Press Releases

Human Rights Bill is key to John Swinney achieving goal of tackling child poverty ‘People especially [from the Lived Experience Boards] deserve to see the Scottish government deliver on bringing...

FIFA still sitting on an independent human rights review into providing remedy for hundreds of thousands of abused migrant workers Call comes ahead of FIFA’s annual congress meeting next week ‘FIFA...

During PMQs in the House of Commons today, Rishi Sunak said that “the UK Government doesn’t, itself, directly provide or ship arms to Israel”, a factually incorrect statement which the Government’s...

Responding to explosive revelations about the routine targeting of journalists by the police in Northern Ireland made today at the Royal Courts of Justice , Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s...

Responding to the announcement that MSPs have voted for new SNP leader John Swinney to be Scotland’s next first minister , Neil Cowan Amnesty International’s Scotland Director, said: “The Scottish...

‘Palestinian civilians in Gaza are human beings, not pawns to be moved around a chessboard’ - Erika Guevara-Rosas Responding to the Israeli military’s orders for more than 100,000 residents - most of...

Newspaper reveals threat is sixth against its journalists in past six months ‘There is a concerted attempt in Northern Ireland to intimidate journalists to prevent them from doing their jobs ’ -...

‘As could easily be foreseen, the decisions at some universities to call in law enforcement actually escalated the situation ’ - Paul O’Brien Amnesty International has condemned the obstructive and...

Commenting on the emergence of growing numbers of pro-Palestine solidarity protests at universities across the UK, Tom Southerden, Amnesty International UK’s Law and Human Rights Director, said: “The...

‘We urge other journalists and media outlets to make complaints to the Tribunal if they are concerned of secret surveillance by the PSNI’ - Patrick Corrigan Amnesty International and the Committee on...