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Saudi Arabia: Google must halt plans to establish Cloud region in countryAmnesty International and 38 other human rights groups and individuals have today called on Google to halt plans to establish a Cloud region in Saudi Arabia until the technology giant can publicly demonstrate how it will mitigate risks of serious adverse…
Press release 26 May 2021 -
UK: Landmark ruling confirms GCHQ mass surveillance violated human rightsThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today that the UK government’s bulk interception of communications powers violated the rights to privacy and freedom of expression.
Press release 25 May 2021 -
China: Australian-Chinese writer held on 'baseless' spying charges must get fair trialStatement ahead of tomorrow’s trial in Beijing of Australian-Chinese writer Yang Hengjun on charges of espionage.
Press release 25 May 2021 -
Belarus: Urgent action needed to free Roman Protasevich after 'horrifying' forced confessionAmnesty International launches urgent action following televised statement by Roman Protasevich in which he appears distraught and injured
Press release 25 May 2021 -
Northern Ireland Abortion: Failure to commission services heads to courtAmnesty International and Informing Choices NI join the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission challenge on the lack of commissioning abortion services in the region
Press release 25 May 2021 -
Black Lives Matter and the Right to ProtestLooking back at the BLM marches, it’s clear that the largest anti-racist protests in over a century should be celebrated – not used as an excuse to extend police powers, take away our freedoms and further entrench institutional racism.
Blog post 25 May 2021 -
Belarus: journalist must be released after 'chilling' forced landing of Ryanair flightResponse to the apprehension of the prominent Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich - former editor-in-chief of the Telegram channel NEXTA - after his Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to make an emergency landing in the Belarus…
Press release 23 May 2021 -
10 reasons why the Government needs to drop the Policing BillRead why we urged the government to scrap this Police Crackdown Bill. In a nutshell it puts too much power in the hands of the Government Ministers with not enough checks and balances to prevent those in power from harming people.
Blog post 23 May 2021 -
USA/Colombia: fresh evidence of US weapons being used against protestersAmnesty International is calling on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to immediately halt the flow of US weapons and equipment to Colombia after Amnesty verified visual evidence of US-made equipment being used by the Colombian security forces to…
Press release 20 May 2021 -
Belarus: Leading news site blocked and journalists interrogated
Belarus’ Ministry of Information has blocked a leading Belarusian news site TUT.by and raided its offices and interrogated editors at the outlet.
Press release 18 May 2021 -
Russia: proposed new laws will criminalise Navalny supportersPress release 18 May 2021 -
Iran: brutal murder of gay man must be fully investigatedAmnesty International is calling for a full investigation into the horrifying murder of Alireza Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year-old gay man killed in Iran earlier this month.
Press release 17 May 2021 -
UK: Conversion therapy ban must include harmful religious practicesConversion therapy has no place in our society - it is a bogus practice and a clear breach of human rights.
Press release 13 May 2021 -
Azerbaijan: Authorities using smear campaign to silence women activists - new briefingPress release 12 May 2021 -
Yemen: detained actress and model at risk of forced virginity testYemen’s Huthi authorities must halt plans to carry out a forced “virginity test” on a Yemeni actress and model who has been arbitrarily detained for nearly three months on spurious grounds, said Amnesty International, which is calling for her immediate…
Press release 07 May 2021 -
Colombia: 'Deeply alarming' footage reveals brutal response to tax protestersAmnesty’s Digital Verification Corps has analysed audiovisual evidence, and can confirm that that Colombian police have used lethal weaponry - including rifles and semi-automatic weapons, as well as tear gas and water cannon - against protesters in…
Press release 05 May 2021 -
UK: Dropping 'licence to torture' proposals must signal end of attack on human rights“It’s a relief that the UK Government has conceded that whoever commits war crimes, torture, genocide and crimes against humanity should remain accountable – regardless of whenever and wherever they do so." - Kate Allen
Press release 29 Apr 2021 -
Russia: Navalny supporter faces three years in jail over Rammstein videoPress release 28 Apr 2021 -
Northern Ireland abortion: Secretary of State granted new powers to commission services
Amnesty International has welcomed the passage of regulations at Westminster to give the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland powers to direct the commissioning of abortion services.
Press release 28 Apr 2021 -
Chad: Anti-succession protest killings must be investigatedDeadly protests in Chad have erupted because the succession of Mahamat Idriss Déby is considered an ‘institutional coup’ and ‘dynastic succession’ - the people demand civilian rule.
Press release 28 Apr 2021
