Press Releases
The AK-47 assault rifle 'the so-called' weapon of choice of Northern Ireland's paramilitaries through the years - will remain the most widely-used weapon in conflict zones for at least the next 20...
Reacting to the announcement that the Government is setting up an anti-trafficking team in Northern Ireland to tackle the reported increase in the number of foreign Women's rights's rightss rights's...
The Control Arms Million Faces Petition has been collecting photos of supporters from around the world to reach the target of one million faces by the start of a crucial UN Review Conference on Small...
Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s rights groups in Jamaica are urging the country’s authorities to fight discrimination and sexual violence against Women's rights's rightss...
New report from Control Arms campaign: Amnesty International, Oxfam International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) The Kalashnikov assault rifle will remain the most widely...
Reacting to the conclusion of Operation Pentameter today (21 June), Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Operation Pentameter’s crackdown on the trafficking and forced prostitution of...
At a press conference held today, UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, joined Control Arms campaigners (Amnesty International, Oxfam and IANSA) and the Defence Manufacturers Association in a call...
Over 80 per cent of people in the UK (81%) fear guns coming in from overseas and ending up on British streets, according to a new survey released today (19 June). And these fears are well-founded as...
LGBT people around the world face discrimination and worse - almost 80 countries have laws that criminalise same sex relations. In Afghanistan, Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen people convicted of...
Family and Lib Dem MP issue fresh call for action over UK residents Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna, still held at Guantánamo Amnesty International today (14 June) issued a call for an investigation...