Press Releases

‘Amnesty International observers watched PSNI officers help the Metropolitan Police to haul older people, people with disabilities and relatives of holocaust survivors from the streets into police...

Responding to news that the Home Secretary is to hand police broader powers to tackle repeat protests, Tom Southerden, Amnesty International UK’s Law and Human Rights Director, said: “The ‘new’ powers...

‘Take this convention away and people will be vulnerable to the political whims of those who seek to undermine and deny them their rights’ -   Sacha Deshmukh In response to Kemi Badenoch’s...

‘The much longer, faster-firing barbs raise the possibility of serious unintended injuries, with children at particular risk’ - Oliver Feeley-Sprague Amnesty International UK has warned that the new...

‘The decades-long impunity for Israel’s blatant violations of international law must end, nothing can justify genocide’ - Agnès Callamard In response to reports that Israeli forces have intercepted at...

Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK Chief Executive: “Amnesty International UK is deeply saddened by the news of this morning's attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in north...

‘Keir Starmer has a serious role to play. With British citizens and British-flagged ships involved, he must not revert to silence as usual’ - Kerry Moscogiuri In response to reports that Israeli...

At least six settlement clubs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are playing in Israeli leagues - violating international law and FIFA’s own rules ‘ It is nothing short of a disgrace that the...

In response to the plan that the Trump administration has proposed to end the conflict in Gaza, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “The most urgent priority is to end...

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have used both civilians and soldiers as bargaining chips to pressure Israel to end its attacks Of 47 unlawfully held hostages, around 20 are believed to be alive...