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East and Southern Africa:Â Journalists Targeted Amid Ongoing Crackdown on Media
Authorities across East and Southern Africa continued to impose severe restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and media freedom.
Press Release
Annual Report 2022: Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine Exposes an International System Unfit to Deal With Global Crises
Amnesty International’s Annual Report for 2022 highlights double standards throughout the world on human rights and the failure of the international community to unite around consistently-applied human rights and universal…
Update
Amnesty International USA policy recommendations on climate displacement
On May 28, 2021, Amnesty International USA submitted its recommendations to the forthcoming interagency report to President Biden commissioned by Executive Order 14013: Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Human Rights Defender Transferred to Brazil (Mozambique: UA 132.20)
Following a long defamatory and intimidatory campaign against Bishop Lisboa and his human rights work in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, the Pope Francis announced the transfer of Bishop Lisboa to Brazil…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Human Rights Defender Transferred to Brazil (Mozambique: UA 132.20)
Following a long defamatory and intimidatory campaign against Bishop Lisboa and his human rights work in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, the Pope Francis announced the transfer of Bishop Lisboa to Brazil…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Two Years of Arbitrary Detention of 16 People (Mozambique: UA 78.19)
17 January marks two years that fifteen asylum seekers and refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and one refugee from Ethiopia, have been arbitrarily detained in Pemba, northeast…
Update
Statement from AIUSA for HFAC Hearing on Democratic Backsliding in Sub-Saharan Africa
AIUSA Statement on The Impact of Eroding Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa on Democratic Practices 093020Â Human Rights are essential for accountability, transparency and respect for the rule of law,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Justice for Gender-Based Violence Survivor (Mozambique: UA 130.20)
On 12 June, the 2nd Criminal Appeal Section of the Judicial Court of Maputo’s City overturned the decision that found the aggressor of Women Human Rights Defender, Josina Machel, guilty…
Press Release
Protect Detainees at Risk of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa, Unclog Prisons and Release Prisoners of Conscience
Authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa must take urgent action to protect people in detention from COVID-19, including releasing prisoners of conscience, reviewing cases of pre-trial detention, and guaranteeing access to healthcare…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Journalist Forcibly Disappeared (Mozambique: UA 54.20)
On 7 April 2020, Ibraimo Abú Mbaruco, a journalist at Palma Community Radio, did not return to his home in Palma, northern Mozambique, after work. His family and colleagues fear…
Press Release
Armed conflicts and state repression in Africa fuel cocktail of human rights violations
HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA: Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face of continuing conflict and state repression, Amnesty International said today…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Journalist Charged with Criminal Offenses (Mozambique: UA 1.19)
On 5 September 2019, journalist Amade Abubacar and his lawyer were notified by the Office of the Public Prosecutor of Cabo Delgado Province of final charges against him. On 10…