Amnesty International Zimbabwe

#InCaseYouMissedIt 📌 A week ago, Amnesty International hosted the final cohort of the #YouthPowerAction 2025 Training, bringing together passionate participants from Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, and Matabeleland South. This achievement marks a significant milestone for…

Eswatini: Amnesty International designates arbitrarily detained MPs as prisoners of conscience Four years since they were imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression, association, and political participation, Amnesty International today…

Imagine a life without a nationality. It’s a profound struggle that many face, leaving them vulnerable and marginalised. Stateless individuals often find themselves deprived of essential rights, including access to #education, #healthcare, and #employment. Let's take a moment…

As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza amidst its ongoing genocide, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed themselves and their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are…

#ThrowBack to the 2024 Amnesty International Zimbabwe #Run4Rights Half Marathon! 🏃‍♂️🏅🌍💚🎉 Join us for this year's half-marathon! This year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever before! 🎉 Stay connected for more exciting updates! @amnesty @AmnestyKenya…

LEADERS NOT BRIDES! Yesterday, our team was in Marange, #Manicaland, where we partnered with Eastern Arts, a community-based theatre group, to host an interactive community dialogue on sexual and reproductive health rights, with a particular focus on obstetric fistula.…

Israel is continuing to use starvation as a method of warfare, a war crime, and as a tool to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. The harrowing suffering of starving Palestinians in Gaza, including our own colleagues, on an hourly basis, is…

To local, regional & international organisations, Thank you for speaking out and standing firmly for press freedom. Your bold condemnation of the injustice I faced, and your public demand for the charges to be dropped, gave me hope, a clear message that the world was watching.

Statelessness is a human rights issue. It has an impact on the rights to education, health and employment, all of which Zimbabwe is obliged under international and regional human rights law to respect, protect and fulfil. Listen to the story of Cecilia. #EndStatelessness…

#ClimateJustice: Lessons from the communities 🌍✨ Through our engagements under the #ClimateJustice campaign in the rural communities of #Gwanda, #Zaka-Jerera, and #Marange, we have gained valuable insights by learning from the experiences and wisdom of the communities on the…

“Special Trade Privileges and preferential EU treatment for Israel makes us complicit in genocide. EU Member States must act unilaterally and in concert to suspend cooperation that enables Israel’s international crimes” Stephen Bowen, Director, Amnesty Ireland

URGENT ACTION : Stand with Chinese human rights lawyers and activists🚨🚨🚨 In July 2015, hundreds of human rights lawyers and legal activists were targeted in China. Ten years on, send your message of solidarity. What’s the problem? On 9 July 2015, Chinese police and national…

The Nigerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Fatima Muhammad Sa’idu who was unlawfully arrested and detained yesterday by Nigeria Police Sabon Gari Zaria — for a social media post on the mass slaughter of IMN members by the military during the reign of…

What do you have planned for this weekend? If you’re looking for a productive way to spend your time, consider enrolling in a free online course focused on Digital Security and Human Rights. This course offers an excellent opportunity to deepen your understanding of how digital…

Welcome to #FistulaFriday🌟 Amnesty International’s research highlights how barriers to sexual and reproductive health services and information for adolescents in Zimbabwe, put girls’ health and futures at risk. Key barriers include: inconsistent laws and policies relating to…

Angolan authorities must respect and ensure the right of peaceful assembly and guarantee that nationwide protests planned for July 19 and 26 are facilitated and protected. amnestyusa.org/press-releases…

🧵 Why is it important to defend international justice this #InternationalJusticeDay? Because international justice protects us all, and you never know when you might need it 👇

#ThrowbackThursday : Celebrating the power of #journalism in promoting human rights! Today, we reflect on the 2024 inaugural @amnesty_zim Media Awards, held on 26 November, where we recognised outstanding human rights reporting and celebrated journalists who highlight human…

Amplyfying community voices for climate justice ! 🗣️📢🌍 Last week , we were in #Gwanda,Matabeleland South where we hosted two community dialogues on climate justice. Partcipants included traditional village heads, irrigation committee members and local farmers. These community…