Press releases in 2020

Hundreds of US Amazon workers to call in sick in protest today at lack of safety safeguards Reports of new coronavirus cases emerging at warehouses in Indiana and New Jersey Amazon’s profits have...

Dr Abdullah al-Hamid was serving 11 years for ‘breaking allegiance to the ruler’ among other supposed offences The activist suffered a stroke and had been in a coma for past two weeks ‘Dr al-Hamid’s...

‘A world that protects the rights of a lucky few is unhealthy and unsustainable’ – Steve Cockburn UN Secretary-General António Guterres has published a report on the need for a human rights centred...

‘Incredibly troubling’ new figures show ethnic minorities dying of COVID-19 at much higher rate Responding to new analysis showing that people from minority ethnic groups appear to be over-represented...

Government using a series of repressive laws to crack down on critical voices New report reveals how dozens targeted for their online posts currently await trial and could face up to five years in...

Two former members of Assad’s security services face ‘historic’ trial in city of Koblenz Call on other countries to follow Germany’s lead ‘We’d like to see the UK government providing much more...

Facebook’s policy shift makes them complicit in suppression of freedom in the country Ten percent of Vietnam's prisoners of conscience have been jailed in relation to their Facebook activity...

Some detainees reportedly held in overcrowded jails without trial for at least 13 years Prisoners sprayed with water and Dettol to supposedly help protect them from the virus ‘Lebanon’s prisons are...

Announcement on plans to suspend all US immigration is part of White House’s ‘bigotry and xenophobia’ Responding to plans announced by US president Donald Trump to sign an executive order “to...

Letter to Chief Executive Richard Masters urges him to examine Saudi Crown Prince’s human rights record Numerous Saudi dissidents and human rights activists languishing in jail ‘Unless the Premier...