Press Releases

The US government has announced it plans to resume federal executions for the first time since 2003. Five people have been identified as the first to be subject to this new lethal injection protocol...

Responding to news that Priti Patel has been appointed Home Secretary, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s Director, said: “Priti Patel must grasp this opportunity to fix a broken and deeply...

Following the security forces’ use of firearms to quell a riot yesterday evening (23 July) in Cameroon’s Kondengui Central Prison , Marie-Evelyne Petrus Barry, Amnesty International's West and Central...

Responding to the news that Boris Johnson has been appointed as the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: “Key human rights issues that...

Six people have been reported dead in the Nigerian capital of Abuja following a government crackdown on supporters of the lslamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) who were protesting the detention of their...

Landmark legislation passes final stage and will now become law 'Future generations in Northern Ireland will no longer have to suffer inequality in the way so many have had to endure in the past' –...

Responding to news reports today that Israeli forces are carrying out the demolition of up to 16 residential buildings in the neighbourhood of Wadi al-Hummus in the village of Sur Baher in the...

President Duterte’s call to revive the death penalty during his State of the Nation Address today will only worsen the country’s climate of impunity amid the government’s deadly anti-drugs campaign...

Following the latest protest in Hong Kong on Sunday which ended in violence - including people being attacked at Yuen Long train station by a group of men with weapons - Man-kei Tam, Director of...

‘The United States used to be a leader in providing refuge to those in need’ - Ryan Mace Responding to reports that some in the Trump Administration are considering lowering the number of refugees to...