Press releases in 2020

The US and the Afghan Taliban’s negotiations over a ‘reduction in violence’ must include a commitment by both sides to abide by the laws of war and end all attacks on civilians, Amnesty International...

In most violent nights since protests began, at least 409 protesters injured, with one person blinded and others needing surgery after police shot protesters at close range Widely-circulated video...

Women politicians in India face a shocking scale of abuse on Twitter, new research by Amnesty International India has revealed. The 76-page report, Troll Patrol India: Exposing Online Abuse Faced by...

In response to today’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Myanmar to take “provisional measures” to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya community, Nicholas Bequelin...

Vigils will be held in Brazil and around the world this week in memory of those who died in the Brumadinho dam disaster last year. Amnesty International UK will join a vigil at the Brazilian Embassy...

More than 1,050 travelled from Northern Ireland to England to access abortions in 2018 Huge gap between number of women who legally accessed abortions in Northern Ireland and the number of women...

Tito Elia Magoti and co-accused Theodory Giyani charged with leading organised crime ‘The Tanzanian government continues to abuse the criminal justice system by detaining critics on unbailable...

Even attempt to report on the law has seen hasty media apology amid apparent fears of infringing the ‘deeply troubling’ legislation Country already under fire for treatment of migrant workers in lead...

Afghan authorities today made a public commitment to establish a protection mechanism for human rights defenders, in a move welcomed by Amnesty International and Afghanistan’s human rights community...

‘Vile decision’ to stage rally on Martin Luther King Day condemned There is currently no federal law prohibiting someone convicted of a hate crime from buying a gun On average, at least 23 hate crimes...