12/02/2014 – “Ethnic cleansing” of Muslims has been carried out in the western part of the Central African Republic, the most populous part of the country, since early January 2014. 1 Entire Muslim communities have been forced to flee, and hundreds of Muslim civilians who have not managed to...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics.© ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images The police don’t give you food or drink; you have to knock on the locked cell door for half...

11/02/2014 – In light of Italy’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law, and following up on the previous submission in August 2012, Amnesty International draws the Committee’s attention to the following areas which remain of concern to the organisation: the...

31/01/2014 – Amnesty International is concerned about recent forced evictions targeting Romani communities in Rome. The organisation has received reports of two forced evictions involving Romani families in the past week.

© Amnesty International There is a real danger of further escalation of what is already a human disaster. The peacekeeping forces have had an effect where they are deployed, but there are large swathes of the North West where there is a notable absence. Here towns have been attacked and there is a...

Syrian refugees at the Arbat Temporary Refugee Camp in Iraqi Kurdistan, having fled the fighting inside Syria © Amnesty International This move is long overdue but of course it’s never too late to do the right thing. For some of the most vulnerable refugees, this offer is a lifeline. It’s...

Displaced Muslims preparing to flee the country © Amnesty International There is a huge risk of a major human tragedy because of the complete absence of any peacekeeping force.  The situation in this part of the Central African Republic is very volatile and the international peacekeeping...

© Astrid Becker Amnesty International Austria The message to President Putin, from rank and file Amnesty International supporters to world leaders staying away from the Games, is the same – repeal series of laws that restrict the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly....

Activists demonstrate against Russia’s homophobic anti-gay laws in front of the Russian Federation in Berlin, December 2013 © Vanya Pueschel EU leaders must shine the spotlight on the grave human rights violations in Russia at every opportunity. The EU-Russia summit must be used to...

24/01/2014 – Amnesty International is writing to ask you to take concrete action in response to ruling 168-13 adopted by the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic on 23 September 2013.This decision deprives Dominican nationality from all persons of foreign descent born on Dominican...

Protesters in Ukraine clashed with police over new laws stifling freedom of expression© AFP/Getty Images There must be no impunity for law enforcement officers who resort to abusive use of force.  We have repeatedly called on the Ukrainian authorities to bring perpetrators to justice, but...

23/01/2014 – Amnesty International expresses its profound concerns over the loss of life of migrants and refugees including several small children near the island of Farmakonisi on 20 January 2014. In the early hours of Monday, 20 January 2014, a fishing boat carrying 28 migrants and refugees...