Press releases in 2021

Prosecutor asked to investigate crimes against humanity during Duterte’s deadly ‘war on drugs’ Thousands of mainly poor people killed by police in past five years ‘They will not escape accountability’...

Human rights activists and political opponents subjected to repeated summons, coercive questioning, arbitrary detention and torture Tactic has increased rapidly in past two years, with thousands now...

Responding to the jailing of 12 people who took part in a peaceful vigil to mark the Tiananmen crackdown on 4 June last year, Yamini Mishra, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Director said: “The...

The UK has ordered enough doses to vaccinate its whole population three times over If current trends continue, it will take the world’s poorest countries until 2078 to vaccinate their populations...

Internal documents obtained by Wall Street Journal reportedly show that company exempts high-profile users from terms of use, potentially fuelling hate speech ‘If you’re influential enough, they’ll...

Amnesty has collaborated with 11 artists, creatives and campaigners to illustrate the four basic freedoms on social media Four basic freedoms outlined in 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights...

Conflict raging at Niger’s borders with Mali and Burkina Faso Masked attackers have been documented opening fire from motorbikes and targeting men and older boys ‘We all are used to hearing gunshots...

Igor Khoroshilov, from Rostov-on-Don, arrested this morning for Facebook post Jailed Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny has called for widespread smart voting ‘This is a blatant violation of the right to...

Amnesty has seen plans for UN return operation from Rukban camp in desert ‘berm’ area, despite clear risk of persecution in Syria ‘[The Syrian authorities] hate people from Rukban’ - Samer ‘The...

Responding to the Home Secretary Priti Patel’s reported plan to “push back” to French waters migrant boats crossing the Channel, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant...