Press releases in 2024

‘His death is a devastating and dire indictment of life under the oppressive and stifling rule of the Kremlin’ - Agnès Callamard Responding to reports of the death in custody of the Russian opposition...

The agreement will see people taken hundreds of miles by sea to Albania to face arbitrary detention ‘ Under international law, automatic detention is inherently arbitrary and therefore unlawful’ -...

Amnesty International UK has staged a silent vigil in solidarity with civilians in Rafah outside Downing Street this morning to draw attention to the plight of some 1.4 million Palestinian civilians...

Amnesty International UK will stage a silent vigil in solidarity with civilians in Rafah outside Downing Street tomorrow (Wed 14 Feb, 11:00) to draw attention to the plight of some 1.4 million...

Amnesty experts will be at High Court hearing (20-21 February) which could determine his fate in long-running extradition battle Assange could face 175-year sentence in the USA, with good treatment...

At least 95 civilians - including 42 children - killed in four unlawful strikes in supposedly ‘safe’ area Victims include retired surgeon Dr Abdallah Shehada and a new-born baby girl so young her...

‘Meta must ensure that its content policies are neither discriminatory nor biased against pro-Palestinian voices’ - Alia Al Ghussain Responding to Meta’s proposed revision of its content policies...

Separately, 13 students sentenced to death for ‘spreading homosexuality’ Prison sentences of up to ten years handed down to others and public floggings also meted out Sentences condemned as ‘gruesome...

In reaction to the Government’s proposal of new protest laws, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “These planned new measures are a direct attack on our right to...

India’s widespread unlawful demolitions of Muslims’ homes, businesses and places of worship through the use of JCB bulldozers and other machines must stop immediately, Amnesty International said as it...