Press releases in 2023

Hussein Abo al-Kheir was subjected to an unfair trial and allegedly tortured - UN recently called for his ‘immediate and unconditional’ release Saudi authorities have already executed 11 people so far...

Greater availability of ‘less-lethal’ weapons has led to rise in the use of force against protesters, with huge increase in eye injuries resulting in blindness There were more than 440 eye injuries...

PSNI has strip searched children as young as 12 to 14 years old Between 2021 and 2022, 53 strip searches were carried out on children ‘The use of strip searches on children is a serious violation of...

World football body meets in Rwanda this week with FAs set to demand compensation for migrant workers abused in Qatar Amnesty and Avaaz have handed over more than one million signatures from 190...

Local Amnesty group will display ‘No Qatari sportswashing at United!’ banner during Sunday’s home game against Southampton Manchester United supporters belonging to the local Amnesty International...

The US$161.1 billion in annual profits posted today by the Saudi Arabian state-backed oil company Saudi Aramco, the most ever disclosed by a company in a single year, should be used to fund a human...

President Kais Saied’s racist speech last month has incited a wave of violence against Black Africans New testimonies illustrate horror of mob attacks ‘The community of Black African migrants in...

In response to the UK and France striking a deal to prevent people seeking asylum crossing the Channel, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “The...

Security forces used water cannons, tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds Responding to the news that the Parliament of Georgia has announced its intention to withdraw the repressive bills on...

Responding to reports that the government in Punjab – Pakistan’s most populous province – has imposed a ban on ‘assemblies, gatherings, sit-ins, rallies, and protests across the district of Lahore’ by...