Amnesty UK spokespeople
In addition to a wide range of experts located in dozens of countries, Amnesty can offer media spokespeople from its UK office.
These are listed (in alphabetical order) below.
For media requests concerning all Amnesty spokespeople - whether at Amnesty UK or globally - please contact the Amnesty International UK media office.
Kristyan Benedict
Crisis & Tactical Campaign Manager
Areas of expertise: Syria, Israel/Palestine, Armed Conflict
Twitter: @KreaseChan
Chiara Capraro
Women’s Rights Programme Manager
Areas of expertise: Women’s Rights
Twitter: @chiaracapraro
Patrick Corrigan
Northern Ireland Programme Director and Head of Nations & Regions
Areas of expertise: Lead spokesperson for Amnesty International in Northern Ireland. Covers a range of human rights issues, both domestic and international.
Twitter: @patrickcorrigan
Peter Frankental
Economic Relations Programme Director
Areas of expertise: Business and human rights, trade and investment
Tim Gee
Human Rights in the UK Campaign Manager
Areas of expertise: Human Rights in the UK
Allan Hogarth
Head of Policy & Government Affairs
Areas of expertise: UK foreign policy and tensions between trade versus human rights. Government compliance on range of human rights issues and political debates relating to rights.
Twitter: @hogihogarth
Felix Jakens
Head of Priority Campaigns
Areas of expertise: Managing the portfolio of work that the team is doing on campaigning for individuals at risk around the work. Leading on Write for Rights.
Twitter: @felixjakens
Rachel Logan
Law and Human Rights Programme Director
Areas of expertise: Barrister and expert in human rights and humanitarian law and policy.
Focus areas include: UK human rights legal framework, security and counter-terrorism, extraterritorial obligations and conflict, UN and other international rights obligations
Twitter: @rachelrlogan
Eilidh Macpherson
Individuals at Risk Campaign Manager
Areas of expertise: Amnesty’s work with Individuals at Risk, public mobilisation, reproductive rights, the death penalty, Amnesty's Write for Rights campaign.
Twitter: @eilidhmac
Naomi McAuliffe
Scotland Programme Director
Areas of expertise: Lead spokesperson for the media in Scotland. Covers most human rights issues domestically and internationally, with particular expertise in women’s rights, sexual and reproductive rights, devolution, Scottish Government’s international relations and Police Scotland.
Twitter: @NaomiMc
Lydia Parker
Human Rights in the UK Campaigner
Areas of expertise: Human Rights in the UK
Sara Rydkvist
Priority Campaign Manager
Areas of expertise: Human Rights Defenders
Twitter: @SaraRydkvist
Olly Sprague
Military, Security and Police Programme Director
Areas of Expertise: The arms and security trade, defence, armed conflict and human rights, police use of force, including Taser.
Twitter: @ollysprague
Polly Truscott
Foreign Affairs Adviser
Areas of expertise: country situations; thematical areas such as the death penalty and international peace keeping; international government organisations including the UN; and international human rights law.
Twitter: @pollyinthecity
Steve Valdez-Symonds
Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme Director
Areas of expertise: Refugee and migrant rights: the UK immigration, asylum and nationality systems; and the situation of refugees and migrants globally, especially in and neighbouring Europe.
Twitter: @stevesymondsAI
Lucy Wake
Government and Political Relations Manager
Areas of expertise: Government and Political Relations
Twitter: @lucywake