Press releases in 2022

Amnesty investigators interviewed more than 20 people from villages and towns close to Kyiv Woman in Bucha repeatedly raped at gunpoint by Russian soldiers Man shot dead after soldiers broke into his...

First case in Europe of an activist being prosecuted for aiding an abortion by providing pills ‘The Polish authorities must immediately drop all charges against [Justyna] and fully decriminalise...

Abuses in private security sector are ‘systematic and structural’ - with overwork, no time off and punishments for not wearing uniforms correctly One Bangladeshi security guard worked for three years...

Responding to news that the UK’s first-ever LGBTI conference 'Safe To Be Me' has been cancelled after a boycott of more than 100 organisations in response to the Government’s stance on conversion...

Six people arrested on suspicion of “causing nuisance” during court hearings ‘The Hong Kong police must stop abusing overly broad sedition charges to silence peaceful expression’ - Erwin van der...

Amhara regional security forces and civilian authorities have committed widespread abuses against Tigrayans since November 2020 Hundreds of thousands of Tigrayan civilians expelled from homes using...

Amnesty and The Co-operative Bank back young human rights defenders with 'Rise Up' training programme In its second year, the course teaches youth activists how to achieve social change in their local...

In response to the Nationality and Borders Bill once again being rejected by the House of Lords and returning to the Commons, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant...

Following reports of apparent war crimes committed by Russian military forces against civilians in the city of Bucha near Kyiv in Ukraine, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General...

‘It is clear that justice cannot be delivered by a Saudi court’ - Agnès Callamard Following a speech by Turkey’s Justice Minister, Bekir Bozdag, in which he said the Turkish government would recommend...