Press Releases

Imprisoned dissidents regularly prevented from seeing family members, with authorities inventing ‘disciplinary’ reasons and instituting sudden transfers One of those targeted is jailed Russian-British...

Reacting to the prospective flotation of the ultra-fast fashion clothing manufacturer SHEIN on the London Stock Exchange, Dominique Muller, Amnesty International Researcher specialising in the garment...

International Criminal Court warrants against Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov relate to their alleged part in attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure ‘The ICC has once again displayed its...

Upcoming meeting is the third in the multiple rounds of UN-hosted talks on Afghanistan in the last year ‘The rights of women and girls in Afghanistan are non-negotiable’ - Agnès Callamard Ahead of the...

Responding to the decision by the Namibia High Court to overturn the country's colonial-era “sodomy” and “unnatural offences” laws which had criminalised same-sex sexual conduct between consenting...

Liberty, Amnesty International UK, Human Rights Watch, Freedom From Torture and Inclusion London, addressed journalists in Westminster this morning Politicians need to see human rights as a solution...

‘This form of institutionalised oppression must be named’ - Agnès Callamard Gender apartheid must be recognised as a crime under international law to strengthen efforts to combat institutionalised...

The family of a British man arbitrarily jailed in Egypt have marked F ather’s Day by unfurling a giant banner down the side o f Brighton’s iconic pier as the latest stage in their ongoing campaign to...

Over 123 people arrested for peacefully protesting, posting comments online, hanging signs or writing slogans on walls At least 95 people including two children remain in pre-trial detention facing...

Increased use of plastic bullets, firing of Tasers and use of spit hoods - including on children aged under-13 8% of use of batons and 5% of use of police dogs on Irish Travellers, despite making up...