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Press releases in 2024

Saudi Arabia: retired teacher has death penalty for social media posts quashed

Mohammad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, 55, is still in detention and awaiting news of his fate Al-Ghamdi’s brother, living in exile in UK, may have been the Saudi authorities’ real target ‘The court must now...

UK: response to new homelessness figures

Responding to the Government's latest quarterly statutory homelessness figures , Jen Clark, Economic and Social Rights Lead at Amnesty International UK, said: “Homelessness is a fundamental human...

UK: Supreme Court refuses to hear Shamima Begum's appeal against 'profoundly wrong' citizenship stripping

Responding to news that the Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal against a decision to revoke Shamima Begum’s citizenship, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant...

Thailand: dissolution of opposition party is 'untenable' decision and should be reversed

Executives of Move Forward Party - Thailand’s biggest political opposition party - now have a ten-year ban on running for office Party’s campaign for reform of controversial lèse-majesté law used to...

Venezuela: Tech companies set dangerous precedent with app for reporting anti-government protesters

President Maduro encouraged Venezuelans to report protesters who question his re-election via the government owned VenApp Thousands of people have since been arrested and over a dozen killed in a post...

UK: Targeting immigration law firms and support services is 'latest appalling development'

Ahead of expected racist targeting of immigration law firms and others offering support services to refugees and migrants, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights...

Bangladesh: interim government must prioritise human rights

Independent investigation needed into protest deaths Responding to an announcement that a new interim government is to be formed in Bangladesh following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

Iran: secret execution of women's rights protester Reza Rasaei condemned

Thirty-four-year-old Kurd executed at dawn with no prior notice given to him, his family or his lawyer Rasaei is the tenth ‘Woman Life Freedom’ protester to be executed following a grossly unfair...

UK: Big Tech platforms are playing active role in fuelling racist violence

Racist violence across the UK continues ‘Big Tech platforms are offering the far-right a powerful venue to incite hate and organise’ - Pat de Brún Responding to the role of social media platforms amid...

Northern Ireland: PSNI must prevent racist ‘mob rule’

Responding to the racist attacks in Belfast over the weekend, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Director of Amnesty International, and one of the speakers at the anti-racism rally in Belfast on...