Press Releases
The UK’s new anti-trafficking measures are “not fit for purpose” and the government is breaching its obligations under the European Convention against Trafficking (1), said a coalition of British...
Reacting to today's decision by the Supreme Court in the case of an individual referred to as "AP", that a control order imposing curfew restrictions and social isolation on an individual can...
The UK’s new anti-trafficking measures are 'not fit for purpose' and the government is breaching its obligations under the European Convention against Trafficking, said a coalition of British human...
Amnesty International has today criticised Israel’s proposed investigation into its military action against a Gaza aid flotilla as lacking in transparency and unlikely to ensure accountability over...
Amnesty International is calling on all countries neighbouring Kyrgyzstan to open their borders to thousands of people desperately seeking refuge from the violence that has engulfed the southern part...
Reacting to the publication today of Lord Saville’s report into ‘Bloody Sunday’, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “The inquiry into Bloody Sunday began with a promise of truth and we...
Five Burmese exiled dissidents staged a defiant protest at the country’s London embassy earlier this morning to mark the 65th birthday of Burma’s iconic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung San Suu Kyi led...
Amnesty International has urged the Kyrgyzstani interim government and local authorities to ensure protection for all Kyrgyzstani citizens and in particular those of Uzbek origin who have been...
Human rights violations in the run up to the World Cup There has been an increase in police harassment of informal traders (hawkers), homeless South Africans, and refugees and migrants who are living...
Amnesty International called on the Colombian authorities to ensure justice for all victims of the 1985 hostage situation at the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, which left over 100 people dead, following...