Press Releases
Responding to the arbitrary detention and beating during arrest of scores of demonstrators and bystanders, including Amnesty International staff member Laith Abu Zeyad, by Palestinian security forces...
‘Australia’s reckless and cruel refugee policies continue to endanger lives and must end immediately’ - Kate Schuetze Responding to the tragic news that a 26-year-old Iranian man reportedly died on...
‘The response to Peter Tatchell’s protest is straight out of the Russian authorities’ playbook … immediate arrest by the police’ - Kate Allen Responding to news that the prominent British human rights...
Japanese authorities must urgently launch an investigation into payments that a subsidiary of the multinational brewing giant Kirin made to Myanmar’s military and authorities at the height of an...
“New legislation could end a vicious circle where people have no option but to risk their lives, their health, and their freedom if they are sent to prison” - Mariela Belski Today’s bill to...
The Pakistani authorities must end the current crackdown on human rights activists, journalists and other members of civil society in the lead up to next month’s general elections, Amnesty...
‘Abdulrasheed al-Faqih’s courage and dedication have made him the target of repeated harassment’ - Samah Hadid Responding to reports that Abdulrasheed al-Faqih, the Executive Director of Mwatana...
Responding to tonight’s defeat of the Lords amendments which sought to preserve human rights protections after the UK leaves the European Union, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK Director, said:...
The arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, is an outrageous attack on a brave and prolific human rights defender, Amnesty International said today. Nasrin Sotoudeh was...
New figures on public attitudes reveal extent of racial prejudice in Northern Ireland ‘This scale of racial prejudice in 2018 should shock us to our core’ - Patrick Corrigan Northern Ireland has a...