Paraguay: Free environmental defender
Vidal Brítez was detained on 26 March in Paso Yobái, Guairá as a reprisal for his defence of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment....
USA: Chilling verdict against Greenpeace sets damaging precedent for protection and promotion of human rights and climate justice
In response to a U.S. jury in North Dakota ordering Greenpeace to pay at least $660m to the fossil fuel company Energy Transfer, having...
Unique climate lawsuit before the Higher Regional Court in Hamm – Saúl Luciano Lliuya demands corporate liability of coal company RWE for climate risks
On 17.03.2025 and 19.03.2025, oral hearings will take place before the Hamm Higher Regional Court in the groundbreaking case brought by Peruvian farmer Saúl...
Amnesty International responds to B.C. court ruling in Indigenous land defenders’ trial
Amnesty International will consider prisoner-of-conscience designations in the cases of three Indigenous land defenders in Canada whose convictions were upheld by a British Columbia...
USA: President Trump must respect human rights in his second term
On the day of the U.S. presidential inauguration, Amnesty International calls on President Donald Trump and his administration to respect human rights obligations in...