Press Releases

Responding to reports that eight people have died during an attempted crossing of the Channel, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “This is yet...

Mahsa Amini’s death in custody on 16 September 2022 sparked the nationwide Woman Life Freedom protests followed by a brutal crackdown by the authorities A ‘war on women’ has escalated with intensified...

Saudi to host the Internet Governance Forum in 100 days Hosting forum reveals Government’s deep hypocrisy given its history of arbitrarily detaining people for expressing their views online Saudi...

Same-sex relationships still not recognised in law Government needs to show progress taken since court ruling ‘Equality is being denied on a daily basis’ - Sarah Brooks One year after a landmark...

74% of parents in Great Britain think it should be compulsory for schools to teach children about their human rights - new figures released today reveal 81% of parents want schools to teach their...

Detailed analysis of satellite imagery and social media videos reveals extent of Israeli military’s destruction of property in its ‘buffer zone’ More than 3,500 structures destroyed or severely...

Amnesty International has today described the Scottish Government’s failure to deliver the long-awaited Human Rights Bill in its Programme for Government as “unjustifiable” and said that it represents...

Activist Zhang Zhan re-detained less than four months after being freed following four years in jail The citizen journalist was given sham trial and jailed for reporting on the early days of the Covid...

In response to reports that at least 12 people died earlier today trying to cross the Channel, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “Our thoughts...

Commenting on Vladimir Putin’s visit to Mongolia, Altantuya Batdorj, Executive Director of Amnesty International Mongolia, said: “Mongolia’s international legal obligations are clear as a member state...