Press releases in 2019

Expert panel will discuss plight of Loujain al-Hathloul and others, and the wider implications for countries like the UK On Wednesday 15 May , Amnesty International UK and the Saudi Arabia-focused...

Trans people in China are performing highly dangerous surgery on themselves and buying unsafe hormone treatments on the black market because it is almost impossible for them to access the health care...

The Government has today responded to the Home Affairs Select Committee’s concerns about the planned Domestic Abuse Bill Migrant and BAME groups warn that the Government has failed to address concerns...

Campaigners in Northern Ireland have announced a major march and rally for marriage equality to be held in Belfast on Saturday 18 May, as political talks aimed at restoring devolved government for the...

Responding to reports that Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman freed from death row last year, has now left Pakistan and arrived in Canada, Omar Waraich, Amnesty International’s Deputy South Asia...

Amnesty International UK, Liberty, Women for Refugee Women and Freed Voices call for immediate end to indefinite detention Cross-party support from MPs including Harriet Harman, Andrew Mitchell and...

The Singaporean authorities must drop plans to enact a ‘fake news’ law that would dramatically curtail freedom of expression in the country and beyond, Amnesty International said today. With Singapore...

Following news that the planned student Pride march at the Middle East Technical University (METU) will not be allowed to take place by the university’s rectorate, Fotis Filippou, Amnesty...

Recent weeks have seen an alarming spate of politically motivated arrests across the country Government must now repeal any laws that 'keep a chokehold on freedom of expression' - Nicholas Bequelin...

Responding to news that the Brunei authorities have announced they will continue to refrain from implementing the death sentence, including under the newly enacted Syariah Penal Code Order, and would...