Press releases in 2023

New global opinion poll shows majority of public (53%) believe human rights should be a key consideration in hosting decisions, with even more - 60% - of those in UK taking this view Sport & Rights...

Afghan refugee team and Comfort Angels met football fan Keir Starmer at Parliament after victorious match against women’s parliamentary team Afghan team fled the Taliban in 2021 and now support...

Banner drop planned to mark World Refugee Day and call on UK government to scrap its immigration bill stopped by police Protest had been organised by human rights organisations including Amnesty UK...

Afghan refugees raise serious concerns at pattern of harassment by Pakistani authorities ‘ Our lives in Pakistan are no lives at all’ - Hussain, former employee of the Ministry of the Interior in...

Troubles Bill and its recent amendments enter report stage in the House of Lords tomorrow (Wednesday 21 June) ‘No number of amendments will save this bill. Peers must continue to reject the government...

Six of the group are from the country’s persecuted Shi’a minority, while one was aged only 12 at the time of his alleged offence Country executed 196 people last year and has executed a further 54...

At least 80 people tragically died with hundreds still missing at sea Urgent need for safe and legal routes in Europe ‘ We are deeply concerned about the lack of clarity in the Greek authorities'...

New testimonies show that Russian forces have failed to carry out evacuations or provide humanitarian support to civilians stranded in flooded towns and villages People upstream of destroyed Kakhovka...

Investigation into Qatar-based Teyseer Security Services shows pattern of abuses against migrant workers Workers’ unlawful recruitment fees never repaid, promised overtime pay and bonuses withheld...

Responding to a decision earlier today by the European Parliament to ban invasive mass surveillance technologies in its Artificial Intelligence Act, Mher Hakobyan, Amnesty International’s Advocacy...