Press releases in 2019

Women and Equality Committee report makes clear UK Government responsible for addressing breach of women’s rights in Northern Ireland ‘This is a welcome and urgent intervention that the UK Government...

Amnesty International will today (Thursday April 25) legally challenge the French government’s decision to donate six boats to the Libyan Navy, which includes the Libyan Coast Guard. Amnesty is one of...

Yesterday’s wounding of refugees and migrants at a detention centre south of Tripoli must be investigated as a war crime ‘This incident demonstrates the urgent need for all refugees and migrants to be...

Four leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement protests jailed today for their role in the 2014 peaceful protests must be immediately and unconditionally set free and have their...

Women reported being called ‘donkey’, ‘bitch’ and ‘animal’ - others confined to houses, with passports confiscated and wages withheld Call for Minister of Labour to end ‘kafala’ system which...

The execution of 37 people convicted on “terrorism” charges marks an alarming escalation in Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said today. Among those executed was a young...

Record-breaking number of football clubs to take part in Amnesty’s ‘Football Welcomes’ weekend to celebrate the contribution refugees make to the game Initiative backed by clubs from across the...

Responding to the decision by Myanmar’s Supreme Court to uphold the conviction and seven-year prison sentence of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s...

The shocking Sunday morning bombing attacks targeting churches and hotels in three cities in Sri Lanka resulting in more than 290 deaths and leaving more than 500 people injured, is yet another grim...

Responding to the news that journalist Lyra McKee has been shot dead in Northern Ireland while reporting public disorder in Derry / Londonderry, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director...