Press releases in 2020

Hamid Haydara, prisoner of conscience of Baha’i faith, originally arrested in 2013 and subjected to unfair five-year trial process ‘There is no question that Hamid Haydara is being sentenced to death...

UK Parliament today will debate the emergency Coronavirus Bill Amnesty is calling on the Government to ensure human rights are at the centre of all efforts 'These are extraordinary times, which...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has approved new measures allowing women to take both abortion pills at home as part of Covid-19 response Amnesty International UK is calling for the measures to be...

Prisoners already held in inhumane conditions in overcrowded jails Booker-shortlisted novelist Ahdaf Soueif among those arrested after protests this wee k Amid rising fears over the spread of...

Workers in Doha’s Industrial Area reportedly in lockdown Social distancing impossible in cramped, unsanitary accommodation camps ‘Migrant workers trapped in camps … are at particular risk of exposure...

INDIA: EXECUTION OF DELHI BUS MURDERERS WON’T END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN First executions in India in nearly five years Expert committee had previously warned against death penalty in sexual offence...

The Government has set out new emergency powers in its Coronavirus Bill ‘Amnesty will be closely monitoring the progression and implementation of the Bill to ensure that the response remains...

Responding to an announcement yesterday by the Iranian authorities that pardons will be granted to prisoners convicted of “security” offences who have a five-year prison sentence or less, and that...

Amnesty urges the Government to act on recommendations from the review ‘The recent Immigration Bill does nothing to address the continued injustice, racism and harm caused by the immigration system’ –...

Trump administration reportedly considering new restrictions Amnesty, Human Rights First and Physicians for Human Rights have written to governors and health officials in 13 states Move ‘has nothing...