Press Releases
Natalya Sharina, already subject to a year-and-a-half of house arrest, given four-year suspended sentence for ‘inciting hatred’ ‘This highly politicised case runs totally counter to justice’ - Denis...
‘By burying the history of torture, the Trump administration risks repeating it’ - Elizabeth Beavers Reacting to news that the US Government is returning copies of the Senate’s Intelligence Committee...
Responding to the Afghan security forces opening fire today on crowds protesting over insecurity in the wake of Wednesday’s devastating bombing in Kabul, Biraj Patnaik, Amnesty International’s South...
In the UK thousands of children can’t claim British citizenship due to extortionate costs; child refugees are denied the right to family reunion; school libraries continue to close As he steps down as...
The increased deployment of military forces to repress protests, the rise in excessive use of force against protesters and others, and the use of military courts to try to silence dissenting voices...
Vital forensic evidence could be lost at site believed to contain remains of 44 executed political prisoners near southern city of Ahvaz Authorities forbid commemoration of the dead and refer to...
Donald Trump’s expected decision to leave the 2015 global climate deal could result in a human rights catastrophe of ‘epic proportions’ ‘The President is effectively saying: “Let them drown, burn and...
Petition hand-in to embassy as activists in ‘We exist’ t-shirts respond to Chechen authorities’ claim that LGBTI people ‘not present’ in the republic FRIDAY 2 JUNE 2017, 11.00am-1pm Scores of...
Secular group Wa’ad forcibly dissolved after criticising the authorities Move is ‘further proof that the authorities have no intention of delivering on promises of human rights progress’ - Lynn...
Responding to today’s bombing in Kabul that has claimed the lives of 80 people and injured at least 350, Horia Mosadiq, Amnesty International’s Afghanistan researcher, said: “The bombing in Kabul is a...