Amnesty International

We are confronting the most challenging moment of our age. Humanity is under attack from transnational anti-rights movements and predatory governments determined to assert their dominance through unlawful wars and brazen economic blackmail. What marks this moment as fundamentally different is that we’re no longer documenting erosion around the system’s edges. This is a direct assault on the foundations of human rights and the international rules-based order by the most powerful actors for the purpose of control, impunity and profit. For the sake of humanity, the time to make history is now. #HumanityMustWin

Bille, a town of 30,000 people in Rivers State, Nigeria, sits next to abandoned oil and gas infrastructure. Since October 2025, methane has been bubbling up in rivers, swamps and drinking wells near the town. It is suspected that the oil and gas wells are the cause of these leaks. School children have had to relocate and members of Bille’s community are falling sick due to this. One resident told Amnesty International that the community is “no longer safe.” The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission began investigating the leaks in April and ordered all operating companies nearby to find a solution. The state Governor also offered 100 million Naira (approximately 75,000 USD) to the Bille community to cover relief costs. But little has been done to stop the leaks, and Bille now faces a serious health emergency. Amnesty International continues to call for these investigations to be expedited. Immediate action must be taken to stop the gas leaks, and clean drinking water must be restored to Bille.

“Family, football and the World Cup should make space for everyone” Reflections from a trans community organizer in Beirut covering his personal journey becoming at home in his body, experiencing war and loss in Lebanon and preparing to watch the upcoming World Cup with his family. amn.st/6015BBILhU

Amnesty International calls on authorities to arrest and surrender former Philippines police chief and sitting Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa. Dela Rosa is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity during former President Duterte’s violent “war on drugs”. After seeking refuge in the Philippines Senate building, he fled Senate premises overnight in a seeming effort to evade arrest. The ICC Prosecutor accuses Dela Rosa of committing the crime against humanity of murder, citing incidents in which 32 people were killed between 2016 to 2018. The inaction of the Philippines government and evidence of obstruction of justice is alarming. In the interest of justice for victims, survivors and their families, those suspected of criminal responsibility must be brought to justice in fair trials.

Since the beginning of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, Amnesty International has documented numerous war crimes and other crimes under international law committed by Russian forces, including deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. Targeting civilians and civilian objects, including residential buildings, are crimes under international law.

So far, at least seven people, including a 12-year-old child, have been reported killed in the capital, and over 44 injured, including a month-old baby. At least 20 people are missing and may be buried beneath the rubble.

🧵 Over the last 24 hours, Russia carried out one its largest aerial attacks yet on Ukraine, involving over 1,500 long-range drones and missiles.

The #WorldCup should be a safe and inclusive space for all, free from deportations or repression, take action with us and send a message to the FIFA President Gianni Infantino and host country authorities today. #HumanityMustWin amn.st/6017BBv07f

The #FIFAWorldCup should be about joy not fear. Unity not division. Humanity not cruelty. We’ve made our choice. Have you?

This week, US software company Palantir and other contractors were granted unlimited access to identifiable NHS England patient information. The £330 million contract that Palantir signed with the NHS in 2023 to provide a new data platform for the healthcare system now seriously threatens patient privacy rights through the NHS’ federated data platform (FDP). Palantir is a US software company whose tools are currently used by the Israeli military as they commit genocide against Palestinians in occupied Gaza. Palantir also supply ICE with tools that are used to track and surveil migrants in the US. Amnesty International will continue to campaign to take Palantir out of the NHS as the company profits from widespread human rights violations including genocide. Palantir’s contract with NHS must not be renewed at the end of its term in 2027. Palantir has no place in the NHS.

Yesterday, the Israeli Knesset passed with a whopping 93-0 majority, a new law authorizing use of the death penalty for individuals if convicted of involvement in the 7 Oct attacks, just a month after it adopted a discriminatory death penalty law in effect applying exclusively to Palestinians. The new law mandates the creation of an ad hoc tribunal, effectively acting as a military court, with sweeping powers to deviate from standard procedural rules and evidentiary laws if “deemed necessary”. This is deeply alarming given that proceedings against alleged 7 Oct attackers are already marred by due process violations including prolonged detention without charge or trial, denial of access to lawyers and independent monitors and reports of widespread use of torture and other ill-treatment. Those responsible for crimes under international law committed on 7 October must be held accountable through fair, independent and transparent trials in line with international law and standards - without resorting to the death penalty. This law not only entrenches an inherently cruel and irreversible punishment, it erodes fundamental legal safeguards, blatantly breaches Israel’s international obligations and runs counter to the global trend towards the abolition of capital punishment the death penalty.

New @amnesty research reveals how the US government is breaching international human rights standards by moving ahead with new lithium mines across Nevada without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of affected Indigenous Peoples. Find out more ⬇️ amn.st/6017BBtnkD

#Perspective: How students from the Pacific took the fight against climate change to the world’s top court. Read @vishlprasad's journey of turning “heartbreak into action” here: amnesty.org/en/latest/camp… @pisfcc

Following global campaigning, on 10 May Iranian authorities suspended implementation of Narges Mohammadi’s unjust decades-long prison sentence for her human rights activities for one month on medical grounds & released her on bail. She's now in intensive care in a Tehran hospital.

Israel's unlawful and wanton destruction of civilian high-rise buildings continues to have devastating consequences for displaced Palestinian families in the occupied Gaza Strip, where reconstruction remains a distant dream amid ongoing genocide and air strikes despite the October 2025 so-called ceasefire. Israel must allow immediate, unfettered access to indispensable aid and goods, including shelter material. Israeli officials who ordered unlawful destruction, collective punishment or acts of genocide must be held accountable

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been one of the most prominent voices of Gaza’s decimated healthcare sector and today marks his 500th day in arbitrary detentions. We stand together in solidarity with Dr. Abu Safiya and all Palestinian health workers who continue to endure the horrors of genocide and Israel’s targeting of health workers. #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya

Failure to suspend Israel from Eurovision, as it continues to commit genocide in Gaza, unlawful occupation and apartheid against Palestinians, is an act of cowardice and double standards. #HumanityMustWin Read more: amn.st/6016BBSR1u

🚨An investigation by @LHreports exposes how an algorithm introduced by the Kenyan government is causing lower-income Kenyans to systematically overpay for their healthcare. sha.africauncensored.online

📢New @Amnesty research 🗓️Tues 12 May 2026 Briefing: "'We’re here to protect Mother Earth': Indigenous rights & Nevada’s lithium boom" details how lithium mines in Nevada are being fast-tracked on Indigenous lands without consent, threatening Indigenous rights, water & culture.

"When the alarm bells are ringing, you don't hit the snooze button. You wake up the world." Watch Mehdi Hasan's message to UK journalists for the #AmnestyMediaAwards 2026.