Press Releases
Obstacles include sporadic, under-resourced and understaffed services; conscience-based refusals, misinformation as well as pervasive stigma Introduction of telemedicine – already available across the...
Research documents 45 cases of rape - including gang-rape - and other forms of sexual violence, with men and children also abused Sexual violence was frequently accompanied by beating, flogging...
In response to the Home Secretary visiting Rwanda to sign a new asylum treaty, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “With this treaty, ministers...
Rise in systematic detentions; forced disappearances and torture since introduction of state of emergency in 2022 State violence gradually replacing gang violence in poverty-stricken communities...
Detailed investigation shows huge Boeing-made bombs hit two family homes with no military targets present Nineteen children were killed in the two attacks in the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza...
Lobbyists working on behalf of the fossil fuel industry at COP 28 ris es to at least 2,456, compared to 636 at last year’s summit ‘Arms dealers are not asked to peace talks, so it is warped to ask...
All civilian hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians must be released ‘Without a ceasefire, the shocking death toll will skyrocket and civilians in Gaza will once again be forced to endure the...
Ruling recognises as ‘extremist’ an undefined ‘international public LGBT movement’ ‘Participants’ could be jailed for five years, and ‘organisers’ and donors of LGBTQ+ groups face possible ten-year...
Responding to the sentencing of a South Korean man, Lee Yoon-seop, to 14 months in prison for praising North Korea in a poem, Amnesty International said poetry was not a crime and called for the...
Reacting to a BBC report that Sultan Al Jaber, the president-designate of COP28, who is also the chief executive of the UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), was briefed to advance the...