Press releases in 2022

On 18 June hundreds of Amhara residents in Oromia region were killed and scores injured Victims’ family members claim atrocities committed by Oromo Liberation Army Most of those killed were unarmed...

Authorities have carried out arrests of largely peaceful demonstrators since anti-government protests erupted ‘The emergency regulations give sweeping powers to the police and the armed forces’ -...

Amnesty submission to Government consultation spells out dangers of loosely-drafted deal Warning that Israeli exporters may ‘pass off’ settlement goods as Israeli ones ‘The bottom line here is that UK...

Masafer Yatta communities have been hit by wave after wave of demolitions in recent weeks Palestinian Bedouin homes in the Negev/Naqab desert have also suffered repeated demolition ‘The imminent...

Black Lives Matter, MeToo and climate change have inspired millions to take to streets In response, governments around the world have moved to criminalise protest ‘Protest is meant to be noisy, it’s...

Thailand must thoroughly investigate the use of the invasive Pegasus spyware found on the phones of dozens of activists, Amnesty International said today, after a new report identified 30 people who...

Andrei Pivovarov, former head of the UK-based Otkrytaya Rossiya (Open Russia) movement sentenced to four years in prison ‘Even if now those who stand for the future are trampled and imprisoned, I know...

Amnesty International today issued an urgent plea the Sri Lankan authorities to stop using armed forces to police protests. The plea follows an order that empowers armed forces to maintain law and...

Former official Hamid Nouri tried according to principle of universal jurisdiction Iran has reacted angrily calling trial a ‘plot’ concocted by ‘terrorists’ ‘Those responsible for crimes against...

Katsyaryna Andreeva accused of state treason Journalist handed a new prison term on top of one she was already serving on protest charges Reacting to news that a court in Belarus sentenced Belsat TV...