Press Releases

Group detained for supposedly conducting a gay marriage Arrests come days after a Tanzanian politician announced a taskforce to hunt down LGBTI people Ten men have been arrested on the Tanzanian...

Mother of five remains in jail and at risk after government reverses position on her fate ‘Aasia Bibi has been through eight years of torment, she should be allowed to travel to safety, rather than...

Case is ‘chilling echo’ of Chibok kidnappings in Nigeria Following the abduction of at least 70 schoolchildren earlier today in Cameroon’s Anglophone region, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s West...

Responding to the news that French prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for three senior Syrian government and intelligence officials on charges of torture, enforced disappearances, crimes against...

Biggest letter writing campaign in the world launches to stop abuses against 12 women rights defenders In 2017 at least 312 human rights defenders were assassinated - twice as many as in 2015 Cases...

Mother could face a criminal trial and up to 5 years in prison ‘The fear and pain of it all. I feel like I am not allowed to move on’ – mother speaks out This is the first-time a prosecution relating...

Truth behind mass internment camps of Muslims must be revealed “The internment camps are places where torture and other forms of ill-treatment is rife” – Patrick Poon The Chinese government must tell...

‘The whole world has been shocked by this grotesque killing’ - Kate Allen Amnesty International today renamed the street outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in central London as “Khashoggi Street” to...

‘Anyone who dares to speak out about human rights violations in Egypt today is in danger’ - Najia Bounaim The Egyptian authorities have stepped up their onslaught against the country’s human rights...

Following the announcement of plans by the Tanzanian government to form a taskforce which will begin hunting down and arresting people who are, or are perceived to be, lesbian, gay, bi-sexual...