Press releases in 2021

Two search and rescue volunteers risk 25 years in prison for helping refugees Trial to begin on Thursday 18 November in Lesvos, Greece Greek authorities refused to lift Sarah Mardini’s travel ban –...

Responding to the news Richard Ratcliffe has ended his hunger strike after 21 days, Sacha Deshmukh, the CEO of Amnesty International UK, said: “Richard’s determination has been astonishing, but it...

In response to news that Britain has sent a team of soldiers to help Poland pushback refugees and migrants at its border, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights...

Arrests have intensified since government declared a state of emergency 10 days ago The state of emergency allows authorities to arrest and detain anyone without a warrant if there is ‘reasonable...

Reacting to news that Russia moves to close a prominent human rights group International Memorial, and its sister organisation Human Rights Centre Memorial, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s...

Country has been in turmoil since the military coup earlier this year Fenster arrested in May as he tried to board a flight out of Myanmar ‘[Danny’s] liberty was taken away from him cruelly and...

Amnesty International today demanded immediate action from the Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the ongoing fate of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who continues to be held in Iran. The demand follows a...

Reacting to the arbitrary detention of Lilia Chanysheva, the former coordinator of Aleksei Navalny’s political headquarters in the Russian city of Ufa, on charges of “establishing or leading an...

Activist Ma Chun-man - dubbed ‘Captain America 2.0’ for carrying a superhero shield at protests - sentenced to five years and nine months in prison Sentence relates to him chanting slogans, holding...

Ahead of today’s expected parliamentary vote on a bill that would severely restrict access to abortion in Slovakia, Rado Sloboda, Director of Amnesty Slovakia, said: “Imposing unjustified and harmful...