Press release archive
Whether you're looking for something specific or just exploring, this space brings together resources from across the Knowledge Hub.
Search, filter and browse to find the resources you need.
Showing 16369 pages
-
Northern Ireland: Concern at hate crime 'epidemic' as PSNI report figures riseEight hate crimes or incidents are reported to PSNI on average every day.
Press release 26 Aug 2021 -
UK: Latest figures show around half of Afghan asylum claims rejected by Home OfficeQuarterly Home Office immigration statistics show that in year to June 2021, only 489 out of 1,089 Afghans granted protection
Press release 26 Aug 2021 -
Afghanistan: Evacuation deadline must be extended amid Taliban reprisal threatsPress release 26 Aug 2021
-
Nicaragua: New evidence reveals enforced disappearances by Ortega's governmentTen cases of enforced disappearances documented in latest wave of detentions.
Press release 25 Aug 2021 -
UK: IOPC Tasers report 'should be wake-up call'Response to the publication today of a report on police use of Tasers by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, Oliver Feeley-Sprague, Amnesty International UK’s policing expert and a member of the independent advisory group to the National Police…
Press release 25 Aug 2021 -
Poland/Belarus: 32 Afghans trapped at border must be helpedLarge group of Afghans, including a 15-year-old girl, marooned near Polish village of Usnarz Górny for more than a fortnight
Press release 25 Aug 2021 -
Qatar: thousands of migrant worker deaths remain uninvestigated – new reportThe Qatari authorities have failed to investigate the deaths of thousands of migrant workers over the past decade despite evidence of links between premature deaths and unsafe, searingly-hot working conditions.
Press release 25 Aug 2021 -
Iran: leaked surveillance videos from Evin Prison are 'tip of the iceberg'Press release 25 Aug 2021
-
G7 Afghanistan meeting: Boris Johnson must 'lead by example' over humanitarian crisisAmnesty is urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ensure that the UK “leads by example” in the international response to the gathering humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
Press release 24 Aug 2021 -
Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Council session a shameful failureThe UN Human Rights Council has shamefully failed the people of Afghanistan after neglecting to establish an independent mechanism to monitor ongoing crimes under international law and human rights violations and abuses, Amnesty International said today.
Press release 24 Aug 2021 -
Indonesia: Papuan protesters beaten and racially abused by security forces - new researchOne man was shot, while three others were called ‘monkey’ by security forces.
Press release 20 Aug 2021 -
USA: ten human rights organisations warn Biden over Afghan evacuation failingsTen leading human rights organisations have signed an open letter calling on US President Joe Biden to urgently do more to evacuate vulnerable people from Afghanistan.
Press release 20 Aug 2021 -
Afghanistan: Taliban responsible for brutal massacre of Hazara men - new investigationAfghanistan: Taliban responsible for brutal massacre of Hazara men - new investigation
Press release 19 Aug 2021 -
Russia: fresh call for justice for Navalny on anniversary of poisoningPress release 19 Aug 2021
-
Cuba: six new prisoners of conscience named in aftermath of 11 July protestsIn the wake of recent widespread demonstrations, the Cuban authorities have intensified a crackdown on dissidents and peaceful protesters.
Press release 19 Aug 2021 -
UK: Afghanistan resettlement scheme is 'too little, too late'With many Afghans in immediate jeopardy, a promise to resettle a few thousand people in the ‘coming years’ is too little, too late.
Press release 18 Aug 2021 -
UK could soon have prisoners of conscienceThe Policing Bill will result in human rights activists being imprisoned solely for their peaceful exercise of their human rights.
Blog post 16 Aug 2021 -
Ten years since the execution of Troy Davis: remembering the campaign to stop his executionIt's ten years since the execution of Troy Anthony Davis, killed in Georgia, USA, despite significant doubts about his conviction.
Blog post 16 Aug 2021 -
Protests for racial justice face ongoing challenge from Policing Bill40 years since racialised communities revolted at police violence and a year since Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the right to protest used on these occasions is now under threat from the Policing Bill.
Blog post 16 Aug 2021 -
UK must urgently expand 'grossly flawed and utterly inadequate' relocation scheme for AfghanistanMany Afghan refugees have no offer of a safe route to reach the UK, whatever connection they have to the UK
Press release 16 Aug 2021
