Press releases in 2020

As the United States of America and the Afghan Taliban are poised to sign a peace agreement in Doha today, Zaman Sultani, Amnesty International’s South Asia Researcher, said: “No one desires peace...

‘EU member states need to do far more to share responsibility for refugees arriving in Turkey’ - Massimo Moratti Following reports that Turkey is allowing people seeking asylum to depart its territory...

Jimmy Lai and two other pro-democracy activists on charges of “unlawful assembly” Amnesty calling for an independent inquiry into the heavy-handed police tactics used against protesters since last...

Urgent letter sent to Home Office minister Kit Malthouse Legal action concerning NSO Group is ongoing in Israel ‘It’s frankly astonishing that the UK would think it appropriate to invite NSO to hawk...

Region once again world’s most dangerous for human rights defenders At least 210 people killed in protests across Americas Governments across continent massively restricted access to asylum ‘ 2019...

Responding to reports that 10 schools were hit by shelling in the Idlib and Aleppo countryside in Syria earlier today, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Regional...

Three UK firms - construction equipment makers JCB, online travel agency Opodo, and metal coating company Greenkote - ‘profiting from crimes’ in illegal settlements Letter to James Cleverly calls on...

Political leaders in India who are creating a violent environment by making hateful speeches must be immediately held accountable, Amnesty International India said today. In riots last night in north...

Responding to a court decision that former Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison in China for “illegally providing intelligence to foreign entities”...

Amnesty International has received confirmation that the Egyptian authorities executed eight men in the early hours of this morning in Borg el-Arab prison in Alexandria. The men were among 17...