Press Releases
Amnesty International UK has welcomed today’s damning report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), which finds that foreign states are operating with impunity to harass, threaten and...
‘Awda Al-Hathaleen’s killing is not the first, but it must be the last’ - Erika Guevara Rosas Reacting to the killing of Awda Al-Hathaleen, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research...
In response to the UK government’s announcement that it will recognise the State of Palestine in September unless Israel ‘takes steps’ over Gaza, Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty International UK’s Crisis...
Responding to the arbitrary executions of tortured political dissidents, Behrouz Ehsani , 69, and Mehdi Hassani , 48, in secret in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj, Alborz province, on 27 July, Kristine...
Following the landmark publication of two reports by leading Israeli human rights organizations B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, which concluded that Israel is committing genocide...
Responding to Prime Minister Starmer’s meeting in Scotland with President Trump, Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty International UK’s Crisis Response Manager, said: “This meeting made one thing clear: the UK...
At least 36 Alawite women and girls, aged between three and 40 have been abducted and are at risk of forced marriage, trafficking, and further abuse In all but one of the documented cases, police and...
Responding to Prime Minister Starmer’s upcoming meeting with President Trump in Scotland on Monday, Sacha Deshmukh, Chief Executive of Amnesty International UK, said: “We are at a critical crossroads...
Amnesty International UK today announces that Chief Executive Sacha Deshmukh will step down from his role at the end of 2025, after five years at the helm of the UK section of the global human rights...
Amnesty’s briefing urges action to pressure Israel to end its ongoing genocide in Gaza, lift the humanitarian blockade, and dismantle its unlawful occupation and apartheid system over Palestinians...