Press releases in 2021

Following careful evaluation, Amnesty International has decided to re-designate Aleksei Navalny as a “prisoner of conscience”. In February, Amnesty took an internal decision to stop using the prisoner...

Ahead of tomorrow’s EU-India Leaders’ meeting, Amnesty International is calling on EU leaders to urge India to protect the rights to life and health, and to raise the alarm about the crackdown on...

At least 25 people killed in Jacarezinho neighbourhood after police operation Following yesterday’s police operation in the Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro that has so far resulted in the deaths...

The ‘outrageous’ conviction and sentencing of five Mother Nature Cambodia activists must be overturned, Amnesty International said today. Mother Nature Cambodia is a prominent campaign group which has...

‘Boris Johnson is planning to forever deny our family any chance of justice’ - Michael O’Hare ‘The UK government appears determined to close down paths to justice’ - Grainne Teggart Amnesty...

Responding to tonight’s announcement by President Biden’s administration that the U.S. will support a TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccines, Paul O’Brien, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA...

Amnesty supporters write to Danish Minister of Immigration and Integration to oppose move Responding to news that the Danish authorities have signed an agreement with the Rwandan government to...

Footage shows riot police charging at protesters with vehicles and lethal weapons ‘Their right to protest should not be labeled as “vandalism and terrorism”, as President Iván Duque has done’ - Erika...

People’s Vaccine Alliance calls for leaders to support vaccine patent waiver at today’s G7 meeting in London Pharmaceutical companies have paid out $26 billion in dividends and stock buybacks - enough...

Responding to reports that the UK will pay Tehran £400m to free British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Lydia Parker, Individuals at Risk campaigner at Amnesty International UK, said: “It...