Press releases in 2019

Human rights violations risk going unreported because of communication blockade Administrative detention used by authorities to curb political mobilisation Amnesty International today called on the...

A video of the killings went viral in July last year Amnesty analysis revealed evidence that the Cameroon military were responsible Seven soldiers are set to go on trial tomorrow (27 August) for the...

During his first year as President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has presided over a systematic and brutal crackdown on human rights, including the violent suppression of protests and attempts to...

'The Tanzanian authorities are clearly intensifying their crackdown on dissent and journalists are on the frontline of attack’ - Joan Nyanyuki Responding to the arrest of Tanzanian journalist Joseph...

Egyptian authorities must urgently carry out an independent and impartial investigation into the death of Hossam Hamed, a 30-year-old prisoner being held at al-Aqrab prison, amid allegations that he...

13,000 police and restrictions on protests are cause for “grave concern” Ahead of this weekend’s G7 summit during which authorities are expected to unnecessarily scale up police and judicial measures...

Protecting the human rights of Indigenous Peoples is key to preventing further deforestation – Kumi Naidoo Responding to the news of the wildfires that have been raging in the Amazon rainforest for...

Two years after Myanmar military operations forced more than 740,000 Rohingya to flee their homes, Amnesty International has warned that Rakhine State remains unsafe while those responsible for the...

Amnesty International and 10 human rights organisations urge the UN to act International community effort could prevent additional human rights violations In a public statement issued today , a...

Attackers who use phishing scams to target human rights defenders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are developing increasingly sophisticated techniques to infiltrate their accounts and...