Skip to main content
Amnesty International UK
Log in
Israel/OPT: Opening aid routes into Gaza urgently needed but Israel's announcement is 'long overdue'

Israel's announcement that it has approved the opening of two humanitarian routes into the occupied Gaza Strip, including the temporary re-opening of Erez crossing in northern Gaza and Ashdod port, is...

Iran: 853 people executed last year after surge in use of death penalty in drugs cases

New report shows Iranian authorities also used executions to tighten grip on power after 2022’s mass protests Feared Revolutionary Courts handed down nearly two-thirds of death sentences Five child...

Uganda: Court 'turned its back' on human rights by failing to repeal callous anti-LGBTI law

The Anti-Homosexuality Act is one of the most extreme anti-LGBTI laws in the world There’s been a wave of violence, arrests, death penalty cases, anal examinations and evictions since the Act was...

Saudi Arabia: twelve football fans could face five years in jail for match chants

Twelve supporters of Al Safa FC, from the country’s Eastern Province, are accused of ‘sectarian’ Shia chants Case highlights ‘serious risks’ that fans face in Saudi Arabia even as the country remains...

Israel/OPT: UN expert's report on genocide in Gaza must lead to international action

Francesca Albanese tells UN Human Rights Council there are ‘reasonable grounds to believe the threshold indicating Israel’s commission of genocide is met’ Campaigners rename road outside Israeli...

UK: campaigners rename road outside Israeli Embassy 'Genocide Avenue'

Activist in Benjamin Netanyahu face mask attached authentic-looking London street signs to lamp posts near embassy building Event comes as Francesca Albanese says there are ‘reasonable grounds’ to...

Julian Assange 'left in limbo' by High Court adjournment

Reacting to the UK High Court’s decision to adjourn Julian Assange’s permission to appeal his extradition to the United States, Simon Crowther, Amnesty International’s Legal Adviser said: “The High...

Russia: justice for victims of concert attack must include addressing evidence of torture

Mass killing at Crocus City Hall must be thoroughly investigated Footage suggests one detained suspect had an ear cut off by his interrogators ‘Victims will not obtain justice unless those responsible...

Israel/OPT: UN Gaza resolution 'long overdue' but must now pave way to enduring ceasefire

‘This resolution must be accompanied by a shift in political pressure, including an immediate and comprehensive arms embargo’ - Agnès Callamard Responding to the UN Security Council’s adoption of a...

UN: Saudi Arabia to be appointed chair of UN gender equality forum despite ‘abysmal’ women’s rights record

Leaked draft of first written penal code shows catastrophic consequences for women Saudi women who have tweeted support for women’s rights sentenced to some of the longest prison terms Amnesty has...