Press releases in 2020

Responding to today’s decision by the Bangkok South Civil Court to grant Class Action Lawsuit status to more than 700 Cambodian families who are suing Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol after being forcibly...

Leaked official documents obtained by Amnesty International reveal that the Iranian Government has ignored repeated pleas by senior prison officials for additional resources to control the spread of...

STOPCOVIDNI App uses a privacy-preserving decentralised model Amnesty welcomes move by the Northern Ireland government following concerns raised earlier this year ‘The Northern Ireland tracing App now...

‘Looking ahead, there needs to be a rule change to ensure the Premier League’s Owners’ and Directors’ test provides proper scrutiny’ - Peter Frankental Responding to news that Saudi Arabia's Public...

Responding to the disqualification earlier today of 12 pro-democracy candidates from running in Hong Kong’s forthcoming Legislative Council elections, Lam Cho Ming, Amnesty International Hong Kong’s...

Responding to the arrest of four Hong Kong student activists for “inciting secession” under the city’s new national security law for recent social media posts, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International...

Girls systematically raped, while boys tortured and made to fight with ISIS Angelina Jolie recently raised plight issue of traumatised Yezidi children at UN Hundreds of Yezidi women also separated...

Floggings reportedly took place in front of dozens of onlookers 37 whipping sentences handed down in province of Aceh already this year ‘It’s a punishment that must never be normalised nor tolerated’...

Behrouz Boochani, an award-winning journalist from Iran who is known for his work reporting on human rights abuses, has been granted asylum in New Zealand. In November last year, he was invited to...

A 30,000-strong petition will be delivered to the Home Secretary today, calling for domestic abuse laws to provide safety for migrant women MPs voted against amendments that would have provided...