Press releases in 2019

In response to reports that at least 11 journalists were detained in Venezuela this week, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Americas Director, said: “The detention of journalists is a...

The Russian authorities must stop their vicious campaign against opposition movement Open Russia (Otkrytaya Rossia), Amnesty International said today, after an activist from the organisation was...

In response to reports that Ecuadorian authorities are preventing Venezuelans from entering the country at the Rumichaca border crossing, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty...

Airbnb, TripAdvisor, Expedia and Booking.com accused of turning ‘war crimes into a tourist attraction’ with hundreds of listings in settlements Airbnb still offering holidays in settlements despite...

Responding to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold its ruling, again acquitting Asia Bibi of blasphemy charges and ordering her release, Amnesty International’s South Asia Campaigner, Rimmel Mohydin...

Responding to the five-year prison sentence imposed by a Chinese court against Liu Feiyue, founder of human rights website “Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch, for “inciting subversion of state power”...

‘The Bahraini authorities must quash Sheikh Ali Salman’s conviction’ - Samah Hadid Responding to news that a Bahraini court has today upheld the conviction of the prominent opposition leader Sheikh...

COURT CASE: WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY – FRIDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2019 Landmark case in Belfast High Court could find UK in breach of human rights commitments ‘I hope this will be the last time I have to go to...

‘We must not abandon those who have lost everything and are trying to rebuild their lives’ - Margaret Huang Amnesty International and the National Immigrant Justice Center have travelled to the US...

Responding to the four and a half years prison sentence handed down by a Chinese court to human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who was found guilty of “subverting state power”, Doriane Lau, China...