Press releases in 2021

Despite pledges, Pfizer and Moderna delivering less than 1% of their stock to low-income countries The world has produced billions of vaccines, yet only 7% of people in low-income countries have...

Responding to the arrests of current and former senior executives and board members of Hong Kong media outlet Stand News for alleged “seditious publication” this morning, Kyle Ward, Amnesty...

Closure of Human Rights Center Memorial comes a day after its sister organisation was ordered to disband by the Supreme Court The organisations are among the oldest and most respected human rights...

Russia’s Supreme Court shuts down human rights organisation Founded in 1989, International Memorial is one of Russia’s most respected civil society organisations in the country ‘The decision to shut...

First executions in country for two years Death row inmates typically told of their execution only shortly beforehand ‘Today’s abhorrent resumption of executions is a damning indictment of this...

Harrowing testimonies expose brutal violence from Belarusian and Polish forces against asylum-seekers and migrants People including children have been beaten with batons, rifle butts, punched with...

‘Government leaders need to draw a moral and legal line for humanity against the killing of people by machines’ - Richard Moyes The Stop Killer Robots coalition - which includes Amnesty International...

First wave of judges announced Closing date for entries is 20 January 2022: https://amnesty-media-awards.org.uk/ Amnesty International UK has announced the first…

Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass detentions, killings and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in the Western Tigray territory of northern Ethiopia, Amnesty International...

The Myanmar military has been obstructing civilians’ access to crucial aid and medical supplies as part of its suppression of armed resistance to February coup, Amnesty International said today (17...