Press releases in 2020

Amnesty and a number of other organisations have released a joint statement Calls on Turkish government to release innocent prisoners as well as those vulnerable to the virus, including the elderly...

Responding to news that the British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has had her temporary release from Tehran’s Evin Prison extended by two weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak, Kate Allen, Amnesty...

People could face five years in jail for infringing sweeping new powers Viktor Orbán has previously curtailed human rights and stoked hostility towards marginalised groups ‘This new law must not...

Coronavirus could sweep through squalid prisons and drug ‘rehabilitation’ centres Country’s largest jail five times over capacity, with prisoners sleeping on their sides Authorities reportedly...

As Texas moves to aggressively roll back abortion rights as part of its coronavirus response, Amnesty International USA warns against using the pandemic as a cover for an anti-human rights agenda...

Amid reports of severe ongoing shortages of personal protective equipment for NHS and health workers responding to Covid-19, Amnesty International UK is urging the Government to ensure good-quality...

Amnesty International has welcomed the publication of regulations for the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland but warned that they will fail to keep women safe during the current health...

For past six months, Israel has barred Laith Abu Zeyad from travelling for undisclosed ‘security reasons’ Campaigner prevented from seeing his dying mother in December ‘The notion that Laith Abu Zeyad...

Following an announcement that prisons in England and Wales have been put on “immediate lockdown” due to the latest coronavirus prevention measures, Amnesty International UK is urging the Government...

More than 120,000 prisoners held in jails with capacity of only 80,000 Authorities must prevent infection among prison population, including by early releases ‘We must leave no one behind in the face...