Press releases in 2023

Four-year inquiry found evidence of grave human rights violations by Australian special forces soldiers in Afghanistan ‘The wheels of justice are finally turning nearly three years after the release...

Vladimir Putin wanted for alleged involvement in unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia Second arrest warrant names Russia’s commissioner for...

Ahead of today’s United Nations Security Council informal meeting on the human rights situation in North Korea, Sherine Tadros, Amnesty International’s Advocacy and United Nations Representative, said...

Responding to the arrest of two men in Hong Kong for possession of children’s books – classified as “seditious materials” – that depicted mainland Chinese authorities as leaders of the wolves Hana...

135 people died after police fir ed tear gas into crowds at football stadium Only a handful of people convicted for the disaster caused by security forces ‘The authorities are once again failing to...

Children as young as 12 tortured to break their spirit and extract forced confessions Detainees systematically humiliated, including case of boy forced to make chicken noises for half an hour until he...

Amnesty and Democracy for the Arab World Now documented construction equipment giant’s involvement in five West Bank demolitions last year Letter to company demands halt to involvement in threatened...

Repressive new bill would allow indefinite detention for irregular migrants and people seeking asylum Migrants tell Amnesty of harsh conditions in detention centres, with hunger strikes and people...

Justyna Wydrzyńska sentenced to eight months’ community service for assisting pregnant women in obtaining abortion pills Abortion is subject to a near-total ban in Poland ‘ The case sets a dangerous...

Tropical Cyclone Freddy has been one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere ‘[These countries] are facing the full force of storms intensifying due to global warming' -...