Press releases in 2021

Not one security officer has been prosecuted for the torture and killings of peaceful #EndSARS protesters Judicial panels set up to investigate abuses have made little progress “[This] is yet another...

Seven people killed and hundreds injured in clashes that broke out across the country last week Protection of Hindus and others must be guaranteed amid ongoing violence ‘The state has failed in its...

New report outlines how governments are using legislation to silence journalists and media outlets China, Russia, Philippines, Nicaragua and Tanzania among the many countries censoring journalists...

Sri Lanka’s Muslim community has suffered consistent discrimination, harassment and violence since 2013, culminating in the adoption of government policies explicitly targeting the minority group...

Responding to news that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has lost her latest appeal against a second jail sentence in Iran and now faces a possible return to prison, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK...

Sunday’s match against Tottenham will be Newcastle’s first under Saudi ownership Call on Tracey Crouch to examine case for human rights-compliant ownership rules as part of football governance review...

Girls in Afghanistan must be allowed to return to secondary school and continue their education, Amnesty International said today as it published new testimonies from pupils and teachers documenting...

Amnesty UK CEO writes to Richard Masters offering to discuss new human rights-compliant Owners’ and Directors’ test Move comes as Government conducts review of corporate governance in English football...

Amnesty International has issued a stark warning over an “unprecedented programme of rights reversal” by the Government as it launched a week-long campaign to prevent what it calls “a raid on rights”...

Arman Abdolali, now 25, judged ‘mentally mature’ partly on the basis that the body of his alleged victim was never found Courts ignored claims he was tortured into ‘confessing’ after months of...