Press Releases
False claims on X (formerly Twitter) spread rapidly after tragic triple murder in Southport, contributing to violent racist riots across the UK. Amnesty International’s analysis links X’s design and...
In response to the UK–France deal on returning migrants coming into force, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “When it comes to asylum policy...
Responding to reports that at least 29 people were killed, hundreds more injured and more than 1,200 people arbitrarily arrested in Luanda, Huambo, Benguela and Huíla, during a three-day taxi drivers’...
Reacting to today’s ruling by the European Union (EU) Court of Justice (ECJ) that Italy’s rules on designating certain countries of origin as ‘safe’ for people seeking asylum was incompatible with EU...
Amnesty International UK has welcomed today’s damning report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), which finds that foreign states are operating with impunity to harass, threaten and...
‘Awda Al-Hathaleen’s killing is not the first, but it must be the last’ - Erika Guevara Rosas Reacting to the killing of Awda Al-Hathaleen, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research...
In response to the UK government’s announcement that it will recognise the State of Palestine in September unless Israel ‘takes steps’ over Gaza, Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty International UK’s Crisis...
Responding to the arbitrary executions of tortured political dissidents, Behrouz Ehsani , 69, and Mehdi Hassani , 48, in secret in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj, Alborz province, on 27 July, Kristine...
Following the landmark publication of two reports by leading Israeli human rights organizations B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, which concluded that Israel is committing genocide...
Responding to Prime Minister Starmer’s meeting in Scotland with President Trump, Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty International UK’s Crisis Response Manager, said: “This meeting made one thing clear: the UK...