Press releases in 2020

Major Amnesty report recently showed firm sourced cattle illegally grazed in protected areas of Amazon Norway-based auditor dismisses JBS claims over good practice JBS needs to ‘ensure its beef supply...

Responding to news that earlier today a Malaysian court ruled to set aside the penalty of three strokes of the cane against 27 Rohingya men , Rachel Chhoa-Howard, Amnesty International’s Malaysia...

Ahead of the second reading of the Immigration Bill in the House of Lords today, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK Director said: “The UK’s immigration system is in urgent need of reform. The...

Speaking in Parliament today , UK Home Secretary Priti Patel described the Windrush scandal as an “ugly stain on the face of the country and on the Home Office", and committed to deliver both...

Men face caning and months in jail for supposed immigration offences in court hearings this week ‘The inhumanity of this approach is atrocious’ - Rachel Chhoa-Howard The Malaysian authorities must...

The authorities in Ethiopia must immediately reveal the whereabouts of dozens of politicians and journalists who were arrested alongside other people following widespread protests and violence on 29...

27 July deadline looming ‘Detained families must now be afforded the fair chance to seek asylum they never received’ - letter to ICE Amnesty International and more than 100 NGOs have signed a letter...

‘Promises must be kept’ to help child survivors of ISIS atrocities, says Jolie New Amnesty report out on 30 July ‘The trauma is still very much present for children brutalised by the conflict’ - Matt...

President Alyaksandr Lukashenka seeking re-election next month for sixth consecutive term Activists threatened that their children will be taken into state custody, and with sexual violence ‘These...

The deeply flawed report by the US Department of State’s so-called “Commission on Unalienable Rights” is a colossal failure for US leadership, which could damage human rights protections globally...