Primary school teacher punished after asking pupils “what is freedom of speech?” ‘The Hong Kong authorities must not use national security as a pretext to unnecessarily censor educational activities...

Ahead of parliamentary committee sessions this week on the Government’s highly controversial Overseas Operations Bill Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s Director, said: “The Government’s Overseas...

Witnesses call for the PSNI to establish independent investigation 44 years since 12-year-old Majella O’Hare was shot in the back by a soldier no one held accountable ‘Majella was just lifted like a...

Responding to the Home Secretary’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference today, Kate Allen, Amnesty UK Director, said: “It is less than a week since Priti Patel promised to deliver a cultural...

Key failings included decisions to discharge thousands of untested hospital patients into care homes and imposition of blanket DNARs Care home managers and staff say they were left without guidance...

Protesters demanding economic and social rights met by deadly force and mass arrests Two shot dead and more than 570 arrested – some as young as 11-years-old Amnesty International has interviewed...

Thousands of Ethiopians expelled by neighbouring Yemen in March left to languish in disease-ridden Saudi cells Reports of dead bodies in cells, with lack of soap and water creating acute COVID risk...

Amnesty International has welcomed today's announcement by the European Commission that it is initiating legal action against the UK Government as a result of the Internal Market Bill. The UK...

Amnesty International UK today called for the Human Rights Act to be celebrated all over the country to mark the 20th anniversary of the Act coming into force. The Act has been essential to the big...

‘For too long the Home Office has done its worst business behind closed doors’ – Kate Allen Responding to news that the UK Government is considering plans to create offshore asylum processing...