Press releases in 2019

Responding to reports that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has had her contact with her family limited by authorities in Evin Prison, Ellie Kennedy, Campaign Manager at Amnesty International UK, said:...

Following yesterday’s events in West Papua Province, during which the local parliament building and a penitentiary were burned down and homes were destroyed, Usman Hamid, Amnesty International...

An appeals court in El Salvador today acquitted Evelyn Hernández of charges of aggravated homicide. Hernández had been convicted in 2017 under El Salvador’s strict anti-abortion laws after she...

Papua New Guinea opens accommodation for Manus Island refugees People trapped in Manus prison for six years offered chance to escape ‘The Australian Government cannot wash their hands of...

Hundreds of thousands of people took part in a peaceful march in Hong Kong this afternoon to protest a proposed extradition bill. Man-Kei Tam, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong, said: “The...

Police beat peaceful protesters with batons earlier today in Harare “The scenes in Harare today demonstrate just how far the authorities will go to repress dissent” - Muleya Mwananyanda Amnesty...

Ahead of a closed-door meeting on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir at the UN Security Council later today, Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said: “For the first time in...

Member of parliament Siham Sergiwa is the latest prominent woman in the country to be targeted Masked gunmen raided her home on 17 July, shooting her husband in the leg and beating her teenage son...

The charges against Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera are politically-motivated and must be dropped, Amnesty International said today ahead of his court appearance next week. Kabendera will appear...

Amnesty International is calling for former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir to face justice for crimes under international law - including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes - that he...