Worldwide Legal News June 2024
Representatives from Liberty, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Inclusion London held a press briefing in Westminster to urge politicians and the public to remain vigilant about human rights issues during the election campaign. They warned about the reduction in worker’s and migrant’s rights in recent years and called for Continue Reading
AMNESTY CALLS UGANDA TO REPEAL ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT
Amnesty International has criticized Uganda’s Constitutional Court for only revokeing parts of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 (AHA), which has led to increased attacks on LGBTI people. The AHA criminalizes consensual same-sex acts, promotes homosexuality, and contemplates the death penalty for aggravated homosexuality. Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Continue Reading
Zimbabwe: Detention of Sikhala and Sithole is “unjust and abusive”
The continued arbitrary detention of opposition leader and Member of Parliament Job Sikhala and MP Godfrey Sithole reveals the politicised justice system in Zimbabwe, Amnesty International said today, as 100 days have passed since their incarceration. Lucia Masuka, Executive Director of Amnesty International Zimbabwe, said: “The ongoing arbitrary detention of Continue Reading
Mass Graves in Izium Show Cost of Russia’s Aggression
The discovery of mass graves in Izium district of Ukraine confirms the dark cost of Russian aggression Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia responded to the reported discovery of a mass burial site.“These newly reported discoveries confirm our darkest fears. The people of Ukraine and the world Continue Reading
Amnesty: Egypt Has A Human Rights Crisis Ahead of COP27
Amnesty International has said Egypt is in the throes of a human rights crisis, and has raised concerns about the ability of Egyptian civil society to meaningfully participate. Environmental and human rights groups have raised concerns about limiting protests to “designated areas” at COP27 and the ability of the Egyptian Continue Reading
Myanmar – Aung San Suu Kyi Arrested Again!
Responding to the arrest of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians and Government officials amid reports of a military coup underway in Myanmar, Amnesty International has called for their immediate release. Aung San Suu Kyi was among the top ranking government officials recently arrested following a coup Continue Reading
