Press releases in 2022

Military onslaught in Kayin and Kayah States includes war crimes and likely crimes against humanity Displaced people living in desperate conditions lack food and health care ‘The international...

Top comics Stephen Bailey, Eleanor Tiernan, Carl Donnelly and Clint Edwards set to star at annual comedy event Previous events have focused on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - this year’s will highlight...

Report reveals ‘a grossly disproportionate effect on those who already faced systematic discrimination’ 71% of civil society organisations surveyed said people from the marginalised communities they...

Amnesty events in cities around the world including San Francisco and Seoul Activists demand justice for those killed in Beijing on 4 June 1989, and protest the ongoing crackdown on Hong Kong’s annual...

Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has concluded a six-day visit to China Bachelet received appeals from Uyghurs about missing family members believed to be detained and said...

Home Office will stop profiting from those who cannot afford the child citizenship fees of £1,012 Current administrative costs are £416 per application meaning £596 profit is made by Home Office from...

Event comes after landmark Amnesty report earlier this year Discussion will explore ways activists can help dismantle Israel’s racist system of oppression against Palestinians Amnesty International...

New 2022 Q1 immigration figures show backlog of asylum claims awaiting a decision after more than six months at 73,207 Under Priti Patel, the Home Office has become a byword for backlogs and...

Responding to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in the US state of Texas, Ernest Coverson, Amnesty International USA’s Ending Gun Violence Campaign Manager, said: “We find...

Jaafar Sultan and Sadeq Thamer held in solitary confinement for three-and-a-half months after arrest and denied legal representation New global statistics show ‘grim trend’ of increased executions in...