At UN HRC Sp. Session on #Sudan, UN Human Rights chief calls all States to "take urgent concrete action to ensure protection of civilians in El Fasher" #EU FAC conclusions said no less. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should step up efforts & mobilize EU's partners to act. www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

On Thursday EU ministers will debate their #Sahel strategy, as civilians pay cost of conflict & repression. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: make clear there'll be no security & stability unless protection of civilians is at the center. Our take 👇 euobserver.com/africa/ard19... #Mali #Niger #BurkinaFaso

Crisissituaties zoals in #Darfoer vragen onmiddellijke actie. België, als ondertekenaar van het Genocideverdrag, moet het voortouw nemen om de genocide te voorkomen en te stoppen. Onverschilligheid == medeplichtigheid. België moet nú handelen. #Sudan #Darfur #HumanRights

European and Latin American states must act now for *all* those forcibly disappeared and arbitrarily detained in Venezuela. And support consistent international scrutiny and mechanisms that can deliver justice for these crimes. 9/9

Enforced disappearances & arbitrary detention are part of a widespread, systematic attack on real or perceived dissent in Venezuela. The targeting of foreign or dual nationals seems aimed at exerting political pressure on governments worldwide in pursuit of impunity. 8/9

Spanish citizens Andrés Martínez & Jose María Basoa have been detained since September 2024 and accused of unsubstantiated charges. Their precise whereabouts & situation were unknown for over a year and they remain detained. 7/9

Italian-Venezuelan national Biagio Pilieri was arbitrarily detained on 28 August 2024. A journalist and politician, he was subjected to enforced disappearance and is still being denied family visits and medical care. 6/9

Hungarian-Venezuelan national Luis Palocz was arbitrarily detained on 14 December 2024. His fate and whereabouts were unknown for days. His relatives now know he was sent to the El Helicoide prison. 5/9

French citizen Camilo Castro was also arbitrarily detained at the border with Colombia, on 26 June 2025. His fate and whereabouts were unknown for months and he was only recently granted consular assistance. 4/9

Nahuel Agustín Gallo from Argentina was detained at the border with Colombia on 8 December 2024. Since then, authorities admitted his detention but refuse to release him. 3/9

Danner Barajas from Colombia was detained for no apparent reason one year ago, on 7 November 2024, when he was about to cross the border between Colombia and Venezuela. His fate and whereabouts remain unknown. 2/9

EU & Latin American leaders meeting at the #EU-#CELAC summit must not forget their citizens who have been arbitrarily detained & forcibly disappeared in #Venezuela. Along with 800+ Venezuelans targeted in a systematic & widespread attack on dissent. 1/9

With so much at stake, human rights must be at the very heart of the EU-CELAC partnership. Both regions must affirm the important role of rights defenders and civil society, ensuring their views are taken into account in policy & practice - at this summit and beyond.

Authoritarian practices are on the rise worldwide, amplifying concerns in both regions: 👉Repression of rights defenders & civil society 👉Erosion of gains on women’s & girls’ rights 👉Rollback of refugee & migrant rights 👉Undermining of international commitments on HR & justice

Latin American and European leaders meet in the coming days amid mounting crises & pushback against human rights. The EU-CELAC summit will be a crucial opportunity to promote and protect human rights in both regions and worldwide. www.amnesty.eu/news/europe-...

At the 4th #EU–#CELAC Summit, leaders should tackle key human rights challenges in both regions: 🔵Back rights-based responses to crime & violence 🔵Defend democracy & fundamental rights 🔵Act on climate & environmental harm 🔵Support the bi-regional care pact Our letter: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

🚨The Latvian parliament will vote today on a proposal to leave the Istanbul Convention, a landmark treaty protecting women & girls from violence. Such a move would put safety & lives risk. @amnesty.org calls on Latvia to uphold the convention & work towards its full implementation.

‼️It has been 10 years since Gui Minhai disappeared from Thailand. EU leaders must use all tools at their disposal to press the Chinese authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally, and allow him to travel home. #FreeGuiMinhai #China www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

The people of El Fasher have endured the RSF’s brutal 18-month long siege of the city. @amnesty.org calls on the RSF to: 👉End attacks on civilians & civilian infrastructure 👉Allow humanitarian aid into the city 👉Guarantee safe passage for civilians fleeing violence

📢 Amid reports of Rapid Support Forces attacks on civilians in El Fasher, Sudan, the EU and international actors must act swiftly to prevent further civilian suffering. All those responsible for ongoing atrocities must be held individually accountable.

I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October. - Virginia Woolf #Womensart

José Daniel Ferrer has left Cuba & is now in forced exile We @amnesty.org celebrate that he can reunite with his family & regain part of his freedom His situation is not an isolated incident but part of the Cuban government's systematic strategy to silence those who dissent x.com/CilanoJohann...

Das bedeutet unter anderem, die schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen in #Xinjiang anzusprechen, die auch drei Jahre nach dem Bericht des UN-Hochkommissars für Menschenrechte noch immer weitergehen... 2/3 www.amnesty.ch/de/laender/a...

Der chinesische Aussenminister Wang Yi besucht die #Schweiz für einen „strategischen Dialog“ mit Bundesrat #Cassis. @schweiz.amnesty.ch erwartet, dass Ignazio Cassis die #Menschenrechte ausdrücklich zur Sprache bringt! www.scmp.com/news/china/d... 1/3

Il faut également exiger la libération de courageux·ses défenseur·e·s des droits humains tel que #ZhangZhan. En outre, l'instrumentalisation du système judiciaire sur le continent chinois et à #Hongkong pour harceler et persécuter les militant·e·s et opposant·e·s doit cesser.

Il faut notamment aborder les graves violations des droits humains au #Xinjiang, qui n'ont toujours pas cessé, trois ans après la publication du rapport du Haut-Commissaire des Nations unies aux droits de l’homme. www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/ne...

Le ministre chinois des Affaires étrangères, Wang Yi, est en visite en #Suisse pour un « dialogue stratégique » avec le conseiller fédéral Cassis. @suisse.amnesty.ch attend d’Ignazio Cassis qu’il aborde explicitement la question des droits humains !

Rubber bullets, chemical substances, experimental acoustic weapons have been used recently by various police on Europe's streets against peaceful protests, writes the UN special rapporteur on torture.

Torture weapons are being used on Europe's streets to put down protests

🚨 ICYMI - a new @amnesty.org report out last week On how China’s courts are used as a tool to silence journalists, activists, lawyers and citizens - often for nothing more than their peaceful expression. ⚖️ Our research on 68 cases shows systematic fair trial violations.

Afghanistan & Iran show how international failure to engage consistently allows the deterioration of gender rights to go unchecked & emboldens regimes to institutionalize oppression. Only decisive, coordinated action can close this gap between principle & practice.

Listen below from 16:30:37👇

➡️Establish accessible well-resourced protection pathways for women at risk in Afghanistan, Iran & worldwide ➡️Ensure EU work on women’s rights addresses intersectional forms of discrimination ➡️Actively mainstream women’s rights & gender sensitivity across all EU external action

What can the EU do? ➡️Work for recognition of gender apartheid as a crime under international law ➡️Anchor EU policy on women’s rights in genuine consultation with women rights defenders & civil society ➡️Include women in all peacebuilding & conflict resolution initiatives

“There is no worst-case scenario left to imagine, [...] an increasing number of UN experts and Afghan women describe what they are enduring today as gender apartheid.” Yesterday @amnestysasia.bsky.social's Regional Director Smriti Singh spoke at the DROI Committee and FEMM Committee hearing.

You have to look very hard to spot human rights here. Last week's @ec.europa.eu Joint Communication on the EU-India strategic agenda has even less commitment on rights than last time in 2018. And not a mention of the profound rights crisis affecting people across India.

We call on the EU to: ➡️facilitate diplomatic spaces ➡️support projects defending human rights & the Amazon ➡️monitor the situation There's no time to lose for international action to guarantee the rights of Indigenous children & protect those defending life in the Amazon.

Peru's repressive laws increase risks for indigenous communities & threaten their human rights. Still, MANTHOC Perú activists highlight acts of resistance🌱 👉Botanical gardens preserving medicinal plants 👉Work to strengthen ancestral knowledge & protect their territory

Last Friday, activists from MANTHOC Perú with support of Amnesty International Peru met with the European External Action Service in Brussels. They raised the alarm about river pollution and deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and weak protection for environmental defenders in Peru.

Unprecedented. The United States might be on track to become the first country to fully walk away from the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a regular, important human rights related review. www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...

🎂 Happy birthday to Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan. After a brief moment of freedom, she has now spent over a year detained on vague criminal charges, awaiting an unfair trial. Illustrator: @badiucao.bsky.social

Leading genocide scholars formally declare that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the UN’s definition of genocide.

No more excuses. No more delays. Every EU failure to act is a greenlight for Israel to continue its genocide in Gaza. As EU ministers meet today in Denmark, @amnestydk.bsky.social sent them a message they can't ignore: 👉Suspend the EU–Israel Agreement NOW.

We @amnesty.org join 80+ Afghan & 20 international organizations in grave concern on the human rights & humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan We urge the UN Human Rights Council to finally establish an independent international accountability mechanism for Afghanistan www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

Many Uyghur families remain separated, silenced and searching for justice. Governments must act now to end repression in the Uyghur region and ensure a process for accountability.

On 31/08/2022, the UN released a historic assessment concluding that serious human rights violations in the Uyghur region "may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity". The international community & the UN have yet to act on these findings.

Three years ago, a UN report concluded that China was responsible for grave human rights violations in Xinjiang. It is shameful that the international community has failed to act.

👉Support Congolese rights defenders in DRC and those displaced by conflict 👉Maintain full EU support to the UN Human Rights Council 👉 Fact-Finding Mission on DRC and to efforts by the Office of the Prosecutor of the Intl' Criminal Court to investigate crimes under international law in DRC

What else can the EU do? 👉Effectively review the raw minerals deal w/Rwanda & ensure the partnership doesn't contribute to violations including in DRC 👉Keep DRC on the agenda at November's EU- African Union summit 👉Boost humanitarian aid including to sexual violence survivors