Amnesty International

Sudan: From Darfur and chemical attacks to European partnership and U.S collaboration

In September 2016, Amnesty International published an alarming report: Chemical weapons have been used by Sudan against civilians in Darfur conflict; between 200 and 250 people may have died as a result of exposure to the chemical weapons agents. Here is our post about it. A month later,...

Chemical weapons used in Darfur: Organizations around the world join forces

In a report released last month, Amnesty International has documented the use of suspected chemical weapons by Sudanese government forces against civilians, including very young children, in Jebel Marra, one of the most remote regions of Darfur over the past eight months. Between 200 and...

Jailed Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab awaits his trial

 As you already know if you follow our actions, we support freedom of speech and we have been actively supporting imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi (and his family and wife Ensaf Haidar). More than three years ago we posted a tweet asking our followers to sign the petition by Amnesty...

Congo : Les voitures électriques sont-elles construites par le travail des enfants ?

Alors que le Mondial de l’Automobile a ouvert ses portes à Paris ce week-end, Amnesty International (France) en a profité pour revenir sur le rapport publié en début d’année : ‘Voilà pourquoi on meurt‘ et qui soulève un flou persistant sur le recours au...

Sudan: Chemical weapons used against civilians in Darfur conflict, says Amnesty International

Credible evidence of the use of chemical weapons to kill and maim hundreds of civilians including children in Darfur revealed in a report released by Amnesty International on Thursday. The organization has documented a large number of serious violations of international humanitarian and...

Sudan: No Justice for Protester Killings

In September 2013 we covered #SudanRevolts, a wave of anti-austerity protests triggered by the critical economic situation in Sudan, when the government lifted its fuel and cooking gas subsidies to bring its budget under control. More than 200 hundred people (protesters, civilians) were...

Raif Badawi: Meeting with Ensaf Haidar at Amnesty France for the release of her book

Yesterday we were at Amnesty International France headquarters in Paris to meet with Ensaf Haidar, the wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi who was sentenced in 2014 to 10 years behind bars, 1,000 lashes, a 10-year travel ban, and a lifetime ban from appearing in the media....

Uganda leads Africa’s move to quit the International Criminal Court

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni wants Africa to quit the International Criminal Court over the way the court has handled Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta‘s case. From The Saturday Monitor: Uganda has admitted rallying African countries to collectively withdraw from the...

USA must not hunt down whistleblower Edward Snowden

Amnesty International declared that the US authorities ‘must not prosecute anyone for disclosing information about the government’s human rights violations, Amnesty International said after Edward Snowden was charged under the Espionage Act‘. The organization also believes...

Turkish Prime Minister’s Words Will Only Exacerbate Violence

As anti-government protests spread in Turkey, Amnesty International warns that Turkish Prime Minister’s words will only exacerbate violence. We can read on the article: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced in a televised speech on Tuesday that he would no longer...