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Press releases in 2024

COP29: States must press Azerbaijani authorities to end assault on freedom of expression

Critics of the Government have been locked up in an intensified crackdown Amnesty is concerned that any critics seeking to voice their dissent in the run-up to or during COP29 face the risk of severe...

UK: Covert surveillance of Belfast journalists case concludes in London 

Judgment expected before end of year from court investigating claims Northern Ireland journalists were secretly monitored by UK authorities Police Service of Northern Ireland and Metropolitan Police...

Singapore: unlawful execution despite ongoing legal appeal raises fears of more to come

Responding to the news that the Singapore authorities executed a man for a drug-related offence today (4 October), Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Research, Kate Schuetze, said:...

UK: Response to annual statutory homelessness figures

Responding to the latest Government statistics on homelessness, Jen Clark, Economic and Social Rights Lead at Amnesty International UK, said: “The latest statistics show that 178,560 households...

France/Azerbaijan: killing of President Aliyev’s critic exposes failures to protect exiled activists

Reacting to the fatal stabbing of Azerbaijani human rights defender Vidadi Isgandarli in France, where he had been living in exile, Natalia Nozadze, Amnesty International’s Researcher for South...

China and Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai and two lawyers designated prisoners of conscience

Amnesty International has designated three prominent human rights defenders from Hong Kong and mainland China prisoners of conscience today as the organisation called for their immediate and...

Israel/OPT: 'explosives for Israel' ship set to dock in Montenegro and Slovenia

The MV Kathrin, a Portuguese-flagged vessel reportedly carrying explosives bound for Israel, is currently heading for Montenegro and Slovenia Ship is believed to be carrying eight containers of...