Press releases in 2021

TUT.by, relied on by more than 40% of Belarusian internet users, taken down and editors interrogated after office and house raids Move follows jailing of TUT.by reporter in March ‘It is a full-scale...

Up to 200,000 Navalny supporters could fall foul of new laws Parliamentarians urged to reject bills threatening freedom of association and expression ‘Having unjustly imprisoned its arch foe, the...

Large demo to take place in Copenhagen tomorrow At least 39 Syrians in country have received their final assessment and are now in position to be deported ‘Our research shows that Syrians who have...

Amnesty International UK is delighted to announce the appointment of Sacha Deshmukh as its new interim Chief Executive Officer. He will lead Amnesty UK until at least January 2022 as the organisation...

$735m arms sale announced despite rapidly rising civilian death toll in Gaza Call on UK to conduct ‘full review’ of its weapons sales to region ‘Congress must oppose this sale’ - Philippe Nassif...

Mining project owned by Anglo-Swiss transnational Glencore PLC blamed for health crisis in Espinar Nearly 60% of people found with arsenic in their bodies putting them at risk of cancer ‘We are dying...

Bombardments following ‘horrific’ pattern of 2014, when Israeli military had deliberate policy of targeting family homes ‘There was no warning, so people were inside their home sitting together’ -...

Alireza Fazeli Monfared, 20, who identified as non-binary gay man, found with throat cut Iran has ‘permissive climate for homophobic and transphobic hate crimes’ - Diana Eltahawy *New six-page...

Amnesty Cardiff’s ‘London-Tehran challenge’ will see supporters across UK clocking up 2,730 miles to raise funds and awareness of the dual-nationals’ plight ‘We are with these persecuted people every...

In response to the reports of two men detained by immigration officials and released by police in Glasgow after protests, Naomi McAuliffe, Programme Director for Scotland at Amnesty International UK...