Press Releases
Activists including Elika Ashoori demand justice for protesters in Iran Gathering will mark one month since the arrest of Mahsa Amini who died in suspicious circumstances Mounting evidence security...
Three leading human rights activists from Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory will be visiting London next week to highlight Israel’s system of apartheid and the need for the UK government...
With Parliament's return Oscar-nominated star of acclaimed film Belfast pens open letter to PM calling for controversial Troubles Bill to be dropped Letter urges a rethink on Bill opposed by victims...
Reacting to Russia's mass strikes carried out on Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “This is yet another day of petrifying news...
Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties, Russia’s Memorial and Belarusian Ales Bialiatski all recognised Responding to news that human rights organisations from Ukraine (Center for Civil Liberties) and...
DJ and political commentator Edmund Wan sentenced to two years and eight months for ‘sedition’ and alleged money-laundering Hong Kong authorities are using colonial-era sedition charges to stamp out...
Human Rights Council rejects moves to hold debate on suspected crimes against humanity UN’s own High Commissioner for Human Rights being ignored ‘Today’s vote protects the perpetrators of human rights...
New evidence shows security forces used lethal force after Friday prayers in Zahedan ‘Bloody Friday’ left 66 dead, including children and other worshippers ‘The Iranian authorities … will stop at...
Toru Kubota was detained after covering a protest in Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon in July this year ‘Since seizing power in the coup last year, they have banned media outlets, arrested, beaten...
In response to the Home Secretary’s speech at the Conservative Party conference today, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “Suella Braverman’s speech was frighteningly...