Press releases in 2023

Earlier this week a Swedish court upheld a life sentence against a former Iranian official implicated in prison massacres Ahmadreza Djalali has been arbitrarily held in Iran for past seven-and-a-half...

Myanmar military arbitrarily detained civilians and looted valuables Use of cluster munitions in Shan State ' Nearly three years after the coup, the suffering of civilians across Myanmar shows no...

Mounting number of Palestinians being held in circumstances amounting to enforced disappearance Sickening images of humiliated detainees in underwear condemned as war crimes ‘We are currently...

Amnesty International has today welcomed the decision by the Irish Government that it will pursue a legal challenge to the UK Government’s controversial Troubles Act at the European Court of Human...

City has been operating as a humanitarian hub for civilians who fled fighting in Khartoum Extensive war crimes have been committed by both forces ‘We’re deeply concerned about the plight of civilians...

Authorities must conduct a thorough, impartial and effective investigation into the killing of journalist João Fernando Chamusse Killing comes amid st a disturbing wave of death threats, intimidation...

Repressive National Security Law is crushing Hong Kong’s freedoms Lai has been denied right to bail and prevented from choosing his own lawyer ‘No one should be prosecuted solely for exercising their...

In response to reports of at least one death in the English Channel, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “ Once again this is terrible news and...

Greek authorities failed to mobilise appropriate resources for a rescue Survivors’ testimonies challenge the authorities’ claim that people on the Adriana did not want to be rescued ‘ The Greek...

Five exiled pro-democracy activists become latest targeted by large bounties Four people arrested accused of assisting exiled activists UK-based activist Simon Cheng among those place under a £100,000...