Together, we are a global movement of more than 10 million people across 150 countries and territories who come together to challenge injustice. Thanks to you, we are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.
Here’s a snapshot of your impact, both at home and broad:
USA: Rocky Myers death sentence commuted
Rocky, a Black man with an intellectual disability, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 1994.
A nearly all-white jury found him guilty of the murder of his white neighbour, despite the lack of any forensic evidence directly linking him to the crime. In a practice that is now outlawed in Alabama, the judge overrode the jury’s decision of life in prison and condemned Rocky Myers to death.
Rocky, now a 63-year-old man – father of four, grandfather to nine, and great-grandfather to one – has spent more than half his life on death row.
As part of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign in 2023, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world signed a petition asking Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to commute his death sentence. Here in Australia, we handed over more than 30,000 of your signatures. Our voices were heard, and in February Rocky’s death sentence was commuted.
Saudi Arabia: Salma al-Shehab released
Salma, a Leeds University PhD student and mother of two, was arrested in Saudi Arabia for tweeting in support of women’s rights and retweeting Saudi women’s rights activists.
For more than four years, Salma was subjected to one gross injustice after another, including being given a 34-year prison sentence and spending almost 300 days in solitary confinement.
Thanks to passionate Amnesty supporters who signed petitions, wrote letters, made phone calls and demanded her release, in February, Salma was released from prison.
Cameroon: Dorgelesse Nguessan released
Dorgelesse, a single mother and hairdresser, was arrested in 2020 for attending a peaceful protest demanding a better future for her family and her country. Thousands of Amnesty supporters wrote letters calling for her release and earlier this year, she was finally freed.
“I don’t have the words – except thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you…You reached out to us at the point when we most needed it.”
Dorgalesse Nguessan
Angola: Neth Nahara freed
Neth Nahara, a mother of two young children, was jailed for criticising Angola’s president on TikTok. She was summarily tried, convicted, and sentenced to six months in prison – later increased to two years.
With the help of Amnesty supporters around the world taking action as part of our Write for Rights campaign, she was finally released earlier this year, along with five other government critics who were also unjustly detained.
Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT):
New evidence reveals that HD Hyundai machinery has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures in the OPT. Whilst the company denies their involvement, images and videos verified by Amnesty and local human rights groups identified 59 Palestinian-owned homes, businesses and other structures that were demolished between September 2019 and February 2025 using machinery made by HD Hyundai.
These demolitions resulted in the forced displacement of approximately 250 Palestinians and damaged the livelihoods of hundreds of others.
Working with Amnesty’s Evidence Lab, Amnesty verified a total of 347 images and videos of demolitions obtained through partnerships with local organisations.
This vital research is only possible thanks to our people-powered movement. Your support enables Amnesty to conduct extensive investigations, expose human rights abuses and push people with power to uphold human rights.
Indigenous Rights:
Amnesty’s Indigenous Rights team are continuing to develop their strategic campaign for the next 5 years. They’ll continue to work on this throughout the first half of 2025 to ensure that we have a really solid, culturally informed campaign plan.
As attention recently turned to WA, our team renewed our call on the WA Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14, end its use of tortuous confinement practices, fund Indigenous-led diversion programs that address the root causes of trauma and disadvantage, and close Unit 18 and Banksia Hill youth detention centres immediately.
Refugee Rights:
This year, the Australian government announced that the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) program, which allows refugees to be sponsored by local community groups, will be made permanent in 2026.
So far, the CRISP program has enabled around 550 refugees to be settled in towns and cities across Australia with the support of community groups.
“The success of the CRISP shows the solidarity and big heart of the Australian community in welcoming and supporting refugees. We have long advocated for such a program.”
Zaki Haidari, Amnesty International Australia’s Strategic Campaigner on Refugees
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people who take injustice personally. We are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all – and we can only do it with your support.
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