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Source: Amnesty International –

Responding to the Hong Kong government gazetting legislation that makes clear the city’s Chief Executive can designate certain criminal cases as national security cases, Joey Siu, the spokesperson of Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas, said:

“It is deeply alarming that the Hong Kong authorities continue to reinforce the powers of the city’s national security laws, which have contributed to grave human rights violations and should have long since been repealed.

“This legislation, which allows the Chief Executive to designate any criminal act as ‘involving national security’, shows the Hong Kong government’s intent to deploy its sweeping powers in a way that severely undermines defendant rights at every stage of legal proceedings — from investigation and bail applications to trial proceedings and release.

“Amnesty’s research has previously highlighted concerns about defendants’ rights to a fair trial in national security cases, including through the replacement of jury trials with judges appointed by the Chief Executive, the systematic denial of the presumption of bail, and the punitive denial of early release.

“This legislation provides a further pretext for the government to exploit ‘national security’ to systematically repress dissent and create a widespread chilling effect on anyone who dares to be critical of the authorities.”

Source: Greenpeace Statement –

Bonn, Germany, Tuesday 9 June 2026 — In response to Minister Chris Bowen’s opening address at the Bonn Climate Change Conference SB64, Shiva Gounden, Head of Pacific at Greenpeace Australia Pacific and speaking from Bonn, said: 

“While Australia’s speech was strongly focused on the limitations of fossil fuels and supply chains amid the current energy shock, what’s still lacking is the vision and agenda for COP31 that will truly deliver the transition away from fossil fuels. Until then, it remains rhetoric without any results. Minister Bowen emphasised the electrification agenda and renewable energies, but in a challenging geopolitical environment more clearly needs to be done to ensure COP31 is a moment of true implementation. 

“Every successful COP has depended on a strong Presidency and Bonn is a key moment for the incoming Presidency to start shaping the vision. What Australia must also do is support Pacific climate leadership and get squarely behind the longstanding Pacific priorities of limiting warming to 1.5°C — and that requires rapidly phasing out fossil fuels, building resilience to the escalating impacts of climate change, addressing loss and damage, and ensuring communities can access the funding and support they need.”

Ahead of SB64, Greenpeace International has produced a policy briefing outlining the core elements of a just transition away from fossil fuels and the urgent, priority actions needed from national governments and through global co-operation to make it a reality.[1]

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[1] A Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels: Policy Briefing

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Kate O’Callaghan on +61 406 231 892 (Whatsapp/Signal) or [email protected]

Source: Greenpeace Statement –

Joal-Fadiouth, 8 June 2026 — On World Ocean Day, coastal communities in Joal-Fadiouth joined forces with the AGIRE association, Greenpeace Africa, and the Department of Community Marine Protected Areas (DAMCP) to carry out a mangrove restoration activity and officially hand over the Global Ocean Justice Now report. A document that makes the case for coastal communities as the backbone of marine conservation in Senegal.

On the ground, women fish processors, artisanal fishers, young volunteers, and local actors replanted mangroves along the Joal-Fadiouth shoreline, a visible expression of a commitment to ocean protection that coastal communities have sustained for generations.

“For decades, coastal communities have been restoring and protecting mangroves, not as a project, but as a condition of survival. What we are asking for today is recognition and support for this local expertise, so it can be strengthened and sustained,” said Karim Sall, President of AGIRE.

The report was simultaneously handed over to the authorities responsible for marine protected areas. Its central finding is clear: coastal communities have been protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for generations, yet these efforts remain insufficiently recognised, supported, and funded at the level of public policy.

Senegal currently protects just 3.09% of its marine area. This is far short of the international target of 30% ocean protection by 2030. This gap comes at a defining moment, as the country finalises its updated National Biodiversity Strategy (NBSAP), which will set its environmental priorities for the years ahead.

“We are at a turning point. As Senegal finalises its biodiversity strategy, it has an opportunity to fully integrate community-led solutions into its public policies. The evidence already exists. What is needed now is the political will to translate it into decisions,” said Amadou Touré, Ocean Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa.

Community management models such as Community Marine Protected Areas (AMCPs) and ICCA territories, including Kawawana and Bamboung, demonstrate that conservation led by communities restores biodiversity, strengthens ecosystem resilience, and provides lasting support to coastal livelihoods.

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Notes to editors

About Greenpeace Africa : Greenpeace Africa is an independent organisation working for environmental protection, climate justice, and the defence of communities most affected by ecological crises across the African continent.

About AGIRE : AGIRE is a community-based organisation in Joal-Fadiouth, engaged since 2017 in restoring Rhizophora mangroves and protecting coastal ecosystems in collaboration with local communities.

About the report : The Global Ocean Justice Now report highlights the contributions of coastal communities to marine conservation and analyses the gap between Senegal’s international biodiversity commitments and the reality of ocean protection on the ground.

Media contact: Ibrahima Ka NDOYE – West & Central Africa Communications Lead, [email protected]

Source: Amnesty International –

Women searcher collectives, who are planning a peaceful protest to coincide with the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup at the Mexico City Stadium, must be protected and heard, said Amnesty International ahead of the tournament’s curtain-raiser on 11 June.

Thousands of people are expected to attend a march in the country’s capital which has been organized by women in honour of their disappeared loved ones – many of whom were forcibly recruited into drug cartels or murdered for resisting. Amnesty International will be observers at the protest and interviewees will be available.

As of 25 May 2026, the National Registry had recorded 134,460 missing persons in Mexico. With little support from authorities, women seeking truth, justice and remedy have been forced to search for their loved ones themselves, filling the gaps left when those in power look the other way. Now, the women, whose slogan is ‘Don’t play with our pain’, are calling for justice for their loved ones, better safety and for the authorities to accept support from other countries to assist with their search.

“As tens of millions of people around the world prepare to tune into what FIFA is calling ‘the greatest opening ceremony on earth’, thousands of brave women in Mexico will use the opportunity to take to the streets and remind the world that their loved ones are still missing and that their search for them continues,” said Edith Olivares Ferreto, Executive Director of Amnesty International Mexico.

Although the march has been given the green light by authorities, women searchers are attacked, vilified, discredited and even criminalized every day for defending human rights in Mexico.

This is a crisis on staggering scale — there are more disappeared and missing people in Mexico than will attend the opening match
of this World Cup.

Edith Olivares Ferreto, Executive Director of Amnesty International Mexico

“This is a crisis on staggering scale — there are more disappeared and missing people in Mexico than will attend the opening match of this World Cup. It is time for the Mexican authorities to listen to these women, who deserve truth, remedy and justice,” Edith Olivares Ferreto said. “Amnesty International calls on authorities across all states in Mexico to fully respect the right to peaceful protest and to refrain from any actions that could result in the repression of demonstrations. We will be closely monitoring the development of mobilizations throughout the country.”

Risks to protestors in Mexico, including women searchers, is one of the key human rights threats associated with the 2026 FIFA World Cup, highlighted by Amnesty International in a report on 30 March. In addition to repression of peaceful protests in all three host countries, the organization highlighted abusive and deadly US immigration policies, which have resulted in a surge of unlawful arrests, mass detentions and deportations. In Canada, people experiencing homelessness are at risk of being subject to street sweeps in the host cities of Toronto and Vancouver.

Yet despite repeated calls from Amnesty International, fans groups and other human rights organizations, FIFA and host country authorities have so far failed to provide public guarantees that World Cup events and gatherings will not be targeted for immigration enforcement, or that peaceful protests will be permitted inside and outside of venues. FIFA has still not responded to a letter from Amnesty International asking for such guarantees and seeking clarity about what flags and banners would be prohibited within FIFA venues.

“It’s not just extortionate ticket prices that will keep many people from fully enjoying this World Cup, so will the failure of FIFA and host countries to provide assurances that they will respect the rights of fans and local communities,” Edith Olivares Ferreto said. “Football cannot ‘unite the world’ while mass deportations continue to devastate families and spread fear and division, or while people are prevented from expressing themselves freely.”

Source: Greenpeace Statement –

Bonn, Germany, Monday 8 June 2026 — As the UN climate negotiations in Bonn commence, Greenpeace Australia Pacific is calling on Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen to lead with vision and ambition to advance multilateral climate cooperation, and use his unique position to drive concrete progress at COP31 and ensure a meaningful partnership with the Pacific. 

In the context of a global energy crisis and turbulent geopolitics, the Bonn Climate Change Conference will be a critical moment to sustain emerging political momentum towards a just transition away from fossil fuels. The midway point on the road to COP31 in Türkiye in November, Bonn will be the first time Minister Bowen has attended a major UN conference in his role as COP31 President of Negotiations. 

The start of the Bonn meetings also marks 100 days since the illegal US-Israel war on Iran sparked a global energy shock and after 57 countries including Australia met in Santa Marta, Colombia in April for the world’s first conference on the transition away from fossil fuels — a landmark moment signalling political winds of change in the face of threats to multilateralism.

Speaking from Bonn, Dr Simon Bradshaw, COP31 Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “Amidst a global energy crisis, accelerating climate disasters and a looming super El Niño, the urgency to accelerate climate action and break free from fossil fuel dependence has never been clearer. 

“Minister Bowen has been telling Australia and the world that we are in a global ‘fossil fuel crisis’, and that unhooking from fossil fuels is fundamental both to tackling the climate crisis and to ensuring secure and affordable energy. It’s time to match that message with a clear vision and agenda for COP31 — one that has the transition away from fossil fuels at its heart.

“As COP31 President of Negotiations, Australia has both the opportunity and responsibility to build on the momentum of COP30 in Belém and the recent landmark conference in Santa Marta on transitioning away from fossil fuels. This includes leading by example at home, with an immediate halt to new fossil fuel projects — including the mammoth proposed Browse gas project — and committing to develop a national roadmap away from fossil fuel production.”

“Few countries have as much skin the game as Australia: we are a country highly vulnerable to extreme heat, fires, floods and other impacts of climate change, we are suffering the consequences of fossil fuel dependency in terms of our energy security and affordability, but we have some of the world’s best renewable energy opportunities.

“Bonn is a key moment for the incoming Presidency to start shaping the vision, building the necessary trust, and actively setting priorities and expectations for the COP. We therefore hope and expect our Minister to be much more vocal and active in Bonn. 

“Australia, in partnership with the Pacific, is taking the reins of global climate cooperation at a critical moment in the world’s transition away from fossil fuels. There is no more time to lose.”

Also in Bonn, Shiva Gounden, Head of Pacific at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “Multilateral cooperation is the antidote to climate and geopolitical chaos. At Bonn, Pacific nations’ legacy of leadership from the frontlines of the climate crisis can be our guiding star as we build a more peaceful and secure world for all. 

“We must build on the progress at Santa Marta and break the hold fossil fuels have on our global security and economies. Pacific nations are already facing the brunt of a global climate crisis, but now facing the compounding injustice of an energy crisis brought on by fossil fuel dependence. We did not create either of these crises, but are among the most exposed to both.

“The International Court of Justice made clear that responsibility to address the climate crisis extends beyond borders and that continuing to expand fossil fuel production, including for export, could constitute an internationally wrongful act — a ruling that has now been overwhelmingly endorsed by the UN General Assembly. Continuing down the fossil fuel path, and failing to align efforts with limiting warming to 1.5C, is a breach of our international legal obligations. 

“We must not lose sight of what’s needed — by elevating the voices of Pacific leaders, backing Pacific-led solutions, and maximising the opportunity of the Pacific pre-COP, we can ensure the 1.5°C imperative and the transition away from fossil fuels are central to the agenda at COP31, and that communities are granted the finance they need to build a strong, resilient future beyond fossil fuels.”

Ahead of SB64, Greenpeace International has produced a policy briefing outlining the core elements of a just transition away from fossil fuels and the urgent, priority actions needed from national governments and through global co-operation to make it a reality.[1]

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[1] A Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels: Policy Briefing

Photos in the Greenpeace Media Library 

Media contact

Kate O’Callaghan on +61 406 231 892 (Whatsapp/Signal) or [email protected]

Source: Amnesty International –

• Amnesty research contradicts state narrative on mass scamming crackdown
• Collusion between police and gangs help compounds avoid raids
• 73 survivors interviewed; none screened or recognized as victims of trafficking

The Cambodian government’s high-profile crackdown on scamming compounds has failed to dismantle the vast majority of sites in the country or protect and support thousands of people subjected to human trafficking, torture and slavery, Amnesty International said in a new report released today.

Falling Through the Cracks: Cambodia’s “Crackdown” on Scamming Compounds documents how authorities have largely failed to identify trafficking victims or hold perpetrators to account. Amnesty’s research reveals how several compounds are moving location to escape the crackdown and details multiple accounts of rape inside compounds. 

“The Cambodian government has carefully managed the optics of its scamming crackdown, but behind every headline about a compound raid or arrest are survivors of slavery, torture and rape left with almost no support,” Amnesty International’s Co-Regional Director Montse Ferrer said.

“This much-vaunted crime offensive has not done enough to end the suffering of those trapped inside scamming compounds. More than 70 per cent of the compounds identified by Amnesty appear to have been bypassed by the crackdown, while ineffective police interventions at other compounds have missed victims and left them facing horrific abuses – all as the government applauds its own work.”

Source: Amnesty International –

The de facto Huthi authorities in Yemen should immediately and unconditionally release the dozens of staff from the United Nations and Yemeni and international civil society organizations who have been arbitrarily detained over the last two years, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International said today. The Huthis’ arbitrary arrests of humanitarian workers has a direct impact on the delivery of lifesaving assistance to people in critical need of aid. 

“That the Huthis are detaining aid workers while hunger worsens demonstrates the utter disregard they have for the people living within their territories in northern Yemen,” said Niku Jafarnia, Yemen and Bahrain researcher at Human Rights Watch. “They should immediately release all those they have arbitrarily detained and work on fulfilling people’s basic needs.” 

Starting on 31 May 2024, the Huthis carried out a series of raids in areas under their control, arbitrarily detaining 13 UN staff and at least 50 staff from Yemeni and international civil society organizations. Since that time, the Huthis have arbitrarily detained dozens more staff of the UN and civil society organizations while releasing only seven. As of February 2026,  73 UN staff and dozens of other humanitarian workers remained in Huthi detention, all of them Yemeni nationals.  

On 11 February 2025 an aid worker from the World Food Programme died in Huthi custody. His death heightens fears for the safety and well-being of others who remain arbitrarily detained in Huthi-run detention centres, given the Huthis’ track record of torture and other ill-treatment against detainees. 

Many of those detained were arrested without being shown arrest warrants and were forcibly disappeared for months. While some have received medical care, many have not, including some detainees who have serious medical conditions.  

No sources that Human Rights Watch has previously spoken to have been aware of any detainees having access to lawyers, despite three UN employees’ cases having been transferred to the Specialized Criminal Court in December of 2025.  

Human Rights Watch found in January 2026 that the detentions have exacerbated the already dire humanitarian crisis in Yemen. 

In their latest global report on hunger, the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) warned: “The already critical acute food insecurity situation is expected to deteriorate further over the outlook period [November 2025 to May 2026], with pockets of the population projected to face Catastrophe” in four districts under Huthi control. 

These arrests have been accompanied by a Huthi-led media campaign accusing humanitarian organizations and their staff of “conspiring” against the country’s interests through their projects and warning them of the dangers of “espionage”. Since 2015, Amnesty International has documented scores of cases in which Huthi authorities used spying charges to persecute political opponents and silence peaceful dissent. 

“The continued crackdown on civic space in northern Yemen, in which the Huthis have arrested scores, including humanitarian workers, human rights defenders, journalists, and activists, has to end,” said Diala Haidar, Yemen researcher at Amnesty International.  “All those arbitrarily detained should be immediately released. Pending their release, Huthi authorities must ensure they are protected from torture and other ill-treatment and that they have access to health care and legal counsel and regular contact with their family.”  

The continued crackdown on civic space in northern Yemen, in which the Huthis have arrested scores, including humanitarian workers, human rights defenders, journalists, and activists, has to end

Diala Haidar, Amnesty International

Families of some detainees have been told that their detained family members were denied access to lawyers and forced by authorities to make video confessions.  

The Huthis released videos in 2024 of other detainees “confessing” to espionage and other charges. 

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and other groups, including the former UN Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, have documented the Huthis’ use of torture to obtain information or confessions.  

Local and international civil society organizations play a critical role in alleviating Yemen’s humanitarian crisis. Despite drastic funding cuts from donor states, particularly the United States, that are putting the health and human rights of millions of people in Yemen at risk, aid workers on the ground are delivering lifesaving assistance and protection services, including in Huthi-controlled territories of Yemen.  

Huthi authorities have targeted human rights and humanitarian workers before. Four Yemeni staff members from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) arrested in 2021 and 2023 remain arbitrarily detained and have been held incommunicado since their arrest. In September 2023, Huthis arrested the safety and security director at Save the Children, and held him incommunicado. He died on 25 October 2023, while arbitrarily detained.  

Governments with influence on the Huthis and the UN leadership should step up efforts to secure the release of the nongovernmental organization and UN staff. 

“The international community must move beyond statements of concern and deliver a unified, robust response that pressures the Huthi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those arbitrarily detained, end reprisals against aid workers, and guarantee safe and unhindered humanitarian access across Yemen,” said Amna Guellali, research director at CIHRS.  

Source: Amnesty International –

In response to the public ceremony held today in Guayaquil, where the Commander General of the Ecuadorian Air Force, on behalf of the Armed Forces, publicly apologized to the families of Nehemías Arboleda Portocarrero, Steven Medina, Ismael Arroyo and Josué Arroyo, known as “the four boys from Las Malvinas,” who were victims of enforced disappearance by members of the Armed Forces on 8 December 2024, Ana Piquer, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said:

“In light of this historic moment, we reiterate our solidarity with the families of the four boys and with all the families of the 51 people who disappeared following security operations carried out by the Armed Forces on Ecuador’s coast.”

In light of this historic moment, we reiterate our solidarity with the families of the four boys and with all the families of the 51 people who disappeared following security operations carried out by the Armed Forces on Ecuador’s coast.”

Ana Piquer, Americas Director at Amnesty International

“Public apologies are a key milestone and represent an essential component of comprehensive redress for the harm caused by this terrible crime that deeply marked Ecuador. We welcome the implementation of these measures ordered by the Constitutional Court, following its historic ruling on the Las Malvinas case.”

“We regret the lack of willingness by the Armed Forces to listen to the demands of the other families of disappeared people who were present at the event and exercising their legitimate right to protest.”

“At the same time, we are alarmed by reports that, on 2 June, military patrols allegedly harassed a relative of one of the boys from Las Malvinas at her home. It is unacceptable that families continue to face intimidation by agents of the very institution that has already caused them so much harm. We call on the Ministry of Defence to put an end to this harassment. The Ecuadorian state must guarantee the protection of the families.”

“To ensure that these serious crimes do not continue to occur, it is essential to reverse the militarized approach to public security policy, which has led to serious human rights violations. The Ecuadorian authorities must fully comply with all the measures ordered by the Constitutional Court in its historic ruling on the Las Malvinas case, including the adoption of reforms to strengthen the prevention, investigation and punishment of enforced disappearances.”

“To ensure that these serious crimes do not continue to occur, it is essential to reverse the militarized approach to public security policy, which has led to serious human rights violations.”

Ana Piquer, Americas Director at Amnesty International

“It is also essential to make firm progress in criminal investigations into enforced disappearances. It is unacceptable for these processes to remain stalled due to the lack of cooperation from the Armed Forces, which continue to resist sharing information by claiming it is ‘classified information.’ All victims and their families should have access to truth, justice and redress.”

“While the Las Malvinas case has seen important progress, it cannot be the only case in which a ruling is secured and redress measures are adopted. The risk of impunity remains high for other victims and families who are still waiting for answers from the state.”

In addition to the families of the four boys from Las Malvinas and representatives of the Ministry of Defence, the ceremony was attended by the Permanent Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in Guayaquil (CDH Guayaquil), which legally represents the victims; the Committee of Families for Truth and Justice; representatives of the international community, including the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; and the Ombudsperson’s Office, which acted as mediator for the event. Amnesty International supported the event.

For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact [email protected]

Source: Greenpeace Statement –

NAIROBI / JOHANNESBURG, 5 June 2026 – On World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa is calling on African governments to act on the climate emergency as extreme weather events continue to intensify across the continent, threatening lives, food systems, and the livelihoods of millions.

The organisation has called on governments across Africa to honour their Nationally Determined Contribution commitments and implement practical domestic policies that protect African communities.

With South Africa being the continent’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, the transition to clean energy has particular urgency.

Siya Myeza, Climate and Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, said:

“South Africa is a major emitter of greenhouse gases on the African continent and is the thirteenth biggest emitter in the world due to its almost complete reliance on coal. It is crucial that the South African government, in particular, prioritises raising ambitions to act on climate through a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.”

That transition holds economic potential that extends beyond South Africa. Across the continent, hundreds of millions of people still lack reliable access to electricity.

Sherelee Odayar, Oil and Gas Campaign Lead at Greenpeace Africa, said:

“African countries have some of the best renewable energy resources in the world. Energy poverty is still the daily reality for hundreds of millions of people on this continent, and governments have the means to address it. Renewable energy investments save water, create jobs, and drive inclusive economic growth. Governments that are serious about addressing poverty, inequality, and unemployment need to prioritise universal access to clean electricity and remove the barriers that are holding back clean energy investment. Developing new energy systems on fossil fuels will only deepen the climate crisis and deny communities the economic opportunities that come with a clean energy transition.”

Climate change is also reshaping how Africa grows its food. Smallholder farmers across the continent are already dealing with more frequent and less predictable extreme weather.

Elizabeth Atieno, Food Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, said:

“African farmers are not waiting for the climate crisis to arrive. It is already in their fields, in the rainfall patterns they can no longer predict, and in the harvests they are losing. African countries need a holistic approach to agriculture that achieves both food security and forest protection. Ecological farming, built on the traditional methods that have sustained communities for generations, is how Africa builds genuine resilience into its food systems. Governments need to support that transition, not leave it to farmers to face alone.”

Driving each of these challenges is the continued expansion of fossil fuel industries, which accelerate climate change and generate pollution with consequences that reach deep into communities and ecosystems.

Hellen Dena, Project Lead, Pan African Plastics Project, Greenpeace Africa, said:

“With over 99% of plastic being made from fossil fuels, plastic production and its use is significantly driving the climate crisis and intensifying the extreme weather we see across Africa. African communities contribute just 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. They are absorbing a grossly disproportionate share of the consequences through floods, droughts, displacement, and the destruction of livelihoods built over generations. African governments must end the corporate addiction to single -use plastics, keep oil and gas used to produce plastic in the ground and stop big polluters from their relentless plastic production.”

On World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa calls on African governments to transition to 100% renewable energy, protect forests and food systems, raise their NDC ambitions with concrete implementation plans, and ensure that polluters bear the cost of the damage they have caused.

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