Press releases in 2018

Amnesty International has slammed the Trump administration’s intentions to pay the Mexican government millions of dollars to deport irregular migrants and insisted that the move must not be allowed to...

Responding to comments by Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi at the World Economic Forum in Hanoi today defending the recent jailing of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Amnesty International’s...

The European Court of Human Rights has today ruled that UK laws enabling mass surveillance violate the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. Judges found that: The UK’s historical bulk...

‘No lessons were learned from the 2008 epidemic’ - Jessica Pwiti The Zimbabwean authorities must take urgent measures to prevent the spread of a cholera epidemic that has so far claimed 20 lives, said...

Call for national regulations over licensing and registering firearms Young men of colour 20 times more likely to die through gun violence than white counterparts 38,000 people killed in 2016, with...

Reacting to the European Parliament’s decision this morning to trigger Article 7 proceedings for Hungary, Berber Biala-Hettinga, Amnesty International’s expert on human rights in the EU, said: “In...

‘Support from the UK’s largest social movement is crucial’ - Shane Enright Amnesty International UK has strongly welcomed a unanimous decision today by the TUC to campaign for a reformed Gender...

‘The torture of these men was approved at the highest level of Government’ - Grainne Teggart Amnesty International has described as a “bitter blow” a decision published today by a panel of five judges...

Shahidul Alam has been declared an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience ‘There has been a widespread outcry against the appalling treatment of this much-loved photographer’ - Saad Hammadi...

'Responsibility for marriage equality legislation now sits squarely with the UK Government' - John O’Doherty Leading businesses and employers across Northern Ireland - including Coca-Cola, Santander...