimes. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/13/e...

Under the laws of war, civilians may not be deliberately targeted. All parties to a conflict must take measures to minimize harm to civilians and must not carry out attacks that fail to distinguish between civilians and combatants or cause disproportionate harm to civilians.

Check out this @amnesty cutting edge initiative: our first child and youth-led research project with nine Filipino young human rights defenders. We co-investigated online harassment and co-produced this report with bold recommendations to the authorities: www.amnesty.org.ph/2025/04/left...

Good News. At a time when too many leaders around the world want to burry multilateralism and human rights, States have agreed to draft a new convention on the rights of older people This is a significant milestone in the fight for older people’s rights. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

@PASPKaukoranta: In light of Benjamin Netanyahu's reported visit to Hungary, an @intlcrimcourt state party, @amnesty urges you, the ASP Bureau, and all ICC member states to take firm action in response to imminent and future instances of non-cooperation. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

A new investigation by @amnesty reveals that two journalists from @BIRN_Network, the award-winning Serbian network of investigative journalists, were targeted with #Pegasus spyware last month. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

HD Hyundai machinery has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to new visual and testimonial evidence documented by @AmnestyKorea and local human rights groups www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

The Pakistani govt plans to arbitrarily and forcibly expel Afghan nationals, including refugees and asylum seekers, as part of the ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’, scapegoating a community that has long been disenfranchised and fled persecution. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Last month, President Trump issued an Executive Order authorizing sanctions on the ICC and its Chief Prosecutor. The US sanctions pose a dire threat to the ICC, international rule of law and its multilateral system. Here's what you need to know: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

Brazen attack on press freedom in #Indonesia yesterday: investigative media outlet Tempo received a package of a pig head and headless rats following its critique of the controversial military law. www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indones...

As President Rodrigo Duterte is transferred to the Hague a reminder of the work done by @agnescallamard.bsky.social while UN SR SUMMEX calling out his crimes and facing threats of all sorts along the way. With brave civil society activists & journalists paving the way. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

A step for justice in which Agnes' work while Special Rapporteur on summary executions played no small part. 👏

USA: Chilling verdict against Greenpeace sets an array of deeply damaging precedents on the rights to freedom of speech, association and peaceful protest and puts the very future of Greenpeace at risk. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

In Türkiye, the protection of civil and political rights is taking a turn for the worse. 100+ people, including Istanbul’s mayor, were detained yesterday, a massive escalation in the authorities’ crackdown on peaceful dissent & targeting of the political opposition www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Over the past year, Article 23 has been used to entrench a ‘new normal’ of systematic repression of dissent in #HongKong. People have been targeted and harshly punished for the clothes they wear as well as the things they say or for minor acts of protest. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

#Niger : Les autorités n’ont pas tenu leur engagement de respecter les droits humains depuis le coup d’État militaire de juillet 2023. AU contraire. Le pays vit une forte détérioration de l’espace civique et les violations des droits civils et politiques. www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/ne...

Israel brazenly resumed its devastating bombing campaign in Gaza killing at least 414 people in their sleep, including at least 100 children. The resumption of Israel’s attacks also puts the lives of 24 remaining Israeli hostages believed to be alive at risk. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest is a long-awaited and monumental step for justice for the thousands of victims and survivors of his administration’s ‘war on drugs’, which turned much of the Philippines into a nation of mourning. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Switzerland cancelled a conference by the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, requested by a 2024 UN General Assembly resolution, on the implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The reason: disagreement between participating parties

Russian authorities have subjected Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian captives to torture, prolonged incommunicado detention, enforced disappearance and other inhumane treatment, which amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Yet again, the Palestinians of Gaza are denied access to humanitarian aid, following an Israel's decision which violates international law and amounts to collective punishment. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The #Trump effect! Today, Serbian police raided the premises of 3 prominent USAID-supported organisations. The targeting of these NGOs is a blatant act of intimidation & the latest in a persistent campaign by Serbian authorities to silence critical voices apnews.com/article/serb...

At a time when the US President is seeking to re-write the history of the last decade, the 3rd anniversary of the Russian aggression is a stark reminder of how much the people of Ukraine have endured and lost; of the devastation that Russia has waged against Ukraine www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

I met with #ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC at the Munich Security Conference. I reaffirmed @amnesty full support and commitment to a strong and independent ICC and its Prosecutor. @amnesty calls on States around the world to rise and reject firmly the US sanctions.

Haiti: @Amnesty is releasing a new report detailing sickening gangs' violence against children. Theis lives are being wrecked and they have nowhere to go for protection or justice. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Are we truly entering an ‘Intelligent Age’, as #WEF25 posits, driven by artificial intelligence, robotics and biotech advances? Hard to believe given the gravity of the challenges facing humanity. www.weforum.org/meetings/wor...

We are extremely alarmed by the latest information we have received regarding Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyyah, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital. He should now be considered victim of enforced disappeared, at great risk of torture and ill-treatment. Israel authorities must urgently disclose his location.

2023 Nobel Peace Narges Mohammadi in conversation with @agnescallamard.bsky.social : " I have many friends in prison who are ill and in urgent need of medical care, such as Mahvash Shahriari, but they are denied their human rights. I ask you to be their voice." narges.foundation/amnesty-inte...

We at @amnesty are extremely concerned over the fate & wellbeing of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital who was detained by Israeli forces along with others during a raid on the hospital on 27 December. He must be released immediately and unconditionally.

Consensus grows: Following @amnesty, here is now @hrw report concluding that Israel is committing the crime of humanity of extermination and acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, providing evidence of Israel's widespread deprivation of water, threatening survival www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

Consensus grows: MSF issues a report today detailing the medical/humanitarian catastrophe inflicted by Israel on Gaza, finding its observations are consistent with the descriptions provided by legal experts/organisations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza www.msf.org/msf-report-e...

Heart-breaking reports from Damascus. @amnesty calls on all States to: 1. Work with the new Syrian authorities and local civil society to ensure the preservation of evidence, key to uncovering the fate of tens of 1000s who are forcibly disappeared and to holding those responsible to account

Alaa is a UK and Egyptian citizen. A human rights activist. He has been unlawfully detained in Egypt for five years. He should have been released in September. But he was not. Alaa's mother has been on a 60 day hunger strike. Please write to your MP in the UK. #FreeAlaa freealaa.net/message-mp

Iranian authorities have adopted a new draconian law that further erases the human rights of women and girls, imposing the death penalty, flogging, prison terms and other severe penalties to crush ongoing resistance to compulsory veiling. Read more: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

How Amnesty International reached its conclusion on Israel genocide against Palestinians in Gaza; double standards and accountability for Palestinians: my interview yesterday with Ayman Mohyeldin on MSNBC www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyel...

Syria: The historic opportunity to end and redress decades of grave human rights violations under Pent Assad must be seized. Amnesty Int'l calls on opposition forces to break free from the violence of the past. The most important step is justice, and not retribution. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Israel is committing the crime of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Many thanks to Frank Barat for this long conversation on how @Amnesty reached the conclusion it did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSKn...

Watch this video to understand how Amnesty International arrived at the conclusion that Israel has committed and is committing the crime of genocide against Palestinians of Gaza. Governments must take action—they have the power to end this genocide. #EndGazaGenocide www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8_1...

This week, Amnesty International has released a new landmark report concluding that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. This is our 300 pages report: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...