Press releases in 2025

In response to the UK government stating Israel is not acting with any genocidal intent in Gaza, Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Manager, said: “For the UK to conclude it...

The British national has been held in arbitrary detention since 2019 His mother ended an eight-month-long hunger strike earlier this year after the UK government assured her that they would do...

The admission that PSNI covert surveillance operations targeting journalists, including one later ruled unlawful, were withheld from the UK’s surveillance watchdog is “deeply concerning”, Amnesty...

Wael Al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s Gaza Bureau Chief, will deliver a powerful address at the vigi l Over 240 candles will be lit - each one honouring a Palestinian journalist killed in the Gaza genocide On...

Police make 857 arrests under the Terrorism Act at yesterday’s Defend Our Juries demo Amnesty’s observers witnessed episodes of police aggression, including supporters of the protest being shoved away...

Amnesty condemns arrests made at the Defend Our Juries ‘Lift The Ban’ demo in London today ‘Peaceful protest is a fundamental right. People are understandably outraged by the ongoing genocide being...

Entire swathes of Gaza City have been declared no-go zones Displaced Palestinians face repeated forced moves, living in squalid, overcrowded, makeshift camps deprived of their most basic needs...

Responding to the US government's decision to impose sanctions on Palestinian NGOs - Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights - in the context of sanctions...

Responding to news that the UK and Irish governments are close to an agreement on a legacy framework, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International UK’s Northern Ireland Deputy Director, said “The Legacy Act...

The six activists were released on bail under strict conditions this afternoon Prosecutors are seeking up to nine years in prison for each defendant ‘The use of courts and prisons to punish peaceful...