Press Releases

‘Plans to escalate the military operations in Gaza City indicate that indeed the worst is yet to come’ - Agnès Callamard In response to the Israeli Security Cabinet’s approval of Prime Minister...

Responding to publication of the PSNI race and ethnicity action plan, Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland Director, said: “For too long, the PSNI has over-policed and under...

In response to the UK government detaining people under the UK–France returns deal, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “People are being...

Since Palestine Action was proscribed last month there have been more than 200 arrests for peacefully showing support for the group This weekend’s London protest, organised by Defend Our Juries, is...

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...