Press Releases

Amnesty International UK has expressed disappointment following today’s High Court ruling that the court found it did not have the constitutional authority to intervene in the Government’s policy of...

Polling suggests a staggering 75% of the UK believe the Government’s plan to take PIP away from people who need it is cruel 69% of respondents prefer the UK government to tax the super-rich rather...

Five years since National Security Law enacted, new research reveals its ‘alarming’ impact Nearly 90% of people charged were denied bail UK and other governments need to step up and press for the law...

In response to today’s execution in Japan of a man convicted of the murder of nine people, Chiara Sangiorgio, Death Penalty Advisor at Amnesty International, said: “The execution of Takahiro Shiraishi...

Amnesty International UK has warned that the UK government’s revised welfare proposals remain fundamentally flawed and risk pushing thousands into poverty, particularly disabled people and those on...

In response to news that the UK government is considering making concessions on the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, Jen Clark, Amnesty International UK’s Economic, Social and...

Apparent police collusion is allowing trafficking and enslavement of huge numbers of people More than two-thirds of the scamming compounds identified continue to operate after police raids First-hand...

Torture and abuse have left survivors with tuberculosis, nerve and joint damage and broken teeth from torture and symptoms of PTSD Massive drop in foreign aid severely impacting availability of...

Amnesty International has today expressed its deep concern around the transparency and accountability of the review into Scottish Enterprise's human rights checks, after the Scottish Government...

Amnesty International is accusing successive UK governments of dismantling domestic safeguards against wrongful immigration decisions, forcing claimants to rely solely on Article 8 of the European...