Press Releases
Troubles Act received royal assent yesterday Victims have joined together and submitted legal challenges to Belfast High Court with an urgent hearing requested ‘We made it clear that if this Bill...
First of its kind interactive map shows state-sanctioned violence against protesters worldwide ‘This map sheds light on the heavy repression suffered by protesters around the world – and it is...
“We fear that it is only a matter of time before lives are lost ” - Patrick Corrigan In response to the latest incident of racist hate crime, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland programme director of...
‘The Government needs to drastically upgrade its procedures to prevent more unnecessary heartbreak and suffering in cases like Morad’s’ - Sacha Deshmukh Responding to news that the UK conservationist...
Authorities weaponising labour laws to harass and intimidate Nobel Peace laureate Mohammad Yunus More than 150 cases lodged against 83-year-old Nobel laureate ‘ The abuse of laws and misuse of the...
Activist was set to travel to Bahrain to lobby for her jailed father’s release Heads of Amnesty, Front Line Defenders and ActionAid Denmark also stopped from boarding flight at Heathrow ‘[It’s] a...
Fresh climate call comes as millions set to join protests ahead of next week’s UN meetings Amnesty is supporting Fridays for Future Global Climate Strike and March to End Fossil Fuels ‘Too many...
Tens of thousands arrested, hundreds unlawfully killed, and torture in detention rife Authorities have ramped up enforcement of veiling laws and made thousands of students sign pledges not to...
One-hundred page report shows how multinational mining companies are driving people from their homes and land Massive expansion in demand for metals for lithium-ion batteries for electric cars is...
DSEI, one of the world’s biggest arms fairs, opens in London’s Docklands today Peaceful protesters will attend the event and police have already made arrests at the venue over the past few days At...