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Executions in 2025 soared to the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 1981, with 2,707 people executed across 17 countries, revealed the latest annual report from the human rights organization on the global use of the death penalty.

Amnesty International strongly condemns the Zambian government for open-endedly “postponing” RightsCon – the largest global tech and human rights conference, which was due to start today in Lusaka and online – after allegedly being pressured by Chinese diplomats. 

A decision by a court in Russia’s second biggest city to designate the Russian LGBT Network an “extremist organization” and impose a nationwide ban on its activities will only increase the marginalization of LGBTI people and their human rights, Amnesty International said today.

The 2026 edition of Amnesty International’s annual report, The State of the World’s Human Rights, assesses national, regional and global developments across a wide range of human rights themes. It highlights how states have undermined the international rules-based system, hindering the resolution of problems that affect the lives of millions. It also identifies trends regarding armed conflicts, repression of dissent, discrimination, economic and climate injustice, the abrupt halt of humanitarian aid, and the misuse of technology. The report documents human rights concerns during 2025 in 144 countries, connecting global and regional issues and looking to the future.

Amnesty International Hong Kong OverseasPress Release14 April 2026

Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas today publishes the Year-end Hong Kong Human Rights Review 2025, which documents key trends and observations in Hong Kong’s human rights landscape over the course of 2025, assessed against international human rights standards.

Chinese authorities must ensure that Yu Wensheng is allowed to reunite with his family in Beijing without restrictions, Amnesty International said ahead of the human rights lawyer’s expected release from prison following a baseless “subversion” conviction.

Uyghur tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Ekpar Asat, who founded a media platform to help people in need, went missing in China’s Xinjiang region around 7 April 2016. He was reportedly convicted on charges of “inciting ethnic hatred and ethnic discrimination” and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Here, his sister – human rights lawyer Rayhan Asat – shares her memories of the brother she last saw a decade ago.

A new investigation by Amnesty International shows that a dozen casinos in Cambodia are directly linked to scamming compounds where torture, forced labour, child labour and human trafficking have taken place.

Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan have been unjustly detained for over 1,600 days since their arrests in September 2021. The trial opened on 22 January this year, and has now entered the defence phase, with both activists testifying in their own defence.

We wish you peace and well-being in the year ahead.