Press releases in 2019

Responding to news that Google has agreed to pay a record US$170 million to settle a complaint filed by US regulators alleging that the company illegally harvested personal data of children on its...

Attacks on refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers have occurred for past 11 years ‘The South African authorities must stop fuelling xenophobia in their desperate attempt to win political support’ -...

Author Jonathan Rugman to discuss his major new book - ‘The Killing in the Consulate’ Event marks one year since Khashoggi’s brutal killing in Istanbul On Wednesday 2 October, Amnesty International UK...

Carrie Lam’s withdrawal of extradition bill welcomed, but public trust in authorities ‘seriously damaged’ Responding to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s announcement today of an official...

Palestinian members of the Knesset who dare to criticise Israeli policies labelled ‘traitors’ Targeting of Palestinian KPs part of ‘deep-rooted’ discrimination against Palestinian citizens in Israel...

The Myanmar military and ethnic armed groups must ensure the protection of civilians and provision of aid as violence in northern Shan State escalates, Amnesty International urged today [3 September]...

Amnesty launches new campaign demanding Brazil step up protection of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and the Amazon ‘This is both a human rights crisis and an environmental crisis’ – Kumi Naidoo The...

Following the publication today of a new Council of Europe report which finds that Finland is failing survivors of rape, Amnesty International’s women’s rights researcher in Europe, Anna Blus said:...

In response to the latest clashes between police and protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday night – which included police storming the platform of Prince Edward metro station and beating people on a...