Press releases in 2019

The authorities in South Sudan have conducted a cross-border campaign of harassment, intimidation and attacks to shut down a series of global protests planned against the country’s leadership, Amnesty...

2,000-strong ‘temporary’ detention facility holds children as young as 13 for months at a time Instead of a maths lesson, children were copying the words of the US Pledge of Allegiance ‘The senseless...

Ahead of the questioning of the Sea-Watch 3 captain, Carola Rackete, by prosecutors in Agrigento (Sicily) tomorrow on charges of abetting irregular migration and resisting the orders of a war ship...

Responding to a statement by a senior Google executive this week that the company has “terminated” plans to launch Project Dragonfly, its censored search engine for China, Joe Westby, researcher on...

Westminster MPs and Peers must this week vote to deliver urgent abortion law reform in Northern Ireland, including decriminalisation, stopping women being prosecuted for accessing abortion, and...

President’s ‘go back’ tirade against four prominent congresswomen has caused outrage ‘President Trump must stop normalising racism, sexism, transphobia, cruelty and hate’ - Kumi Naidoo Responding to...

Amendment to Northern Ireland Bill expected today by Lord Hayward would deliver same-sex marriage law by January 2020 ‘We are looking forward to New Year wedding bells in Northern Ireland.’ – Patrick...

The Domestic Abuse Bill will be laid in Parliament today Campaigners express ‘deep concern’ that the Bill fails to provide the protection migrant survivors need 'Theresa May must not let the Bill be a...

Responding to the US Government’s announcement (15 July) of a new interim rule that seeks to prevent people from claiming asylum at the US southern border if they have travelled via third country -...

At least six cases since April, including one where state broadcaster forcibly filmed detained mother and daughter Tactics come in response to popular ‘White Wednesdays’ movement against...