Press releases in 2017

The statement by Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s office, claiming that the government is defending all the people in Rakhine State “in the best possible way”, is unconscionable, Amnesty...

Authorities have blocked 424 websites since May in ‘wave of digital censorship’ ‘It looks like human rights NGOs are set to be the next target’ - Najia Bounaim Responding to the news today that the...

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi should use his official visit to Burma today to urge the authorities to protect civilians in violence-hit Rakhine State and lift restrictions on international...

Issa Amro detained after criticising earlier arrest of radio journalist, as free speech crackdown intensifies ‘It is outrageous that a prominent human rights defender has been arrested simply for...

Amnesty International and Liberty are calling on MPs to add a ‘People’s Clause’ to the Withdrawal Bill to stop ministers stripping away vital rights protections as they rewrite UK laws after Brexit...

The Burmese authorities’ restrictions on international aid reaching Rakhine State is putting tens of thousands of lives at risk in a region where mainly Rohingya people are already suffering horrific...

The Cambodian authorities’ closure of the country’s longest-running English-language newspaper represents a new and disturbing escalation in the pre-election crackdown on government critics, Amnesty...

Newry’s Pride parade is to hear a call today (Saturday 2 September) for any new Northern Ireland Executive to be “a government for all the people”, after past failure to legislate for equal marriage...

For the first time, the DRC has acknowledged that children are working in artisanal cobalt mines New government strategy responds directly to findings uncovered by Amnesty This commitment must not be...

Table with a 78-candle birthday cake will be set up outside the embassy Candles to be blown out by campaigners wishing for businessman’s release Campaigners will take a giant birthday card and...