Press releases in 2020

Draconian proposed new laws which would give police in Switzerland sweeping powers to target “potential terrorist offenders”, including children as young as 12, must be rejected, Amnesty International...

Tech firm sells Pegasus spyware, used by repressive governments to target human rights activists ‘The Israeli Government has stood by and watched it happen’ ­- Danna Ingleton Amnesty spokespeople...

Mayor in Depok city demands police raids on LGBTI community in hometown of Manchester serial rapist Move is latest in ‘vicious campaign’ of harassment of LGBTI people in country ‘There can be no...

The Cambodian authorities’ treason charges against Kem Sokha, the leader of the country’s banned main opposition party, are bogus and should be dropped ahead of his trial hearing tomorrow, Amnesty...

A Malian court’s last-minute postponement of a former junta leader’s trial is a blow to the families of 21 soldiers whose bodies were discovered in a mass grave in 2012 after they were forcibly...

Civil society meetings are taking place in lead-up to G20 in Riyadh in November ‘We cannot participate in a process which is being abused by a state which censors all free speech’ - Netsanet Belay...

Campaigners have welcomed an “historic day” for Northern Ireland as, for the first time, same-sex couples are able to register to marry. From today (Monday 13 January) couples will be able to give...

The UK Government is deliberately and destructively preventing child refugees from being with their families, Amnesty International UK, Refugee Council and Save the Children said in a new report today...

Tomorrow’s protest will see activists wearing orange jumpsuits and black hoods A ‘funeral procession’ will carry nine coffins between White House and Washington’s Trump hotel to symbolise nine...

Resolution 2165 expires today after Russia and China used veto to prevent renewal Estimated 2.7 million people in need of humanitarian aid in north-western Syria ‘Cross-border delivery of humanitarian...