Press Releases

Amnesty research reveals widespread patterns of online violence against LGBTQ people, including blackmailing, outing and threats of physical attack Cases of police using social media to connect with...

Widespread state repression has been enforced since the July 2021 protests, but a renewed effort to suppress dissent began this September Félix Navarro, Dama de Blanco Sayli Navarro, Roberto Pérez...

There have been multiple attacks on branches of Qard al-Hassan, a non-profit financial association affiliated with Hezbollah Under laws of war, financial institutions are civilian objects unless being...

Amnesty has today said the UK Government is betraying its own legacy commitments and failing victims by diluting its election promise to repeal and replace the widely opposed Troubles legacy Act...

Workers from Nepal, India and Pakistan made to work 16-hour days and threatened with costly lay-offs if they refused to work overtime Workers report sleeping six or eight to a room, with one...

Human rights violations include repression of freedom of expression and marginalised Indigenous communities 1,262 human rights defenders attacked ‘The new administration must recognise that protest is...

Mohammad Reza Azizi is due to be executed in the city of Shiraz on Monday Arrested as a 17-year-old, his execution would violate international law ‘The international community, including UN bodies and...

‘The Government should ensure that talks on trade and security relations with China aren’t pursued at the expense of human rights’- Sacha Deshmukh Commenting on Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s first...

“All facial recognition technology for identification purposes should be banned and clear rules for police surveillance at protests must be established.” - Dagmar Oudshoorn Fear amongst protestors...

Authorities must immediately stop using discriminatory algorithm used by the social security agency The risk-scoring system treats marginalised individuals with suspicion ‘This system operates in...