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Climate change ranks highest as most important issue facing world amongst 18-25 year oldsMajor new survey reveals what young people think about state of human rights
Press release 10 Dec 2019 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty urges 1,200 schools to let pupils strike for climatePress release 27 Nov 2019 -
Brazil: Halt illegal cattle farms fuelling Amazon rainforest destruction - new reportCattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures that violate human rights in Reserves and Indigenous territories
Press release 26 Nov 2019 -
Police ban on Extinction Rebellion protests unlawful, court rules'The sweeping, ill-defined and capital-wide ban sent the chilling message that basic freedoms in this country can be set aside when the authorities choose to do so' - Kate Allen
Press release 06 Nov 2019 -
USA: Trump's withdrawal from Paris climate agreement is 'monstrous'‘He is wilfully vandalising global attempts to save humanity’
Press release 05 Nov 2019 -
Extinction Rebellion blanket ban chilling and unlawful'The police must respect the rights of those peacefully protesting and ensure that the voices of those demanding action on tackling the climate crisis are allowed to be heard' - Allan Hogarth
Press release 15 Oct 2019 -
Striking to save our islandsOn Friday 15th March South Uist Amnesty activist, Méabh Mackenzie led Daliburgh school children to strike for the climate.
Blog post 19 Sep 2019 -
Greta Thunberg urges people to take to the streets in speech ahead of global climate protest‘No one is too small to make a difference’ - Greta Thunberg
Press release 17 Sep 2019 -
Top 3 things you need to know about the Global Climate StrikeOn Friday 20 September, millions of people will be out on the streets all around the world to demand action on climate change from their leaders. Here’s how to join the Global Climate Strike where you are.
Blog post 12 Sep 2019 -
UK: Glasgow confirmed as host for next UN climate crisis summitGlasgow 2020 an 'unmissable opportunity to turn the tide' and avert escalating climate crisis - Kerry Moscogiuri
Press release 11 Sep 2019 -
Amnesty chief urges 25,000 UK schools to let children strike for climate‘The climate emergency is the defining human rights issue for this generation of children’ – Kumi Naidoo
Press release 10 Sep 2019 -
UK schools must let children strikeAmnesty International chief, Kumi Naidoo, writes to 25,000 headteachers urging them to ‘neither prevent nor punish’ pupils from taking part in the global days of strikes. His letter comes ahead of the biggest ever wave of global climate strikes between…
Blog post 10 Sep 2019 -
Brazil: Authorities must prosecute those responsible for destruction of AmazonPress release 02 Sep 2019 -
Amnesty International to divest from fossil fuel companies
Human rights organisation also aims to become carbon neutral by 2035 and slash air travel by a third
Press release 05 Aug 2019 -
Nigeria: Shell ruling on involvement in Ogoni Nine executions a 'vital step towards justice'A Dutch court has ruled in favour of the plaintiffs & said the court has jurisdiction
Press release 01 May 2019 -
Ecuador: women environmental defenders in life-threatening danger due to government failingsNew Amnesty International report shows Ecuadorian authorities are failing to prevent attacks against Amazonian Women environmental defenders
Press release 30 Apr 2019 -
The women risking their lives to save the planetThese Amazonian women are risking their lives to protect the world’s largest rainforest, defying huge political and economic interests.
Blog post 30 Apr 2019 -
The solutions to climate crisis are known – now is the time to actElizabeth Thomson, Campaigner at Amnesty Scotland reflects on the Scottish Parliament's recent debates about climate change, and why climate change is a human rights issue.
Blog post 03 Apr 2019 -
Electric vehicle companies called on to produce 'ethical battery' within five years‘Consumers have the right to demand that products marketed as the ethical choice really stand up to scrutiny’
Press release 21 Mar 2019 -
Climate change could become the greatest human rights violation in historyClimate change could amount to the greatest inter-generational human rights violation in history
Blog post 13 Mar 2019
