Amnesty International

World News

Global execution figures hit highest level in almost a decade

Amnesty International says that 1,518 executions were carried out worldwide in 2024, marking a 32% increase on the previous year.

08/04/2025

Europe News

Serbia accused of using spyware to surveil journalists and activists

Serbian authorities have rejected the claims they used forensic tools from Israeli company Cellebrite and bespoke spyware for illegal surveillance, calling them "nonsensical".

16/12/2024

Radio Schuman

Has Europe politicised the right to asylum?

EU leaders describe increasing entries of migrants though Belarusian and Russian borders as a 'hybrid threat', but the expression is criticised by some organisations seeking greater adherence to international legal obligations.

12/12/2024

Europe News

French weapons used in Sudan war despite UN arms embargo, Amnesty says

Military vehicles and tech made by France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are being used in Sudan's civil war, Amnesty International says.

14/11/2024

Europe News

Rule of law protests greet new Dutch government at swearing-in

A group of protesters watched from behind the fences at Huis ten Bosch Palace as a new Dutch cabinet was sworn in.

02/07/2024

World News

Amnesty International warns of global disregard for international law

The human rights organisation said the world's most powerful governments have set at tone of disregard for international rules and values.

24/04/2024

Greece

Greece accused of failing to investigate migrant boat sinking

Greek authorities are under scrutiny from international human rights groups as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accuse them of inadequately investigating the circumstances surrounding a migrant boat sinking that claimed the lives of hundreds six months ago.

14/12/2023

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Watch: Amnesty International places mock body bags outside White House

Paul O’Brien, the Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, said Amnesty organised the demonstration to bring attention to the loss of life across the besieged territory.

16/11/2023

Vietnam

Man executed in Vietnam despite appeals from Europe and Canada

Le Van Manh was put to death for the theft and the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl - but maintained his confession was coerced via torture by police.

23/09/2023

Europe News

'Impartial probe needed' to explain Greek shipwreck's discrepancies

An independent and impartial investigation is urgently needed to clarify the stark disparities between the accounts of the survivors of the deadly Pylos shipwreck and those of the Greek authorities, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

03/08/2023

World News

Amnesty says executions at highest level since 2017

According to Amnesty International, an official total of 883 people were executed across 20 countries in 2022, marking a rise of 53% compared to figures for 2021 .

16/05/2023

World News

Euroviews. Retrospective facial recognition tech conceals human rights abuses

With the AI Act, the EU has a unique opportunity to end rampant abuse facilitated by mass surveillance technologies, Ella Jakubowska, Hajira Maryam and Matt Mahmoudi write.

14/04/2023

World News

Amnesty denounces the West's 'racist double standards'

Amnesty International's annual report draws attention to the West's "racist double standards" in dealing with human rights violations.

28/03/2023

World News

New Amnesty International report on anti-riot weapons

Amnesty International released a new report today, which documents the use of “non-lethal” anti-riot weapons by police across the globe, and calls for global regulation of their use and manufacture.

14/03/2023

Europe News

Condition of Belgian aid worker jailed in Iran 'deteriorating'

Olivier Vandecasteele was imprisoned in Tehran last February on charges of espionage.

31/01/2023

Belgium

Protest over Belgian aid worker jailed in Iran

Hundreds of people held a demonstration in Brussels in support of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele who was sent to prison for 40 years in Iran for alleged espionage

23/01/2023

Ukraine

War is taking the heaviest toll on the old in Ukraine , says Amnesty

The UN's Human Rights Office says that between February and September, the over-60s accounted for 34% of civilians killed in Ukraine

07/12/2022

World News

Russia guilty of war crimes for deporting Ukrainians says Amnesty

A new report by Amnesty International has found that Russian and Russian-controlled forces have committed war crimes for deporting and "filtering" Ukrainian civilians.

10/11/2022

Ukraine

Amnesty 'regrets pain' caused by Ukraine report as criticism continues

The report, published on Thursday, claimed that the presence of Ukrainian forces in residential areas heightened risks to civilians during Russia's invasion.

08/08/2022

Ukraine

Amnesty's Ukraine chief quits in anger at 'Russian propaganda' report

Oksana Pokalchuk accuses her NGO of backing Russian arguments after it accused Kyiv of endangering civilians by putting military infrastructure in inhabited areas.

06/08/2022