Amnesty International

World News

Amnesty International's report criticizing Ukraine is dividing the rights group

10:38am August 05, 2022

by Julian Hayda

A report says Ukraine placed its forces near noncombatants, putting them in danger. Government officials say they evacuate civilians from combat areas, and that the report depicts "a false reality."

An Afghan woman walks with a child in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 28, 2022. A newly released report from Amnesty International, "Death in Slow Motion," focuses on a range of issues affecting girls and women. Foremost among them are child and forced marriage

Health & Safety

What it's like being a woman in Afghanistan today: 'death in slow motion'

5:40pm July 27, 2022

That's the title of a newly released report from Amnesty International, covering a range of issues affecting girls and women under Taliban rule. Foremost among them are child and forced marriage.

Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuhuiv, near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Thursday. Humanitarian organizations say Russian forces are using cluster munitions in their bombing and shelling of Ukraine.

World News

Russia is using controversial 'cluster munitions' in Ukraine, humanitarian groups say

9:08pm February 28, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Once fired, cluster munitions open in midair and rain down dozens or even hundreds of smaller submunitions, or "bomblets," over a large area the size of one or several football fields.

Students from the Youth Winter Olympic Sports School perform ice and snow gymnastics during an event marking the 100-day countdown to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia and China are accused of using sports to cover up human rights abuse

8:08am November 29, 2021

by H.J. Mai

Saudi Arabia has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to stage high-profile sporting events. Critics say those investments are an attempt by the kingdom to cover up human rights violations.

Queue Listen Now

Uyghurs living in Turkey protested China in March for the country's human rights abuses in its western Xinjiang province. A new Amnesty International report substantiates these abuses, calling them "crimes against humanity."

New Report Details Firsthand Accounts Of Torture From Uyghur Muslims In China

8:00pm June 10, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jonathan Loeb, a senior crisis adviser and the lead author of Amnesty International's new report on the persecution of Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang.

Queue Listen Now

In a photo taken last week at Babushkinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures during a hearing.

World News

Amnesty Rescinds 'Prisoner Of Conscience' Designation For Russia Activist Navalny

2:10pm February 24, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Amnesty International cites past comments by the anti-Kremlin activist that "reach the threshold of advocacy of hatred."

The rights group, whose Bengaluru office is shown here in 2018, said Tuesday that it will halt its work in India.

World News

Amnesty International Halts Work In India, Citing 'Witch-Hunt' By Government

1:14pm September 29, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

The human rights group says its work in India has come to "a grinding halt" after it learned earlier this month that the Indian government froze its bank accounts.

A law enforcement officer raises a baton and tear gas is fired during protests near the White House on June 1.

National

Amnesty International Documents 125 Incidents Of Police Violence Against Protesters

5:19pm August 04, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The instances spanned 40 states and the District of Columbia, and allege excessive force by state and local police, and National Guard troops and federal agents against racial justice protesters.

Retired Roman Catholic Bishop Nicanor Yniguez (left) joins families of victims of alleged extra-judicial killings in President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs."

World News

U.N. Human Rights Council To Investigate Abuses In Philippines' Antidrug War

6:10pm July 11, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Human rights activists say as many as 27,000 people have died in the Philippine government's antidrug campaign.

"Less than two years since the world outrage over the mass atrocities committed against the Rohingya population, the Myanmar military is again committing horrific abuses against ethnic groups in Rakhine State," Amnesty International said.

World News

Amnesty International Report Says Myanmar Military Is Again Committing War Crimes

3:54pm May 29, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Evidence indicates government troops are instigating violent clashes, carrying out extrajudicial executions, conducting arbitrary arrests, torturing prisoners and destroying historical sites.