Press Releases
Makeshift detention camps across the Amhara region have been filled with thousands of civilians since September Security forces have described mass detention campaign as ‘law enforcement, to stabilise...
Strikes occurred in Inadiafatane, in the Timbuktu region in northern Mali At least eight people were killed – including six children – and 15 injured ‘Drone strikes must clearly distinguish between...
Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of Golos, is currently on trial after his arrest last year The election monitor’s prosecution is part of a broad crackdown on civil society, with 190 organisations in...
Amnesty International launches flagship Write for Rights campaign to help people facing human rights abuses around the world Millions of letters and emails will be sent to support these individuals...
Northern Ireland’s political leaders should use their voices to challenge China’s human rights abuses. That’s the call from Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland Director, ahead...
Amnesty International UK and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians are hosting a panel event in central London on Tuesday 12 November with four leading international law experts to...
Police have cracked down on opposition protests with live bullets, tear gas and arbitrary arrests At least ten people killed, dozens wounded and hundreds arrested More protests across the country...
‘Amnesty calls on the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces to end all indiscriminate and deliberate attacks on civilians across the country’ - Tigere Chagutah All parties to the ongoing...
UNRWA has long served as a sole lifeline to Palestinian refugees offering indispensable humanitarian aid, education and shelter The UN agency also provides desperately needed aid for millions of other...
Detainees transferred from camps in Syria face arrest and ‘routine’ torture Torture includes severe beatings, electric shocks, stress positions and being forcibly submerged under water ‘I didn’t...