Press releases in 2019

Amnesty International to support march in Bratislava, 17.30 pm (GMT+1) Demonstrations will be held in Slovakia today against proposed legislation that would be an ‘intrusive roll back’ on women’s...

Sixty-page report exposes how tech giants use exploitative algorithms to prey on vulnerable people and force users to pay for their services with intimate personal data Digital surveillance ‘is one of...

Simon Cheng’s testimony ‘is in line with the endemic torture and other ill-treatment in detention we have repeatedly documented’ - Patrick Poon Case ‘chillingly’ illustrates the inherent dangers of...

What : Belfast Court of Appeal to decide on whether the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) can appeal the ‘Hooded Men’ case to UK Supreme Court. The PSNI will also seek to appeal the cases of...

Government snipers shooting from rooftops and in at least one case from a helicopter Security forces taking away dead bodies and injured people from roads and hospitals Internet shutdown -...

Ahead of tomorrow’s referendum on a separate state for Ethiopia’s Sidama ethnic group, Amnesty International is calling on the Ethiopian authorities to take all steps to ensure there is no repeat of...

Amnesty International releases new analysis of high-profile Catalan trial The conviction of Catalan leaders Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart found guilty of sedition are 'excessive and disproportionate...

Cruel punishments come after sting operation from authorities, with 11 men charged with ‘an attempt at sexual intercourse against the order of nature’ Six more men go on trial tomorrow ‘The whole...

Reports that the UK Government and armed forces covered up torture and killings by British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are ‘deeply troubling’ and must be treated with the seriousness they deserve...

First English-language collection of writing from revolutionary newspaper ‘Enab Baladi’ ‘Enab Baladi is a unique record of the Syrian people speaking without fear’ - Kristyan Benedict On Tuesday 26...