Press releases in 2021

Eight of top ten firms showed no evidence they even checked whether their investments could be linked to human rights abuses Only one company from more than 50 is close to recognised UN standards VC...

Military reportedly hoarding oxygen, contributing to a national shortage Jailed opponents of military among those at risk “The military authorities have driven the country’s already fragile healthcare...

In response to reports that people seeking asylum, including women and babies, are being held in shocking conditions at a unit in Dover, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Refugee and Migrant Rights Director at...

Tong Ying-kit first person sentenced under new law Jailed for carrying a flag that read ‘Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times’ Responding to the sentencing of Tong Ying-kit by a Hong Kong court...

Roman Dobrokhotov’s Moscow apartment raided this morning, along with his parents’ home Dobrokhotov’s publication The Insider recently labelled ‘foreign agent’ ‘This morning’s police raids are a...

Computer designer Idris Hasan could face torture if sent to China ‘Please be fast, or they’re going to send me back to China’ - phone warning to his wife in Turkey His deportation by Morocco ‘would...

Latest data shows that 85% of vaccines have been administered in rich countries Estimates project that if jabs are not shared it will take 57 years for the planet to be fully vaccinated ' I am calling...

President Kais Saied’s suspension of parliament and threat to personally oversee prosecutions of parliamentarians is ‘alarming’ Security services’ raid on Al Jazeera’s Tunis office heightens concerns...

Journalists, musicians and cartoonists amongst 433 people currently detained Most face allegations of publishing false and offensive information online Draconian Digital Security Act must be amended...

The West African state has become the 23rd country on the continent to end capital punishment In response to news that Sierra Leone abolished the death penalty, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s...