Press releases in 2018

Amnesty briefing sets out key human rights issues underpinning Zimbabwe’s first election without Mugabe on the ballot “With Mugabe gone, there’s a real opportunity for a fresh start for Zimbabwe” -...

Hundreds of Amnesty activists will be calling for the release of a transgender woman held in US immigration detention during Pride events this weekend “This Pride season, we march in solidarity with...

Protest comes ahead of Friday 13th visit from US President Banner will be directly visible from US Embassy Amnesty International will unfurl a giant protest banner on Vauxhall Bridge in London ahead...

The executions in Japan of seven members of the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo (Aum) this morning, including the group’s ‘guru’ Chizuo Matsumoto, does not deliver justice, Amnesty International said...

Khan al-Ahmar, home to 180 people east of Jerusalem, has been declared a closed military zone and the entire village faces destruction ‘Going ahead with the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar … is a war...

Charges brought against two academics, two students and a writer in Thailand for “holding an unlawful political gathering” are absurd and must be dropped, Amnesty International said today. The five...

18-month-long presidency has seen a catalogue of human rights reversals, from the detention of child migrants to the travel ban and attacks on women’s rights Call for UK Government to reset...

The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) is seeking judicial review of the Home Office, challenging the profiteering fee for registering a child as a British citizen...

Human rights organisations welcome the launch of a UK consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act UK currently has a declining trans rights record, slipping from third to fourth in European...

Plea to Jordan to open border: ‘Jordan’s border is their only gateway to safety’ - Lynn Maalouf Residents trapped, hospitals bombed, civilians who flee deliberately targeted, medical supplies...