Press releases in 2023

Since 2020 at least 1,902 people faced charges for criticising the Government or protest 242 people face serious national security charges for lèse-majesté ‘The upcoming vote offers a rare opportunity...

Court dismissed one of two remaining drug charges against Leila de Lima De Lima is one of the staunchest critics of former President Rodrigo Duterte Arrested in 2017 after seeking to investigate human...

Campaigners with placards will assemble outside the building in Halfords Park industrial estate to hand out ‘JCB Homewrecker’ leaflets Human rights activists will hold a protest outside a JCB factory...

At least eight people have died nationwide in the protests following arrest of former PM Mobile internet shutdown indefinitely ‘There is an urgent need to de-escalate the situation in Pakistan’ -...

UN expert visited the United Kingdom to assess the state of LGBTI+ rights The visit comes amid a marked deterioration of LGBTI+ rights in the country Preliminary observations raise concern about...

'Any Chinese "police station" being used to spy on HK and mainland Chinese communities in Belfast or anywhere else in the UK must be shut down immediately' - Patrick Corrigan In response to reports of...

Second reading of Immigration Bill set to take place tomorrow Highly controversial bill will deprive people of right to seek asylum in the UK ‘The Lords should reject this squalid bill and speak up...

In response to reports that the Metropolitian Police made 64 arrests on the day of the Coronation, Oliver Feeley-Sprague, Amnesty International UK’s policing expert, said: “It was genuinely disturbing...

In response to reports that Han Zheng, China’s vice president and the architect of the human rights crackdown on Hong Kong, will attend the coronation of King Charles, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty...

Military say they have pardoned 2,153 prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday More than 17,000 people still detained after post-coup mass round-ups ‘Amnesty remains deeply concerned about the thousands...