From Spain to France, India to Chile, people are taking to the streets to defend what matters. Because when rights are at stake, silence isn't an option.

States must live up to their legal obligations by taking concrete action to hold Israel accountable for its incessant crimes against Palestinians, including state-driven settler violence. They must halt all trade, investment and cooperation that contribute to maintaining Israel’s unlawful occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing campaign. Hiding behind empty rhetoric is not just cowardly; for Palestinians, it continues to be deadly.

Once again, Israel’s apartheid system is turning the olive harvest into a season of horror for Palestinian families across the occupied West Bank. State-driven attacks by settlers on farmers that damage, destroy and steal crops, combined with Israeli military restrictions on access to groves, are causing immense suffering and economic loss for Palestinians. Read more 👇 amn.st/6015BHT553

Kenyan authorities have increasingly used authoritarian tactics, including arbitrary arrests and detention, abductions, malicious prosecution of protesters, surveillance, and media repression, to crack down on protests against deepening economic hardship and the government’s aggressive fiscal policies. Our new report, out now 👇 amn.st/6017BHT5KH

More than 600 people die every day as a result of firearms violence, which is driven in part by easy access to firearms – whether legal or illegal. Our human rights are not protected if our leaders fail to tackle and end the epidemic of gun violence and gun death 💔

The Portuguese authorities must investigate the excessive force used by police to disperse activists earlier today. 150 Demonstrators that set up a camp to peacefully protest the country’s housing crisis faced unlawful force from police that left many injured, including a disabled person. The right to protest must be protected.

From denying permission for a peaceful demonstration, halting all Delhi-bound trains, and sealing the city’s borders, to issuing an internet suspension order near the protest site, and pre-emptively arresting activists – India’s authorities are leaving no stone unturned in their bid to prevent this march from happening. The right to protest is protected in India’s constitution. The authorities must immediately lift all these arbitrary restrictions, which violate India’s obligations under international law. Demonstrations should not depend on obtaining prior permission from the police. Read more 👇 amn.st/6014BG76HC

Congratulations to Navi Pillay, the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate! Navi Pillay's commitment to international law, unwavering independence and guiding moral light have made her one of the most respected human rights figures of our time. Not only does this award honour an extraordinary individual, it comes at a time when everything Navi Pillay stands for is coming under increasing attack, as powerful states attempt to hollow out the rule of law and jettison fundamental international rules and norms. Here’s the moment she learned the news, captured this morning at the Nuremberg court by Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard.

The announcement by the Trump administration that it has set the first military execution in more than six decades is reprehensible and showcases the inherent arbitrariness of the death penalty and the authorities’ utter disregard for the right to life. The death penalty is a violation of human rights, no matter what. Read more 👇 amn.st/6017BGA7zb

President Trump’s sanctions are designed to isolate and ultimately destroy the International Criminal Court. This existential attack must fail. States must take concrete action to resist the imposition of these measures and actively protect the Court. Read more: amn.st/6012BGA4So

Your voice matters. You have the right to say what you think, share information and demand a better world. You also have the right to agree or disagree with those in power, and to express these opinions in peaceful protests. Yet governments around the world routinely imprison people – or worse – for speaking out, even though almost every country’s constitution refers to the value of ‘free speech’. Peaceful protest is a human right.

One year since the ceasefire agreement, more than 1,400 people have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, nearly two million still need shelter, not a single hospital is fully functioning, and 1.4 million face crisis-level hunger. Accountability cannot be swept under the rubble. The recovery and future of Gaza cannot be separated from a framework grounded in international law, justice, and the rights of victims. The persistent failure to hold Israel accountable and press Israel to comply with the International Court of Justice’s binding orders continues to fuel the atrocity crimes on a mass scale against Palestinians.

A landmark victory for climate accountability: Australia’s High Court has confirmed that the climate impacts of coal and gas projects beyond Australia’s borders cannot simply be ignored in project approvals. Now, as COP31 President of Negotiations, Australia must confront a fundamental contradiction: Australia cannot be a credible climate leader while continuing fossil fuel production. Communities are already paying the price through floods, fires, extreme heat and drought. The human cost of climate change is impossible to ignore. The ruling adds to growing global momentum for climate harm accountability, including the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion in 2025 that found that the failure to phase out fossil fuels may constitute an internationally wrongful act.