Press releases in 2024

Latest Home Office statistics show number of unresolved cases stands at 128,786 Government’s three-year-long refusal to process asylum claims is at root of serious problems with the system Tragic...

In response to the Prime Minister's call for further restrictions on protest, Tom Southerden, Amnesty International UK’s Law and Human Rights Director, said: “Talk of ‘mob rule’ is extremely dangerous...

The Belfast High Court has today ruled that provisions for conditional immunity from prosecution for Troubles offences in the controversial Troubles Act are not compatible with human rights...

Award-winning actors Olivia Colman and Adrian Lester are starring in a gripping new short film released today (Wednesday 28 Febuary) by Amnesty International UK, as the organisation calls attention to...

Investigatory Powers Tribunal for journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey starts today London court hearing looking into claims the two Belfast journalists were secretly monitored by UK...

‘Today’s sentencing of Orlov is the result of a sham trial’ - Natalia Zviagina Responding to news that Oleg Orlov, a prominent Russian human rights defender, has been sentenced to two years and eleven...

Government’s three-year long refusal to process asylum claims is at root of serious problems with the asylum system Backlog of asylum claims has at its last count risen to 124,461 compared to 29,233...

Month on from International Court of Justice saying Israel must allow humanitarian aid to avoid genocide, deliveries have actually fallen and entire population faces an engineered famine People in...

Thousands watch as victims' relatives shot two men to death in a stadium in Ghazni yesterday ‘Carrying out executions in public adds to the inherent cruelty of the death penalty’ - Livia Saccardi...

Amnesty Inter na tional UK and Phoenix Law press conference - Wednesday 28 February 2024 The Belfast High Court will give its decision in a landmark legal challenge to the UK government’s widely...