
Press Release
Generation Z Ranks Climate Change Highest as Vital Issue of our Time in Amnesty International Survey
Climate change leads as one of the most important issues facing the world, according to a major new survey of…
December 9, 2019

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Ukrainian Authorities Must Guarantee Safety and Security of Trans March Participants
The Ukrainian authorities must ensure the safety and security of all participants in the Trans March taking place in Kyiv…
November 22, 2019

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Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and others freed in prisoner swap
Reacting to the news that Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and dozens of other detainees have been released as a part…
September 7, 2019

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Lawyer detained in Crimea in latest campaign of harassment targeting human rights defenders
Responding to the news that Crimean lawyer Emil Kurbedinov was detained by the de-facto authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea and is…
December 6, 2018

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Amnesty and Sofar Sounds partner for Write for Rights concert and letter writing event
On Saturday, December 8, human rights organization Amnesty International USA in partnership with live music events startup Sofar Sounds will…
November 30, 2018

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Amnesty International launches world’s biggest human rights campaign
Women human rights defenders around the world are facing unprecedented levels of abuse, intimidation and violence, said Amnesty International as…
November 28, 2018

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Amnesty International denied access to Oleg Sentsov, on hunger strike for 81 days
Reacting to the Russian authorities’ refusal to grant Amnesty International access to Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, currently 81 days into…
August 2, 2018

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Ukraine: “March of equality” in Kyiv is a new human rights triumph
This year’s Kyiv Pride demonstration, which brought together thousands of people in a display of solidarity with the lesbian, gay,…
June 18, 2018

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Ukraine: Attack on LGBTI event highlights police failure to confront far-right violence
Responding to the disruption by far-right groups of an LGBTI rights meeting organized by Amnesty International in Kyiv on Thursday…
May 11, 2018

Report
Crimea: In the Dark: The silencing of dissent
The Crimean Tatar community has been subjected to systematic persecution by the Russian authorities since the occupation and illegal annexation…
December 14, 2016

Press Release
Ukraine: Authorities must commit to a thorough investigation after 13 people released from secret detention
Fresh details of secret detention by the Ukrainian authorities have emerged following the release of 13 people from a Security…
August 26, 2016

Report
You Don’t Exist: Arbitrary Detentions, Enforced Disappearances, and Torture in Eastern Ukraine
Both the Ukrainian government authorities and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding civilians in prolonged arbitrary, and sometimes secret…
July 20, 2016