Press Releases

Vigilante mobs attack at least five churches and homes of minority Christian community in city of Jaranwala Country has long history of blasphemy laws leading to human rights violations ‘The Pakistani...

Palestinian citizen of Israel, who has chronic lung disease and bone marrow cancer, has been in jail for 37 years Prison where Daqqah is held does not have the medical facilities needed to treat him...

Willibrod Slaa, Boniface Mwabukusi and Mdude Nyagali were detained last week for criticising a port deal between Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates ‘The Tanzanian authorities are clearly trying to...

President declares state of emergency day after Fernando Villavicencio killed Freedom of assembly suspended as police and military’s powers expanded ‘The state of emergency declared in response to...

Move is latest in attacks on freedom of expression Dangerous step could fuel discrimination and violence ‘The Iraqi authorities must immediately overturn this decision and ensure they respect the...

Responding to the Government’s severing of any engagement with the environmental NGO Greenpeace UK after it staged a peaceful climate crisis protest at the Prime Minister’s empty constituency property...

I n response to the first group of people seeking asylum moved into the controversial Bibby Stockholm today, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said...

Palestinian chef Sami Tamimi introduces comedian Esther Manito to ‘mshat’ (cauliflower fritters) The ‘Palestine at Home’ series is part of Amnesty’s End Israeli Apartheid campaign ‘We’re delighted to...

Tinashe Chitsunge was reportedly killed as he fled suspected ZANU-PF mob in Harare yesterday Ongoing violence poses serious threat to 23 August election ‘The authorities must take all necessary steps...

Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny is already serving a long jail sentence on politically-motivated charges His abusive treatment at the hands of the prison authorities amounts to torture ‘This new...