Press releases in 2018

Strong evidence that soldiers used automatic firearms on Shi’a Muslims holding religious procession and protest At least 39 protesters killed and 122 wounded with gunshots in a single day “I attended...

Human rights defenders from across all corners of the world gathered this week in Paris for the Human Rights Defenders World Summit , to develop a plan of action for how to protect and promote the...

Responding to the Pakistan Supreme Court’s decision to acquit Asia Bibi of blasphemy charges after she was sentenced to death in 2010, Omar Waraich , Amnesty International’s Deputy South Asia Director...

‘Matthew wouldn’t be the first person to be arrested in the UAE on baseless grounds’ - Kate Allen Responding to news that Matthew Hedges, the British PhD student detained in the United Arab Emirates...

Reacting to the election of Jair Bolsonaro and Hamilton Mourão as president and vice president of Brazil, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International said: “The president-elect has...

In response to reports that President Trump plans to take executive action blocking refugees and people seeking asylum from Central America from entering the United States for protection, Erika...

Amnesty India has been targeted as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s assault on civil society. Yesterday, the Enforcement Directorate, an agency that investigates financial crimes...

Responding to the news that the European Parliament has condemned the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called for an arms embargo, Covadonga de...

‘The Home Office has once again been exposed as being a law unto itself’ – Steve Valdez-Symonds Responding to Home Secretary Sajid Javid apology to the House of Commons after more than 130 people were...

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Rights Watch UK will be intervening in a fresh legal challenge over the UK’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The case, which was originally brought by...