Press releases in 2024

Increased use of plastic bullets, firing of Tasers and use of spit hoods - including on children aged under-13 8% of use of batons and 5% of use of police dogs on Irish Travellers, despite making up...

Today marks seven years since the Grenfell Tower fire and still no one held to account Survivors and bereaved families need justice now New ‘Failure to Prevent’ law needed that makes clear companies...

Responding to the sentencing of Chinese #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin to five years in prison and labour activist Wang Jianbing to three years and six months in prison for ‘inciting subversion...

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch given permission to intervene in judicial review case Responding to the High Court today granting permission for Amnesty International and Human Rights...

Overcrowded boat carrying an estimated 750 people, m ainly from Syria, Pakistan and Egypt sank in the Mediterranean Sea Only 104 people survived, 82 bodies were recovered but only 58 identified . More...

Since overturning of Roe v Wade, social media companies including Instagram and TikTok have restricted information on abortion access Lack of transparency over content removal decisions can contribute...

Girls endured abduction, sexual slavery and other crimes by Boko Haram Escape was often followed by further violations in military detention Girls continue to be neglected by authorities who must...

Three arrested after police reportedly filmed spectators’ behaviour as China’s national anthem was played during Hong Kong v Iran football match in the Hong Kong Stadium Since 2020, ‘insulting’ China...

323 applications for journalists’ phone data including 10 attempts to identify confidential sources 500 applications for lawyers’ phone data raising questions on compromised lawyer-client...

Protest organised by NUJ in solidarity with journalists Chief Constable’s report must be published ‘without further delay’ Speaking at a demonstration organised by members of the National Union of...