Press Releases
Minister announces measures for compulsory veiling for girls as young as nine Authorities must drop plans for wider crackdown on ‘morality’ grounds, which would further entrench discrimination ‘The...
Amnesty delegates are available for interview at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan from Saturday 9 - Sunday 24 November UNFCCC must do much more than in UAE and Egypt to protect the rights of everyone taking...
Trump’s first presidency saw bigotry, xenophobia and white supremacist rhetoric Biden presidency’s final weeks should include commuting federal death sentences, rescinding the asylum ban and border...
Makeshift detention camps across the Amhara region have been filled with thousands of civilians since September Security forces have described mass detention campaign as ‘law enforcement, to stabilise...
Strikes occurred in Inadiafatane, in the Timbuktu region in northern Mali At least eight people were killed – including six children – and 15 injured ‘Drone strikes must clearly distinguish between...
Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of Golos, is currently on trial after his arrest last year The election monitor’s prosecution is part of a broad crackdown on civil society, with 190 organisations in...
Amnesty International launches flagship Write for Rights campaign to help people facing human rights abuses around the world Millions of letters and emails will be sent to support these individuals...
Northern Ireland’s political leaders should use their voices to challenge China’s human rights abuses. That’s the call from Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland Director, ahead...
Amnesty International UK and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians are hosting a panel event in central London on Tuesday 12 November with four leading international law experts to...
Police have cracked down on opposition protests with live bullets, tear gas and arbitrary arrests At least ten people killed, dozens wounded and hundreds arrested More protests across the country...