LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers in Kenya are victims of severe hate crimes and abuses, including rape, according to joint report released by Amnesty International and a Nairobi-based gay rights group.
Twenty humanitarian organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Syrian Network for Human Rights have signed a joint statement calling out Lebanon's deportation of Syrian refugees.
Syrian refugees in Lebanon have been deported for not holding valid documents, sources say. Refugees now fear arrest and conscription in Syria, warns the human rights organization Amnesty International.
Amnesty International has released its report on 2022, focusing on Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine and the crackdown on protests in Iran. But the situation in Myanmar has also raised concerns.
Amnesty International’s 2022 Annual Report highlights what it refers to as "the hypocrisy of the West" in its selective application of human rights. In Europe, that double standard identified by Amnesty was most evident in the response to the war in Ukraine.
The Danish Immigration Service declared two more areas of government-controlled Syria as "safe" for refugees to return to. Rights groups say it is another way to make refugees unwelcome.
A court in Morocco has increased the sentences of eight migrants convicted over a tragic incident on the border with the Spanish enclave of Melilla last June. The men face up to four years in prison for crimes including illegal entry into Morocco.
The human rights organization Amnesty International has accused the governments of Spain and Morocco of using "unlawful and lethal force" at the border between Melilla and Morocco in June this year. Amnesty holds them responsible for the deaths of at least 37 people and 77 missing.
Refugees from Afghanistan are being violently pushed back when they try to enter Turkey, Human Rights Watch says. According to disturbing new testimonies, Turkish authorities are also deporting migrants to Afghanistan in growing numbers.
Latvia’s government has rejected accusations by the human rights organization Amnesty International that authorities mistreated migrants, including children, at its border with Belarus.
The campaign group working to free three young Africans known as the ‘El Hiblu 3’ has delivered an open letter to Malta’s Attorney General. The migrants from Guinea and Ivory Coast were arrested and accused in Malta of having committed multiple crimes -- including acts of terrorism and hijacking a ship.
In a letter to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, prominent aid organizations have slammed Berlin's Afghan refugee admission program as "extremely questionable in terms of organization and content." The aid groups warned that Germany's selection process is "in danger of failing" and have threatened to withdraw from talks.