Press Releases
Responding to the publication this evening of Government amendments to its Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International UK’s Northern Ireland...
Deputy chair of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Memorial Human Rights Centre could face five years in penal colony if found guilty Activist on trial for an article which called Russia a ‘fascist’ state ‘The...
Chang Weiping jailed for three-and-a-half years for ‘subversion of state power’ after talking publicly of his torture at hands of police Lawyer’s ordeal began in 2020 after he attended a meeting of...
Video and eyewitness evidence shows widespread human rights abuses against civilians in Panjshir Taliban’s crackdown - including mass arrests, torture and extra-judicial executions - comes after...
Particulates in the air pose a serious health risks to millions of people Fires are having a significant impact on Indigenous communities ‘Large-scale wildfires aggravate climate change by burning...
Government is seeking to sneak rejected elements of the Public Order Act through the House of Lords next week This is the first time the UK government has used these tactics to push through...
Government makes move to ban protest song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ became popular during 2019 mass demonstrations ‘A song is not a threat to national security’ - Sarah Brooks Responding to the Hong Kong...
‘The rules of international humanitarian law specifically protect dams due to the dangers their destruction poses to civilians’ - Marie Struthers In response to the destruction of the dam at Kakhovka...
After six years Amnesty Turkey’s founding members, Taner Kılıç and Idil Eser have convictions overturned ‘Today’s ruling revealed the true purpose of such politically motivated prosecutions: using the...
Government forces violently evicted members of Maasai community from their land last year Around 70,000 Maasai people left without access to grazing lands that their livelihoods depend on Government...