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A Bleak Future for Democracy in Niger
Click to expand Image The head of Niger's military junta, Brig. Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani, attends the opening of the commission responsible for conducting the national conference in Niamey, February 1...
Kyrgyzstan: Address Death Threats Against Imprisoned Journalist
Click to expand Image Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy. © Private (Bishkek, February 21, 2025) – Kyrgyzstani authorities should urgently take all necessary measures to ensure the ongoing safety and security of ...
What Policymakers Should Prioritize on Ukraine
Click to expand Image A woman collects wood for heating from a destroyed school where Russian forces were based in Izium, Ukraine, September 19, 2022. © 2022 Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo Russia’s war ag...
Thai Opposition Members Face Possible Lifetime Ban from Politics
Click to expand Image Former Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat speaks at a press conference alongside former MFP members of parliament, after Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolved the pa...
Guinean ‘Disappeared’ Activist Resurfaces with Marks of Torture
Click to expand Image Conakry, Guinea, September 2024. © 2024 Private A prominent civil society leader in Guinea, Abdoul Sacko, went missing in the early hours of February 19, 2025, after gunmen took ...
Mali: Armed Islamist Attack on Convoy Kills 34 Civilians
Click to expand Image One of the buses burned in the attack in Kobe, Mali, February 7, 2025. © 2025 Private (Nairobi) – An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian a...
Russia: Year After Navalny’s Death, Supporters Targeted
Click to expand Image Police watch a woman as she lays flowers in memory of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny a year after his death at the Memorial to the Victims of Political Repressions in S...
Openly Gay Imam Gunned Down in South Africa
Click to expand Image Imam Muhsin Hendricks at the Inner Circle Mosque, in Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2, 2016. © 2016 Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images On February 15, Muhsin Hendrick...
Unión Europea/Israel: Dejen de apoyar el genocidio, la ocupación y el apartheid de Israel en Palestina y empiecen a hacer que se respete el derecho internacional
El lunes 24 de febrero, los ministros y ministras de Asuntos Exteriores de la UE recibirán en Bruselas a Gideon Sa’ar, ministro de Exteriores israelí, con motivo del Consejo de Asociación de la Unión ...
Se suspende la ejecución de Pannir Selvam Pranthaman: Una oportunidad crucial para que el gobierno de Singapur defienda los derechos humanos y conmute su pena de muerte
Ante la noticia de que el Tribunal de Apelación de Singapur ha suspendido la ejecución de Pannir Selvam Pranthaman el 19 de febrero para que pueda presentar un recurso, Qistina Johari, activista de de...
Amnistía Internacional considera que en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México no existe el asilo
Amnistía Internacional ha concluido que el derecho al asilo en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México es inexistente, en violación a las obligaciones nacionales e internacionales de Estados Unidos ...
Investigate Uzbekistan Deaths, Serious Injuries in Custody
Click to expand Image An empty courtroom in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital. © 2004 Jason Eskenazi Two men died in custody in Uzbekistan in recent days, and a third man is in the hospital unresponsive ...
Egipto: Liberen a las personas detenidas por apoyar llamamientos en redes sociales en favor del fin del régimen del presidente Abdel Fatah al Sisi
Las autoridades egipcias deben liberar de inmediato a las decenas de personas detenidas arbitrariamente y procesadas por cargos de terrorismo sólo por publicar contenido online de apoyo a los llamamie...
Mexico: Serious Deficiencies in Homicide Investigations
Officials from the forensic medical service place unidentified bodies in a mass grave near Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, March 15, 2024. © 2024 Luis Torres/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Mexican authoritie...
Francia: La prohibición del hiyab en todos los deportes violaría derechos humanos y se dirigiría de manera selectiva a mujeres y niñas musulmanas
Los legisladores franceses deben rechazar un proyecto de ley discriminatorio que prohibiría el uso de prendas de vestir y símbolos “ostensiblemente religiosos” en las competiciones de todos los deport...
Amnistía Internacional acoge con satisfacción la liberación de Leonard Peltier
El 20 de enero de 2025, en los últimos momentos de su presidencia, el expresidente Biden anunció que conmutaba la condena a cadena perpetua de Leonard Peltier, persona mayor y activista indígena ameri...
Cuba: Un mes después de anuncios de excarcelaciones cientos de personas siguen en prisión
El 14 de enero las autoridades cubanas anunciaron que “en el espíritu del Jubileo Ordinario de 2025” y tras conversaciones con el Papa Francisco excarcelarían 553 personas. Paralelamente, el gobierno ...
Singapur/Malasia: Hay que evitar la ejecución inminente de Pannir Selvam Pranthaman
Amnistía Internacional Malasia ha visto con gran alarma que la ejecución del malasio Pannir Selvam Pranthaman en Singapur se ha programado para el jueves, 20 de febrero.Dadas las violaciones de salvag...
Rusia: Un año después exigimos verdad y rendición de cuentas por la muerte de Navalny
Cuando se conmemora el primer aniversario de la muerte bajo custodia del político opositor y preso de conciencia ruso Alekséi Navalny, la secretaria general de Amnistía Internacional, Agnès Callamard,...
Polonia: La decisión de volver a juzgar a una activista procesada por ayudar a abortar da esperanzas de que puedan retirarse los cargos interpuestos contra ella
Tras la decisión adoptada hoy por el Tribunal de Apelación de devolver a un tribunal de primera instancia el caso de la activista Justyna Wydrzyńska por ayudar a una mujer embarazada a acceder a píldo...
UNHCR responds to deadly earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
Teams from the UN Refugee Agency are on the ground to provide life-saving assistance to families affected by the disaster.
Mortar blast highlights the deadly legacy of war in South Sudan
Pain, anguish and a search for answers as an explosion kills four refugee boys in Maban County, where decades of conflict have left a cache of unexploded ordnance.
States urged to build on progress made since Global Refugee Forum
Increased responsibility sharing by governments is key to maintaining momentum in finding new approaches to global displacement, UNHCR's Grandi tells officials.
Forum seeks solutions for Africa's 36 million displaced
First-of-its-kind forum brings together business leaders, refugee change makers and the public sector in Rwanda to find solutions to forced displacement in Africa
Bandit attacks drive Nigerian villagers to flee to Niger
Killings, kidnapping and looting have driven 11,500 Nigerians to seek safety in Niger's Tahoua region in November.
Relief for asylum seekers offered a new life outside Libya
Survivors of violence among 93 vulnerable individuals on board first evacuation flight to Italy for two years as part of new emergency mechanism.
Football star Mo Salah drops in on an Egyptian school
Salah, an Ambassador for Instant Network Schools, pays surprise virtual visit to classroom at a school in his native Egypt.
Data reveals plight of Venezuelan refugees and migrants evicted in pandemic
After losing their incomes during COVID-19, Venezuelan refugees and migrants evicted from their homes are now at greater risk than ever, new data visualization shows.
No safe place to go for asylum-seekers snared in Libya dragnet
Desperate refugees and asylum-seekers in Tripoli in urgent need of assistance and protection amid security sweeps.
'My dream has finally come true!'
Sudanese student Raba Hakim fulfils a lifelong dream of going to university, thanks to a Mastercard Foundation scholarship.
Your right to stand for forests is under attack — again
If it seems like we’ve been talking about lawsuits a lot lately, it’s because we have.Corporate bullies, helped by Donald Trump’s go-to law firm, have filed two massive lawsuits against Greenpeace in ...
Sponsoring climate change
It is that time again. Four years roll by and once more the greatest winter athletes in the world will come together to wow us on death-defying luge runs, courageous ski jumps or surprisingly mesmeris...
A tribute to Jon Castle
James (Jon) Castle - 7 December 1950 to 12 January 2018Over four decades Captain Jon Castle navigated Greenpeace ships by the twin stars of ‘right and wrong’, defending the environment and promoting p...
We don't just need electric cars, we need fewer cars
Ever since the first production car rolled off the assembly line more than 100 years ago, our love affair with automobiles has grown and grown. In countries like the UK, France, Italy and Germany ther...
Diving to the Antarctic sea floor is a scientist’s dream come true
Most people would be surprised about how many species of cold-water corals and amazing sponges you’d find on the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean. Even as the scientist who has identified three quarters ...
The Rise of the Penguins
Never have so many penguins been seen waddling in so many places.They were ice skating in Stockholm, tap dancing in London, trekking up the highest mountain in Turkey and marching on mass in central T...
Listening for Justice in Davos
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing” - Arundhati RoyI can hear her too. I have spent my working life trying to help others hear her. I wond...
Which is the Antarctic's top penguin?
Not every penguin is up to the challenge of living in the Antarctic, but those that do are a special sort of awesome. Remember, they don’t have the luxury of being able to fly away again if the weathe...
We can’t just recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis
Plastics are in the air. Not only literally. Everyone's talking about plastic pollution and the need to take action.You don’t need to be conducting a scientific research to see that plastic waste is i...
How do we make corporations more accountable?
Greenpeace is famous for campaigning against corporations.We made “Choke” out of Coca-Cola's logo to draw attention to the massive plastic pollution impact they have around the world. Polar bear hijac...