Press releases in 2023

New law introduced a year ago after human rights claims from Crown Prince Women need male guardian’s permission to get married, have limited rights to initiate a divorce, and father automatically...

No safe and legal routes announced for people fleeing conflict and persecution The Bill will create significant obstacles, penalties and harms to people seeking asylum in the UK ‘The Government is...

New prohibition on broadcasting speeches of embattled former prime minister is part of long pattern of using media regulator for political ends Private news channel ARY News also has licence suspended...

Sunday’s huge fire destroyed some 2,000 shelters, leaving an estimated 12,000 people without shelter Cox’s Bazaar is world’s largest refugee camp, hosting an estimated one million-plus people ‘It is...

Responding to a decision not to bring forward a prosecution in relation to threats against the award-winning Northern Ireland journalist Patricia Devlin and her baby, Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty...

New testimonies show Assad’s forces and Turkey-backed Syrian National Army have used aid ‘politically’ Armed groups pressured search-and- rescue teams into prioritising operations at the homes of...

Wave of arrests of women’s rights defenders, academics, and activists New evidence of attacks, abductions and enforced disappearances against civilians in Panjshir ‘ The current accountability gap is...

Three key figures from leading human rights group Viasna jailed for between seven and ten years Sham case against the three involved fabricated changes of currency smuggling ‘These brave human rights...

Six out of eight settlers arrested already released, part of long pattern of settlers escaping justice for violence against Palestinians Earlier this week Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich said...

An International Women’s Day march scheduled for this Sunday will be the first officially authorised protest in Hong Kong since 2020. The Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association announced on Thursday...