Press releases in 2018

Over the past month Amnesty has worked with newspaper groups and major websites to scour the country for women who embody the continuing suffragette spirit ‘I imagine if Emmeline and Sylvia [Pankhurst...

“I imagine if Emmeline and Sylvia [Pankhurst] could see this map, they would be extraordinarily moved” - Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst Women from Northern Ireland are...

Responding to the Myanmar military’s rejection of responsibility for crimes committed against the Rohingya, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s Director, said: “The Myanmar military’s denials of...

Responding to the UN’s finding that Myanmar is continuing its campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya through “forced starvation”, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director of Southeast...

The Sri Lankan authorities must respect human rights under the state of emergency that was declared today, Amnesty International has said. Yesterday, a mob set homes, shops and a mosque belonging to...

Responding to the impending vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council on a resolution on the situation in Eastern Ghouta, Kevin Whelan, Senior Advocate at Amnesty International, said: “The...

Family and friends raise alarm after Mr Ghonim failed to return home last night Case comes after numerous activists ‘disappeared’ into secret state custody The authorities ‘must disclose any...

Responding to an announcement by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government that it is launching a new drive to tackle child labour in cobalt and copper mines, Seema Joshi, Head of Business...

Responding to news that the Ethiopian parliament has approved the government’s state of emergency declaration in full today, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “It is...

Amnesty International has called for Secretary of State Karen Bradley to set up a public inquiry into clerical child sex abuse in Northern Ireland following revelations of abuse by Father Malachy...