Press releases in 2020

First same-sex religious weddings can take place from September this year Campaigners now call on Government to allow conversion of civil partnerships to marriage – the final move needed for full...

Responding to the introduction of a bill to outlaw discrimination in South Korea, including against LGBTI people, Arnold Fang, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher, said: “A law to effectively...

Tunisian blogger, Emna Chargui, 27, has been sentenced to six months in prison after being convicted on charges relating to a social media post deemed to be “offensive to Islam”. Responding to the...

Government data shows steep rise in illegal commercial cattle ranching in protected areas of Brazil’s Amazon Illegal commercial cattle ranching drives land seizures, violence and threats against...

Tech firm sells Pegasus spyware, used by repressive governments to target human rights activists ‘NSO Group continues to profit from human rights abuses with impunity’ – Danna Ingleton A Tel Aviv...

Two men sentenced to death following grossly unfair trial Men tortured through beatings, electrocution and being suspended by the limbs ‘The UK needs to denounce this court decision in the strongest...

More than 540 health and social worker deaths in England and Wales, from 3,000 global fatalities Health workers in Pakistan, Mexico and the Philippines attacked - others detained or dismissed for...

Media reports named 55-year-old Mortaza Jamali, who was executed on 8 July Fourth conviction for alcohol consumption punishable by death under Iranian law Following a statement today from the Iranian...

Amnesty International has welcomed the judgment in a judicial review in Belfast that has quashed the warrant authorising police raids on the homes and offices of investigative journalists Trevor...

Majella O’Hare was 12 years old when she was shot in the back by a soldier using a machine gun as she walked to church. The Ministry of Defence later apologised for the killing Amnesty International...