LONDON (AP) — The number of executions recorded globally last year rose to its highest level since 2015, with a sharp increase in Iran and across the Middle East, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday. The human rights organization said it recorded a total of 1,153 executions in 2023, an increase of 30% … Read more
The use of the death penalty reached its highest level in almost a decade in 2023, an Amnesty International report revealed, although almost three out of four countries do not apply it, either because it is prohibited or because they have not put it into practice in at least a decade Iran was the leader … Read more
Amnesty International (AI) denounced this Wednesday in its latest annual report the excessive use of police force in Chile, the approval of the Naín-Retamal Law, which increases police protection, and the delay in the reform of the militarized Carabioneros body. From Chile “There was no progress towards a comprehensive reform of the Carabineros (militarized body), … Read more
Amnesty International (AI) observes with concern the enormous lack of protection that people, groups and organizations defending human rights continue to suffer in environmental matters in the region, according to a statement this Monday. All this a few days before the start of the Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Regional … Read more
Amid growing concerns about the rights of migrants and asylum seekers, Amnesty International has issued a new alert regarding recent reforms to migration and refuge law in Chile. The organization has reiterated that these measures constitute an illegitimate restriction on the fundamental right to seek asylum, which could leave many vulnerable people without the international … Read more
