Press releases in 2019

Amnesty observers see police using excessive force and inappropriately deploying anti-riot equipment and munitions Hundreds injured, with police using rubber or ‘foam’ bullet-like projectiles ‘It is...

New report reveals how Comprehensive Health Service has contributed to violations of rights of unaccompanied children held in indefinite detention at Homestead facility ‘Children should never be...

Amnesty International has documented a clear pattern of the Indian authorities arbitrarily detaining activists, politicians and even children if they are thought to hold dissenting opinions, as the...

Amnesty International has renewed its call for an end to the Philippines’ notorious ‘war on drugs’ after President Rodrigo Duterte told a controversial newly-promoted police officer to “kill everybody...

Responding to the Hong Kong High Court ruling against “MK”, a woman who had filed a lawsuit claiming that the territory’s law breached her rights to privacy and equality by failing to recognise same...

Indiscriminate Turkish airstrikes and mortar attacks on residential areas, a bakery and school kill numerous civilians, including children Chilling details of grisly murder of Kurdish politician...

Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé and three medical staff should have sentences quashed and removed from their records ‘The Moroccan authorities must urgently decriminalise abortion and repeal all other...

ENGLISH Conference in Aberystwyth to celebrate human rights activism in Wales “We can all make a difference, and we can all be human rights defenders” – Elin Jones AM “Protecting human rights...

Under notorious sponsorship scheme, migrant workers cannot change jobs without employer’s permission and face criminalisation for ‘absconding’ Announcement comes after numerous earlier promises over...

Amnesty International is urging Hong Kong authorities to launch a prompt and thorough investigation into a brutal attack on human rights defender Jimmy Sham, who was today beaten by a group of men...