Press releases in 2022

A special guillotine machine installed in Evin prison to amputate fingers ‘At least eight other prisoners in Iran are currently at risk of having their fingers amputated’ - Diana Eltahawy Amnesty...

A court today in Belarus has begun a “conspiracy to seize power” trial against prominent political activists, including the leader of the Belarusian Popular Front party, Ryhor Kastusyou. In response...

Responding to a video showing Russian soldiers apparently castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war, who is gagged with his hands tied behind his back, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern...

Games, which begin this evening, claim to ‘foster the spirit of friendship’ US company has been named and shamed by United Nations ‘Airbnb is helping to prop up Israel’s system of apartheid by listing...

Mass executions in prisons are partly response to prison overcrowding Large number of executions for drugs offences, with impoverished Baluchi ethnic minority disproportionately affected ‘The state...

Detained protesters beaten on breasts and between legs ‘so they cannot show world’ Released protesters made to sign ‘non-disclosure agreements’ so they cannot talk about treatment or take part in...

The four men were convicted in highly secretive and unfair trials These mark the first executions since the late 1980s More than 100 people are believed to be on death row in Myanmar The executions...

RUSSIA: PROSECUTORS RELAUNCH VICIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARTIST YULIA TSVETKOVA Russian prosecutors today appealed a court's decision to acquit Yulia Tsvetkova, an artist and LGBTI activist who was...

Prominent international human rights lawyer, Caoilfhionn Gallagher has received death threats including one saying she will be murdered like Pat Finucane Amnesty urges ministers to step back from the...

Nazeri bin Lajim was executed in Singapore today after being handed the mandatory punishment for drug-related offences This is the fifth execution the country has carried out this year after a pause...