Latest
Latest news, commentary, and analysis from Amnesty International UK.
Showing 360 articles
Clear all filters-
UK/Guantánamo: new all-party parliamentary group to call for notorious camp's closure20 Apr 2023 Press release
-
UK: PM should not pander to extremist ministers by ignoring ECHR decisions in the Immigration BillIgnoring court injunctions whenever the Government feels like it would violate the rule of law and this proposal should be abandoned immediately.
20 Apr 2023 Press release -
Good Friday Agreement: Sunak pledge to peace agreement will be judged by actions'The total absence from Sunak’s speech of Troubles victims was a missed opportunity to show he is listening to them and the opposition to his Government's Troubles Bill' - Grainne Teggart
19 Apr 2023 Press release -
Iran: prison letter from British national Mehran Raoof highlights need for UK action13 Apr 2023 Press release
-
Good Friday Agreement: Amnesty response to President Biden’s speech
'When the anniversary celebrations end, the UK government's threats to the Agreement will remain unless the PM changes course on the Troubles Bill' - Grainne Teggart
12 Apr 2023 Press release -
Sunak-Biden meeting: PM must end hypocrisy and scrap legislation violating Good Friday Agreement
UK government actions that are recklessly undermining the delicate peace settlement must be on the Biden-Sunak meeting agenda
11 Apr 2023 Press release -
Troubles Bill: All cards are on table for Irish government taking UK to court
Amnesty and Troubles victims made call for legal challenge in meeting with Tánaiste Micheál Martin ahead of 25th anniversary of Belfast/Good Friday Agreement
06 Apr 2023 Press release -
UK: Plan to house people seeking asylum on a barge is 'ministerial cruelty'Along with the disastrous Rwanda scheme, all talk of barges, cruise ships and former military barracks should be abandoned.
05 Apr 2023 Press release -
UK: Home Office plans to house asylum seekers in barges is 'dismal'The Government wrecked the asylum system by choosing to stop or delay making decisions on thousands of people’s asylum claims
29 Mar 2023 Press release -
UK: Police must end ‘appalling’ use of strip searches against children
'The appalling use of strip searches against children must stop once and for all' - Ilyas Nagdee
26 Mar 2023 Press release -
Israel/UK: Rishi Sunak should raise apartheid crimes during Netanyahu visit - letter22 Mar 2023 Press release
-
Global: Protesters increasingly maimed and killed by police misuse of rubber bulletsPeople exercising their human right to protest are being increasingly maimed and killed by police misuse of rubber bullets, some which are produced in the UK. Learn why we need a global torture-free trade treaty to regulate trade in policing equipment.
13 Mar 2023 Press release -
Manchester Amnesty group will display ‘No Qatari sportswashing at United!’12 Mar 2023 Press release
-
UK/France: New deal to prevent people crossing the Channel is 'heartless and anti-refugee'
Seeking asylum is a vital human right, not something that can be banned or withdrawn for political convenience.
10 Mar 2023 Press release -
UK: Government's anti-asylum bill is a 'shocking new low'Attempting to disqualify people’s asylum claims en masse regardless of the strength of their case is a shocking new low for the Government.
07 Mar 2023 Press release -
UK: Asylum questionnaire is 'too little, too late'New Home Office statistics show asylum claims backlog topping 160,000
23 Feb 2023 Press release -
UK: Arrests of peaceful tree protesters in Northamptonshire 'deeply disturbing'
Four activists in Wellingborough - including an 84-year-old - were arrested by Northants Police for protesting against felling of historically-important trees
22 Feb 2023 Press release -
UK: Judgement on Shamima Begum's citizenship is 'disappointing'The Home Secretary shouldn’t be in the business of exiling British citizens by stripping them of their citizenship.
22 Feb 2023 Press release -
UK: Shawcross review of Prevent is 'deeply prejudiced and has no legitimacy'Controversial counter-terrorism programme overwhelmingly directed at children and young people
08 Feb 2023 Press release -
UK: 'Alarming' anti-strike bill gives Government sweeping powers to clamp down on industrial actionProposed anti-strike law ignores key safeguards and undermines international labour standards
31 Jan 2023 Press release
