Press Releases

Seventy gravestones have been placed outside the Scottish Parliament today (10 May) to signify the number of people lost to small arms around the world every two hours. At the same time Amnesty...

Hundreds of Amnesty International members from across the UK are descending on parliament today (10 May) to lobby MPs for tough controls on the Arms, as a new report reveals a network of arms...

Amnesty International UK will host a public debate on Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s human rights and fundamentalism at its Human Rights Action Centre (Shoreditch, East...

Amnesty International (AI) welcomes the call from the European Union Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini for European governments to cooperate fully with the Council of Europe's investigation into...

Amnesty International today revealed that six planes used by the CIA for renditions have made some 800 flights in European airspace including 50 landings at Shannon airport in the Republic of Ireland...

Amnesty has been campaigning for many years on the death penalty imposed on Children's rights and juveniles. Recently, the USA Supreme Court decided by a 5-4 majority that imposing such penalties on...

Stormont’s steps were turned into a graveyard today as campaigners from Amnesty International and Oxfam called for political support for an international Arms Treaty. The campaigners were joined by a...

Reacting to the news of police raids on brothels in Kent, Amnesty International UK Media Director Mike Blakemore said: “Amnesty welcomes the police crackdown on traffickers and their vicious trade in...

Reacting to the news of police raids on brothels in London and the West Midlands today (10 May), Amnesty International UK Media Director Mike Blakemore said: “Amnesty welcomes the police crackdown on...

Racist killings in Russia are out of control, said Amnesty International today (4 May), as it published a new report detailing instances of racially motivated killings, racist attacks and xenophobia...