Press releases in 2019

Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures that violate human rights in Reserves and Indigenous territories Satellite imagery and official data reveal evidence of cattle farming in...

Court sentences popular Moroccan musician to year in jail ‘The Moroccan authorities must quash his conviction’ - Heba Morayef Responding to news that a Moroccan court has today convicted the rapper...

Verified videos show security forces deliberately shooting unarmed protesters at close range Reports of bodies not being returned to families, of the injured being removed from hospitals, and of...

Migrant women are blocked from accessing refuge beds, domestic abuse services and safety New petition urges next government to provide equal protection to all women People around the UK will send...

Responding to another leak of official Chinese government documents (labelled “The China Cables”) detailing the framework for facilities that led to abuses of hundreds of thousands of predominantly...

Landmark case against Government’s ‘profiteering’ child citizenship fees to be heard this week Activists hand in 30,000-strong petition to Home Office calling for immediate end to the fee Where: Royal...

Responding to news that President Duterte has fired Vice President Leni Robredo from her post as co-chair of the government's anti-drugs committee, Butch Olano, Executive Director of Amnesty...

Police and army forces torturing and using live ammunition against protesters ‘The intention of the Chilean security forces is clear: to injure demonstrators in order to discourage protest’ - Erika...

‘The threat this poses can be seen simply by looking at Egypt’s horrendous domestic human rights record’ - Simon Crowther New Amnesty report on Egypt’s misuse of terrorism legislation out next week...

Belfast Court of Appeal dismisses attempt from PSNI to appeal the long-running case to UK Supreme Court ‘This has been a long road and we've had to fight our way down every inch of it’ - Francis...