Amnesty International

Six months after Iran’s security forces unlawfully killed thousands of men, women and children across the country over a two-day period, the international community’s failure to take meaningful action to pursue international justice is indefensible. Read more: amn.st/6016BEGElM

This must stop. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and maintaining its unlawful occupation and apartheid against Palestinians while also committing war crimes in Lebanon. Meanwhile its trade with the EU is booming. Today is the last chance before EU politicians break for summer to suspend the EU Israel Association Agreement. Over 1 million people have demanded it. NGOs, unions, UN experts and hundreds of diplomats and ambassadors agree. Two states hold the key. Tell Germany and Italy to act. Sign the petition here: amn.st/6013BET17b

📍New @amnesty investigation | Within the space of just a week in March 2026 – three Israeli strikes obliterated entire families, including a dozen children, in southern Lebanon. They must be investigated as war crimes. amn.st/6018BEJiqe

We call on Indonesian authorities to urgently repeal its classification of the spread of LGBTQI+ culture as a 'non-military threat'. The forced removal of a scientifically backed online post that concluded homosexuality is not a mental disorder brought attention to the regulation, which places the spread of LGBTQI+ culture in the same category as terrorism, separatism and radicalism. Its removal sets a dangerous precedent of censorship and fortifies the harmful regulation itself.

The World Cup group stages brought joy to people around the world - but we must not forget about the human rights perspective. While teams went head-to-head in stadiums across Canada, the US and Mexico, ICE arrests doubled, many fans and athletes on the US travel ban list were denied entry to the country to watch the games, and players and fans were victims of racism. We still have time to make this a World Cup for all, and there must be change beyond the games. Mass detentions and deportations must end, and the US must become a place free from discrimination and hate. We called and continue to call for no fear, no crackdowns and no excuses as we hit the quarter-finals. Make the World Cup an arena of joy, not fear. Humanity Must Win.

It is great that the ICC says it reached a "breakthrough” in its investigation in Darfur. In a report issued last week, Amnesty found that the RSF committed 8 crimes against humanity & ethnic cleansing in North Darfur. It also identified 3 RSF commanders responsible for abuses. The international community must support accountability efforts in Sudan including the work of the ICC.

It is great that the ICC says it reached a "breakthrough” in its investigation in Darfur. In a report issued last week, @amnesty found that the RSF committed 8 crimes against humanity & ethnic cleansing in North Darfur. It also identified 3 RSF commanders responsible for abuses.

A year after we documented widespread abuse of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, our new briefing shows that Filipino women are facing many of the same abuses, including being overworked, exploited and subjected to degrading treatment, as well as sexual assault in some cases. Read more 👇 amn.st/6011BEJiah

L’Assemblée nationale vient de voter la loi donnant un « permis de tuer » aux policiers. C’est un vote de la HONTE.

The ugly scenes of European Parliament members chanting ‘send them back’ are a manifestation of long-standing racism and xenophobia being tolerated and emboldened inside and outside the Parliament. In the context of systemic racism, the chant is based on the racist prejudice that migrants, refugees and asylum seekers - mostly racialized people in Europe - do not belong in the EU. This incident followed the vote on the Return Regulation, a law that will vastly expand the EU's detention and deportation of undocumented people. For years, European leaders have scapegoated migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to distract from their own failures to deal with the consequences of cuts to public services, the housing crisis and the rising cost of living. President Roberta Metsola’s condemnation of this is welcome but not enough. As the EU prepares its harshest assault on migrants’ rights in recent memory, these scenes are a warning of what lies ahead if we fail to change course. This must be a moment of reckoning to confront racism in Europe.

🚨Israeli authorities must immediately release the arbitrarily detained Palestinian paediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya amidst reports from a lawyer who visited him that there is an imminent threat to his life as a result of torture and other ill treatment he has been suffering while in Israeli custody. Dr Hussam Abu Safiya has been arbitrarily detained in Israeli jails for over 18 months – without charge or trial – since 27 December 2024, when he was arrested while on duty at his hospital in Gaza City. amn.st/6010BEBKMn

🚨We are deeply alarmed by the reports that there is an imminent threat to Dr. #HussamAbuSafiya’s life as a result of torture and other ill treatment he has been suffering while in Israeli custody. Israeli authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Abu Safiya. Pending his release, we call on the Israeli Prison service to ensure he is fully protected from abuse, granted urgent adequate medical care and allowed immediate visitation by independent monitors. Act now: amn.st/6012BEBnD2 #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya

New findings by Citizen Lab show former MEP Stelios Kouloglou's device was infected with Pegasus spyware between October 2022 and March 2023, while he served on a European Parliament committee investigating Pegasus and similar spyware. Read more: amn.st/6016BE6oYa

End white supremacy. Now.

Indonesia and its province of Banda Aceh must decriminalise consensual intimacy and repeal discriminatory bylaws that allow corporal punishment. For example: caning. An unmarried couple was publicly caned for kissing on TikTok Live - a grim reminder of the enduring human rights violations permitted under Aceh’s Islamic Criminal Code. The punishment shows how Sharia police in the province are intensifying digital monitoring efforts, framing acts like the public display of intimacy outside marriage as a violation of the law. This cruel treatment frequently crosses the line into torture. It has no place in a just and humane society.

We stand in solidarity with all those directly or indirectly affected by this disaster, which now risks further compounding an already severe and protracted human rights crisis and humanitarian emergency suffered by the Venezuelan people for over a decade. The country’s health system has been decimated while state repression has greatly weakened human rights protection.

In #Sudan, the RSF committed crimes against humanity during its assault on El Fasher 🇸🇩 Our major new @Amnesty report reveals how children were deliberately targeted during attacks Read more ➡️ amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Today’s adoption of the UN's Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy marks an unwanted milestone: it has now been five years – and two consecutive negotiating cycles – with almost no substantive updates, despite continued calls from civil society.

In another setback for transgender people, the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of denying young transgender athletes the ability to participate in recreational activities with their friends and peers - simply due to their gender identity. This decision, which comes amid rising authoritarian practises under Trump’s administration, feeds into growing efforts to legalise discrimination against transgender people - but they have a human right to the same opportunities as their cisgender peers. We are united with the athletes harmed by this devastating decision. They must not be forced from existence.

#Sudan: RSF atrocities in El Fasher ‘a stain on the Conscience of Humanity’ Our new @Amnesty report finds that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their assault on El Fasher, North Darfur. Based on 247 survivor testimonies, satellite imagery and video analysis, the evidence is clear: This is a war on civilians. 📌 Key findings, between early 2024 and October 2025: - Civilians were deliberately targeted through murder, torture, imprisonment, forcible transfer and persecution. - Rape, sexual slavery, enslavement and other sexual violence were widespread. - Children were not collateral damage, they were killed, raped, abducted and forcibly recruited. - Non‑Arab communities were attacked using racist and dehumanising language - Older people and persons with disabilities were targeted, abandoned, or denied life‑saving aid. 🚨 Amnesty calls for: - An immediate ceasefire - The urgent deployment of an independent international force to protect civilians The world has been warned. The time to act is NOW! Read the report: amnesty.org/en/latest/news…