Press releases in 2021

Amnesty spokespeople at High Court in London available for interview Ahead of a preliminary appeal hearing in the High Court in London tomorrow (11 August) on the decision not to extradite the...

Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union forced to close after accusations of ‘spreading political propaganda’ ‘This assault [on the union] highlights the rapidly shrinking space for freedom of...

Responding to the news that an eight-year-old Hindu boy in Bhong village in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, has been charged with blasphemy – which can carry a mandatory death penalty – after he was alleged...

Government continues overwhelming human rights violations following one-year anniversary of presidential election Tens of thousands of people subjected to arbitrary arrests and detention ‘The...

Indigenous people being forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands Policies have led to arbitrary arrest, torture, death and forced evictions Nepal’s Indigenous peoples have suffered five decades of...

In response to news that Pride in London has been cancelled for the second year due to the coronavirus restrictions, Patrick Corrigan at Amnesty International UK, said: "It’s disappointing that Pride...

Celebratory footage of Egyptian military’s North Sinai operations shows ‘cold-blooded killings’, with one man shot at close range while sleeping in a tent Call for Egypt’s Public Prosecutor to...

In response to reports that English Channel crossings have reached a new high, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Refugee and Migrant Rights Director at Amnesty International UK, said: “The reason people are...

More than 500 arrested after police and military raids Catalogue of human rights violations and crimes committed under international law in Imo, Anambra and Abia states Allegations of torture and ill...

Sajad Sanjari, 26, was hanged at dawn on Monday with his family only informed afterwards and told to collect his body During his trial in 2012, the court said he had reached ‘maturity’ at 15 on the...