Press releases in 2020

Hospital in Osmk should allow treatment from doctors the opposition leader trusts Past cases of mysterious poisonings raise fears of targeted attempt on his life ‘There must be a prompt and...

Authorities in Thailand must stop their crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protesters, Amnesty International said today, after a fresh wave of arrests. Since the imposition of the Emergency Decree on...

Following yesterday’s military coup in Mali, in which soldiers from the National Committee for the People’s Salvation stormed the home of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and arrested him along with...

Responding to reports that a 16-year-old Sudanese boy has drowned in the English Channel while trying to reach the UK, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights...

Zara Alvarez a human rights defender from the Philippines was shot dead by unknown assailants in Bacolod City last night. Her death follows a pattern of “cold blooded killings in the Philippines under...

COVID-19 still devastating the region, exposing stark inequalities and threatening vulnerable communities Amnesty calls for debt cancellation for the world’s poorest countries for at least two years...

Ethiopian authorities must stop the use of lethal force against protesters in the Wolaita Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Regional State (SNNPR), Amnesty International said today...

Protesters in Belarus are being tortured or subjected to other ill-treatment in detention centres - including being stripped naked, beaten, and threatened with rape - according to shocking new...

The Egyptian authorities must immediately end their crackdown on women TikTok users being prosecuted on absurd charges of “indecency” and "violating family principles and values", Amnesty...

Journalists being arrested, beaten, and targeted with rubber bullets Media workers - including BBC journalists - have had cameras smashed and footage deleted ‘It is horrifying to see the lengths to...