Press releases in 2019

‘The New Zealand we believe in… welcomes refugees and migrants, and respects the rights of everyone to practise their religion in peace’ - Kumi Naidoo The horrific attacks on two mosques in...

Charges relate to their promotion of women’s rights, and contact with Amnesty and other international organisations Activists include prominent campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul (pictured) ‘This trial is...

Responding to the news that only one British Army soldier will face charges for the Bloody Sunday killings, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland Campaigns Manager, said: “It is...

‘Instead of criticising young people for taking part in these protests…we should be asking why governments are getting away with playing truant on climate action’ - Kumi Naidoo Amnesty International...

Opposition leader Ebrahim Sharif had tweeted about Omar al-Bashir’s ‘dictatorial’ rule ‘The silence of Bahrain’s key allies, namely the USA and the UK, plays no small part in the unchecked pattern of...

Amnesty has written to all companies in the FTSE 100 spelling out dangers Letter to Liam Fox seeks assurances that Brexit will not see the UK signing Israel trade deal that includes Israel’s illegal...

Brazilian police have arrested two men in Rio de Janeiro over the killing of human rights defender Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes in 2018.

‘There are clear human rights risks associated with adding new hosts’ - Stephen Cockburn Ahead of this week’s FIFA Council Meeting in Miami, Amnesty International and a coalition of NGOs, trade unions...

Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh - who campaigns against forced veiling - also sentenced to 148 lashes Sentence is harshest against an Iranian human rights defender for years ‘It is...

United Nations Committee calls on the UK Government to legislate 'Devolution – even when functioning – does not relieve the UK Government of their responsibility to uphold human rights in Northern...