Press releases in 2024

‘The occupation is a key pillar of the system of apartheid that Israel uses to dominate and oppress Palestinians’ - Erika Guevara Rosas Responding to the historic advisory opinion delivered today by...

Responding to an announcement by the Foreign Secretary David Lammy in the House of Commons today that the UK will restore funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency after it was suspended...

Call for safe routes and ‘ dignified asylum system fit for the twenty-first century’ In response to the Prime Minister's discussion of immigration with EU leaders, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty...

Responding to the sentencing today of five environmental activists in relation to non-violent protests by Just Stop Oil on part of the M25 motorway in 2022, Tom Southerden, Amnesty International UK’s...

A paediatrician held at notorious Sde Teiman camp describes being kept blindfolded and handcuffed for weeks, being starved and repeatedly beaten Fourteen-year-old boy was punched and repeatedly burnt...

Responding to the commitment made today in the King’s Speech to repeal and replace the widely opposed Northern Ireland Troubles Act, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International UK’s Northern Ireland Deputy...

Responding to the Government’s legislative agenda set out today in the King’s Speech, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “After human rights protections were decimated...

International Olympic Committee refuse to call on sporting authorities in France to overturn the ban Out of 38 European countries, France is the only country to place ban on religious headwear in...

On first visit to Israel as Foreign Secretary, David Lammy should challenge Israeli government over war crimes in Gaza, illegal settlements and wider apartheid system Foreign Secretary should make...

In response to the Finnish Parliament’s approval of the emergency law on the so-called “instrumentalisation” of migration, Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International's Deputy Europe Director, said:...