Press releases in 2018

Initiative comes ahead of comedy event with Al Murray, Shappi Khorsdani, Mark Steel and Sara Pascoe marking two years of detention ‘Laughter is a kind of freedom’ - Richard Ratcliffe Ahead of a comedy...

Mock job advert, an arch publicity notice and an ironic video satirise Saudi claims over women’s rights and supposed changes in the Kingdom Amnesty takes out ‘ad’ in The Economist magazine rebutting...

Pictures of the winners and the ceremony will be uploaded here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmd4Ciw9 The winners of Amnesty International UK’s prestigious Media Awards 2018 have…

‘For too long we have observed a lack of action by the Russian authorities in response to attacks’ - Denis Krivosheev Today’s brutal assault on Sirazhutdin Datsiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre...

Responding to the appointment of Win Myint as the new President of Myanmar, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director for Southeast Asia,said: “The Myanmar authorities should use the appointment...

Campaigners for marriage equality in Northern Ireland today handed in a petition signed by more than 46,000 people to Downing Street. The petition, organised by Amnesty International, Love Equality NI...

An irresponsible Chinese mining operation in Mozambique has put an entire coastal village of more than 1,000 people at serious risk of being washed into the Indian Ocean, Amnesty International...

Football clubs across the country will be taking part in Amnesty International UK’s second Football Welcomes weekend next month to celebrate the contribution refugees have made to the professional...

Egyptian national on outskirts of Riyadh killed by shrapnel Attacks should not be used as ‘excuse’ by Saudi Arabia-led coalition to indiscriminately attack civilians in Yemen Responding to reports...

Responding to news that Sandeep Sharma, a journalist investigating illegal sand mining, has died after being hit by a truck in the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh today, Asmita Basu, programmes...