Press releases in 2020

Right-to-drive campaigner Loujain Al-Hathloul and four other activists currently in jail - eight others also on trial At least ten of the activists tortured in detention Anniversary comes as Saudi...

Governments around the world ‘preventing deliveries of food and water, locking people up, or sending them back to war and persecution’ Amnesty calls for concerted global action to protect refugees as...

Reports suggest that Trump administration may indefinitely expand restrictions on right to seek asylum and humanitarian protections at border ‘Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination won't make people...

‘War on drugs’ has led to human rights abuses and dangerously overfilled detention facilities in the midst of the pandemic Cambodia’s largest prison facility, Phnom Penh’s CC1, exceeded 9,500...

Amnesty International has written to the Northern Ireland Executive raising concerns about data privacy and human rights protections related to any COVID-19 tracking digital app which may be adopted...

Detailed investigation into 18 air and ground attacks on hospitals and schools, including with banned cluster munitions Information from intercepted cockpit communications provides ‘strong evidence’...

Amnesty calls for threat to be lifted immediately Amnesty International has condemned a threat made against journalists at two Sunday newspapers in Northern Ireland, reportedly made by the South East...

‘Terrorism circuit’ judges make mass decisions without defendants present in court or lawyers able to represent them Moustafa Gamal, held over satirical Sisi song, among those detained without trial...

Estimated 30 million have taken part in Thursday ‘Clap for Carers’ initiative New Amnesty poll shows huge numbers have helped a stranger, volunteered their time and reconnected with someone they’d...

Reports of MP sacked from care home job for speaking out about PPE shortages "incredibly concerning" Whistleblowers are crucial for exposing wrong-doing and must not be silenced No-one should be...