Press Releases

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...

Joint statement from REDRESS, Amnesty International and Justice Today is a sad day for British justice. The UK’s highest court gave complete immunity to the Saudi torturers of four UK citizens...

Family and Lib Dem MP issue fresh call for action over London residents Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna, still held at Guantánamo Amnesty International today (14 June) issued a call for an...

Joint statement from Redress, Amnesty International and Justice Today is a sad day for British justice. The UK’s highest court gave complete immunity to the Saudi torturers of four UK citizens who...

Amnesty International has called for a fully independent investigation led by civilians into the recent deaths of three Guantánamo detainees after apparent suicides. The organisation also called on...