Press Releases
Reform follows notorious ‘Wolf Pack’ case Spain becomes tenth country in Europe to define rape as sex without consent ‘This is a victory for survivors of rape’ - Monica Costa Riba Following the...
Major report exposes how people are harassed for offering clothes, shelter and saving lives British charity volunteer claims to have been assaulted by French police on way to migrant aid centre...
Responding to reports that the jailed British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe may be released on furlough from Tehran’s Evin Prison following reports from her family that she could have...
Amnesty International UK has today revealed the finalists for the Amnesty Media Awards 2020 , a prestigious set of awards now in its 28th year. The winners of this year’s awards will be announced at...
The government will set out its version of the Domestic Abuse Bill to Parliament today The Step Up Migrant Women coalition welcomes the Bill but warns it risks leaving behind migrant and BME women who...
At least 23 children killed by security forces in November protests - new evidence Bodies wrapped in shrouds returned to families only minutes before funerals ‘This bears all the hallmarks of a state...
‘People seeking asylum are once again being used as bargaining chips in a callous political game’ - Eve Geddie The Greek authorities are taking inhumane measures to prevent people from entering the...
Many defendants say they were tortured, including with electric shocks to the genitals ‘We are calling on the Egyptian authorities to retry the defendants’ - Philip Luther Responding to the imposition...
Responding to reports that newly-inaugurated Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez will introduce a bill within 10 days to legalise abortion, Mariela Belski, Executive Director of Amnesty...
As the United States of America and the Afghan Taliban are poised to sign a peace agreement in Doha today, Zaman Sultani, Amnesty International’s South Asia Researcher, said: “No one desires peace...