Press Releases

‘I panic just thinking about the potential impact of my own hunger on the baby’s health, its weight, whether it will have [birth defects], and even if the baby is born healthy, what life awaits it...

Ahead of the meeting between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richard in Anchorage, Alaska, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern...

The Taliban de-facto authorities must reinstate a formal constitutional and legal framework and the rule of law and immediately end the arbitrary and unfair delivery of justice in accordance with...

Amnesty International has written to Chief Constable Jon Boutcher to urge the PSNI to uphold human rights law following arrest of protester in Belfast for wearing a ‘We are all Palestine Action’ T...

Police Scotland and the Lord Advocate have been urged to uphold human rights law in Scotland following mass arrests of peaceful protestors in London this weekend. ‘Any arrests for the type of pe...

In response to the arrest of a woman in Belfast today for wearing a T-shirt with the slogan ‘We are all Palestine Action’, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Director of Amnesty International UK, said...

In response to the mass arrests of Palestine Action protesters in Parliament Square today, Sacha Deshmukh, Chief Executive of Amnesty International UK, said: “Today’s mass arrests of peaceful...

Hundreds gathered in Belfast today for a Refugees Welcome demonstration, showing solidarity with refugees following recent violent attacks against migrants and refugees across Northern Ireland. During...

‘Plans to escalate the military operations in Gaza City indicate that indeed the worst is yet to come’ - Agnès Callamard In response to the Israeli Security Cabinet’s approval of Prime Minister...

Responding to publication of the PSNI race and ethnicity action plan, Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland Director, said: “For too long, the PSNI has over-policed and under...