In response to an executive order announced today by President Biden that effectively shuts down the US-Mexico border and creates a first of its kind numerical cap on the number of people who can seek...

Marking the 35 th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in the Chinese capital on 4 June 1989, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “On the 35 th anniversary of...

In response to the Chief Constable’s announcement of a counsel-led review into Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) use of covert surveillance against journalists, lawyers and others, Patrick...

Leading Hong Kong human rights activists to speak highlighting the authorities’ crushing of dissent in the city ‘We will never forget what happened in Tiananmen Square 35 years ago and neither will we...

Children as young as 14 can be prosecuted under harsh new laws A 12-year-old was placed in an orphanage for an anti-war school drawing, while a ten-year-old’s home was searched over her WhatsApp...

All 47 democracy advocates must be released immediately Convictions send strong message that freedom of speech will not be tolerated ‘This unprecedented mass conviction is the most ruthless...

Belfast vigil hears call for UK to stop arming Israel following deadly attack on Rafah refugee camp Speaking at a vigil in Belfast this evening (Wednesday 29 May) calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and...

National security police announced the arrests of six people for allegedly violating Article 23 - the first known detentions under this law ‘Remembering the Tiananmen crackdown is not and never shall...

Marking the 35 th anniversary of the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown in Tiananmen Square on 4 June 1989, Amnesty International UK has teamed up with Stage June Fourth to support the first...

Responding to the Foreign Secretary David Cameron’s remarks on X today saying that an Israel Defense Forces investigation into Israel’s attack on a refugee camp in Rafah on Sunday should be “swift...