Press releases in 2024

FIFA provided Saudi Arabia a ‘medium’ risk rating for human rights in its evaluation of its bid for the 2034 World Cup Compensation for migrant workers who suffered exploitation in the preparation of...

Violent dispersal of protest in Tbilisi saw women politicians and journalists subjected to sexual insults and physical attack Authorities used water cannon, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets...

The Moscow councillor is already serving a seven-year jail term for ‘disseminating knowingly false information’ about the Russian army during a council meeting He was the first person jailed under a...

Responding to Russia’s latest large-scale missile and drone assault on Ukraine, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The devastation caused by this...

New Home Office quarterly immigration statistics show 133,409 people are waiting for initial asylum decision Data on asylum decision-making continues to confirm that most people who seek asylum are...

Government shuts down mobile communication in capital for four days and blocks freedom of movement Four thousand opposition party supporters detained, and tear gas and shoot-on-sight orders issued...

Responding to the announcement that the International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan is seeking an arrest warrant for Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing for his responsibility for the...

‘The fund currently does absolutely nothing for the families who lost loved ones in Qatar’ - Steve Cockburn Responding to the launch today by FIFA of a World Cup Qatar Legacy Fund, Steve Cockburn...

Amnesty International UK have published new findings revealing the continued importance of writing letters Younger people especially wish ed they were sent more handwritten letters Around 75% of...

The mother of the jailed British writer Aala Abdel Fattah, Laila Soueif, will hand-deliver a copy of the human rights activist’s acclaimed book to 10 Downing Street on Thursday 28 November (11am) as...