Press Releases

Awards presented by Nawal Al-Maghafi and Krishnan Guru-Murthy Al Jazeera took home award for best investigation Outstanding Impact Award won by BBC for investigation into Russia’s Wagner group The...

Zak Kostopoulos, queer activist and drag artist , was brutally beaten by two men after entering a jewellery shop in central Athens Footage showed police using unnecessary force to arrest the activist...

Leaked opinion shows court preparing to strike down historic Roe v Wade ruling ‘The United States is going back in time and putting the lives and freedom of millions at risk’ - Tarah Demant ‘The fight...

Highly controversial new laws given royal assent today ‘These oppressive laws are a grave assault on people’s basic human rights’ - Sacha Deshmukh In response to highly contested legislation being...

Nationality and Borders Bill passed today The Bill will create significant obstacles, penalties and harms to people seeking asylum in the UK ‘The UK g overnment has ripped up the Refugee Convention –...

Responding to the passing of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill , Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s CEO, said: “This is dark day for civil liberties in the UK. This deeply...

Responding to the execution of Malaysian national Nagaenthran Dharmalingam in Singapore, Erwin van der Borght, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director, said: “The execution of...

Report by the think tank Policy Exchange out today on the Prevent programme Controversial counter-terrorism programme overwhelmingly directed at children and young people ‘The report should have...

Responding to news that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has bought Twitter for $44bn (£34.5bn), Michael Kleinman, Director of Technology and Human Rights at Amnesty International USA, said:...

Osman has been arbitrarily detained in Istanbul’s high security Silivri prison for more than four years Trumped up charges against Osman related to Gezi Park protests and the 2016 coup attempt...