Press Releases
In response to Israel cutting off the electricity supply to a desalination plant for drinking water in the occupied Gaza Strip, Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for...
‘Syrians deserve a future rooted in justice and dignity, yet communities once again are being forced to endure unimaginable loss’ - Heba Morayef Responding to reports of hundreds of civilians, mostly...
Today the Crime and Policing Bill will enter its Second Reading debate in the House of Commons It is the fourth anti-protest bill put to Parliament in as many years The Bill seeks to criminalise yet...
Government has failed to incorporate the UN Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women into Welsh law Marking International Women’s Day with the theme 'accelerating...
Responding to the Court of Appeal’s judgment on the appeal made by 16 Just Stop Oil protesters against their prison sentences for a range of peaceful protests, Kerry Moscogiuri, Amnesty International...
40 countries including the UK where cases involving torture and other ill-treatment using electric shock equipment have been documented 197 companies manufactured or promoted direct contact electric...
Amnesty’s new report ‘Automated Racism’ reveals dangerous discrimination in police prediction tools All police forces in Wales attempt to predict crime by profiling communities Black people more...
Four attacks on healthcare facilities and vehicles which killed 19 healthcare workers investigated Israeli military has not provided sufficient justifications or specific evidence of military targets...
‘We are long past the point of Israel merely risking violations of international law’ – Karla McLaren Responding to the debate in parliament on Palestinian rights today, Karla McLaren, Amnesty...
UN gives a damning view on failing performance of politicians on fundamental human rights A domino effect of poor housing, a broken social security system and inadequate healthcare is leaving...