Press releases in 2022

Authorities in Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia making home visits to collect ‘ballots’ from residents Any subsequent annexation would have no validity in law ‘These so-called “referenda”...

At least 1,386 arrested for taking part in protest rallies following Putin’s call to mobilise additional troops for Ukraine Police used excessive force, including baton beatings and chokeholds ‘All...

Testimony includes accounts of lack of healthcare in detention, denial of Covid masks, and being bundled onto expulsion flights in shackles Trump-era Title 42 policy being widely used to justify...

Judge upholds conviction of Khieu Samphan, 91, head of state for the murderous regime Today’s ruling marks the final decision by the Cambodian court Two million people died during Khieu Samphan’s rule...

‘Brutal’ crackdown against protesters sees at least eight killed and hundreds arrested Most of the injured not seeking hospital treatment for fear of arrest ‘Iran’s security forces will continue to...

Senior members of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party detained for 100 days The continued arbitrary detention of opposition leader and Member of Parliament Job Sikhala and MP Godfrey Sithole reveals the...

Government-led ‘National Human Rights Strategy’ being used to deflect international criticism Alaa Abdel Fattah’s sister Mona Seif tells Amnesty: ‘No strategy will protect our right to freedom of...

Council must mandate an independent international mechanism to investigate crimes People who recently fled Xinjiang tell Amnesty of ongoing abuse and disappearance Free Xinjiang Detainees campaign now...

Reports and photos reveal cruel treatment of the prominent Russian political activist Navalny’s health and wellbeing are at grave risk Responding to disturbing reports and photos of prominent Russian...

In response to the reported discovery of a mass burial site containing the bodies of Ukrainian civilians and military in a forest near the town of Izium, Kharkiv region, which the Ukrainian army...