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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

New Police Ombudsman Jacqui Durkin urged to release Martin O’Hagan report Sunday World journalist shot dead in 2001 and family say they are being ‘fobbed off’ #pressfreedom

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Belfast anti-racism rally to take place after days of disorder in city Together Against Hate: Saturday 1pm - Belfast City Hall 'Racists are a minority here and that their hatred is opposed by people from every corner of this city.' www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast... @belfastlive.co.uk

Screenshot from Belfast Live article linked below - image of anti-racism protestors in Belfast

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Family of murdered journalist Martin O'Hagan call on Police Ombudsman's office to release completed report - UTV News The Police Ombudsman’s report must be published without further delays - the O’Hagan family has already been waiting too long. #PressFreedom

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

To read more about the circumstances of the 2001 murder of Northern Ireland journalist Martin O'Hagan, the lack of accountability in the 25 years since, and the ongoing threat of violence against journalists, see our 2025 report, 'Occupational Hazard?'. Link: www.amnesty.org.uk/knowledge-hu...

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Comprehensive Fiosrú & Garda investigations are urgently needed into the actions of private security and gardaí ending in Yves Sakila’s death. His family, friends and the Congolese and African communities need truth and justice to prevail. Vigil tomorrow, Friday 5:30pm - Belfast.

UAR Belfast has announced a vigil following the death of Yves Sakila tomorrow, Friday 22 May at 5.30pm at Writers’ Square.

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

JAM-NESTY 2026! On April 27th, Mandela Hall at QUBSU will become more than a venue. It will becomes a space where voices rise together in solidarity LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM: DELUSH Foreign Mornings Novena 4AM Club Daniel Anti Caelum ⏰ Doors open 2pm Tickets: fixr.co/event/jam-ne...

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

As part of its genocidal campaign in Gaza, Israel has so far killed 20,000 Palestinian children and damaged or destroyed 85%+ of schools. UN experts have called it ‘scholasticide’. Thank you to teachers’ union NASUWT NI for the opportunity for Amnesty to speak at their annual conference today.

Patrick Corrigan

Photo: Kevin Cooper NUJ / photoline

NASUWT NI conference

Photo: Kevin Cooper NUJ / photoline

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A clerical child abuse inquiry for Northern Ireland is long overdue. This week, Amnesty International's Patrick Corrigan joined victim/survivors Nikella Holmes and Anthony Gribben to give evidence to the Executive Office committee at the NI Assembly.

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

PSNI’s planned ‘10 shot taser’ electro-shock weapon carries significant new risks The longer, faster-firing barbs raise the possibility of serious unintended injuries, particularly for children, who may face a heightened risk of facial or eye injuries. Article: @irishnews.com

Patrick Corrigan, from Amnesty International, said the “new Taser 10 electro-shock weapon carries significant new risks, with the potential for serious unintended injuries”.

“A weapon that can fire ten times carries a real risk of overuse and serious injury,” he said.

“The longer, faster-firing barbs raise the possibility of serious unintended injuries, particularly for children, who may face a heightened risk of facial or eye injuries.”

Mr Corrigan said calling the new weapon ‘safer’ is “misleading”.

“Amnesty International recognises that the police have a duty to protect the public and themselves from harm,” he said.

“However, we have serious concerns about the use of Tasers, including the rise in their use by the PSNI over the past year.”

Mr Corrigan urged the Policing Board to limit the use of Tasers.

“With the introduction of this new Taser, the Northern Ireland Policing Board should, at a minimum, ensure that the PSNI ends the use of this electro-shock weapon against children, in compliance with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s repeated recommendations,” he said.

TASER 10 Conducted Energy Device - image © Omega Research Foundation

Barb from TASER 10 Conducted Energy Device - image © Omega Research Foundation

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Two years ago, Hind Rajab was killed by Israeli forces. She was five years old. Hind and her relatives were fired on by an Israeli tank when trying to flee to safety. Everyone in the vehicle was killed. A UN Inquiry found the killing of the family was an example of Israel's genocide in Gaza.

A photo of Hind Rajab with a mortarboard hat on pretending to be graduating from university. Writing over the photo says: Justice for Hind Rajab.

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Distraught families in #Iran have searched for their missing loved ones in overflowing morgues, hospitals and warehouses. The Iranian authorities must be held accountable. We call on UN member states to take urgent diplomatic action. Join our call: amn.st/6018CFzs8

Image of Iranian woman surrounded by body bags, with the message: 'Hold Iranian authorities to account. Act now!'

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Clerical abuse is not historical. Recent revelations show safeguarding failures are still happening in Northern Ireland today. Children remain at risk. We are calling on FMdFM to act on recommendations in a report they commissioned: a public inquiry and safeguarding measures.

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Write for Rights! Write a letter, change a life. Join Amnesty International for Write for Rights 🗓 Saturday 13 December 2025 ⏰ 10:00 - 14:00 📍 The MAC Info: www.nihrf.com/events/write...

Image advertising Write for Rights event as part of NI Human Rights Festival 2025

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

‘Genocide continues in Gaza’, Belfast Palestine solidarity rally told The citizens of Belfast came out in their thousands on Saturday to stand in solidarity with a people facing an ongoing genocide. #EndGenocide #EndIsraeliApartheid

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Northern Ireland: Call on Irish FA to back UEFA suspension of Israel after FA Ireland votes for action “The Irish FA can’t sit this one out. “Football cannot preach fair play on the pitch while enabling human rights violations off it.” www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Israeli settlement under construction in the occupied West Bank. These settlements are illegal under international law.

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

It’s time to show Israel the red card. 🟥 The Israel FA is in breach of FIFA statutes and international law as it allows clubs based in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to play in its leagues. We're calling on the Irish FA to support the call to suspend Israel FA from UEFA and FIFA competitions.

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Sunday World journalist Martin O’Hagan was shot dead by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland on this day in 2001. No one has ever been held accountable. We demand the Police Ombudsman’s report is published — and a fresh investigation into his murder. www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Amnesty International has written to Northern Ireland Secretary of State Hilary Benn to request a public inquiry into unlawful state surveillance in Northern Ireland. Amnesty's @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social spoke to Paul Clark at UTV News to explain why. #PressFreedom

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

'Shocking' attempt to cover up police surveillance of journalists “Unfortunately, the PSNI has shown itself to be a repeat lawbreaker when it comes to covert surveillance of journalists. These revelations strike at the heart of public trust in policing.” More: www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Belfast Telegraph: Unlawful surveillance of NI journalists was withheld from watchdog by PSNI

Public inquiry call as reporter asks what else police failed to disclose

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

“The people at the heart of this story seem to be forgotten... the refugees themselves who have often fled war and persecution and are simply seeking safety for themselves and their families” - Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International Link www.itv.com/news/utv/202...

Screenshot of UTV news report, featuring Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International -- 'Northern Ireland councils asked to investigate legal status of hotels housing asylum seekers'

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Northern Ireland: Asylum seekers deserve to live with dignity Hotels are unsuitable for housing people seeking asylum. This judgment and further challenges must not lead to even further disruption and insecurity for refugees trying to rebuild their lives. More 👉 www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Amnesty supporters holding 'refugees welcome signs'

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Amnesty International has called on the PSNI to “uphold people’s right to protest against the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza”. > Police probing possible offences following pro-Palestine rally in Belfast - UTV News www.itv.com/news/utv/202...

The PSNI issued warnings at the event regarding potential offences being committed.
Credit: UTV

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Amnesty International has written to PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher following the arrest of a woman for wearing a 'Palestine Action' T-shirt. Arresting people on terrorism offences for wearing a T-shirt flies in the face of international human rights law. www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Excerpt: I am writing regarding the policing of protest related to the proscription of Palestine Action and the violations of international human rights law that this has involved. I write following the arrest of a woman on Saturday 9th August at a Refugees Welcome rally in Belfast which I addressed.

Since Palestine Action was proscribed on 5th July 2025, there have been a series of protests by groups and individuals opposed to that decision. These protests have occurred in various locations including in Northern Ireland, where protesters have displayed signs or worn t-shirts with messages such as, ‘I Oppose Genocide. I Support Palestine Action’ or similar.

These protests have been entirely peaceful. Nevertheless, as you will know, very large numbers of these protesters have been arrested for offences under Sections 12 and 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 across the UK, including now in Northern Ireland. The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters solely for expressing the statement ‘I Oppose Genocide. I Support Palestine Action’ is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

Further arrests on this basis would violate international human rights law. As such, we urge you to instruct your officers to comply with the UK’s international obligations and act with restraint in their response to any such protests that occur, by not arresting protesters who display messages that state they oppose genocide and support Palestine Action.

Under the international human rights framework to which the UK is a party, state interference with expression and peaceful assembly must be lawful, and a necessary and proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. In this context, protest speech can only be criminalised if it incites violence or advocates hatred or discrimination.

Excerpt: The High Court in England & Wales has recently granted permission for Palestine Action to pursue judicial review proceedings against their proscription. In doing so the High Court has ruled that it is at least arguable that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. The legal foundation for the section 12 and 13 offences under which arrests have taken place up to now is therefore in doubt, and subject to what the court referred to as a ‘serious issue to be tried’. In these circumstances, continuing to implement arrests would be a reckless use of police power, and inevitably risk breaching the test of legality.

People are understandably and justifiably outraged by the ongoing genocide being committed by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza. They are entitled under international human rights law to peacefully express themselves. There is no reasonable basis for peaceful protesters to be regarded as inciting violence. It is therefore disproportionate, and a clear violation of the UK’s human rights obligations, to be arresting and treating them as terrorists.

We urge you to ensure the PSNI’s approach to such protests is in compliance with the international human rights standards to which the UK has signed up.

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Belfast - a city of welcome. Compassion, dignity, and human rights for all. 🧡 #RefugeesWelcome 📍 #Belfast

Say no to racism. Ten Square Hotel. Sat 9th August, 1pm. United Against Racism.

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Our Belfast: free from racism Sunday 1pm, Belfast City Hall We are proud to join with our neighbours in standing against the rise of racism and racist attacks on our community. Please join us.

Our Belfast: free from racism
Peaceful community gathering
Sunday 23 March at 1pm, Belfast City Hall

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Northern Ireland: latest PSNI figures show race hate crimes hit ‘all-time high’ during summer 2024 ‘Years of complacency about the rise of racism here left bigoted thugs, including paramilitaries, emboldened to carry out an ever-greater number of attacks’ www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Police recorded race incidents each month April 2019 to December 2024, showing highest and lowest levels in each financial year.
Graph shows spike in incidents in summer 2024.
Extracted from PSNI / NISRA report here: https://www.psni.police.uk/system/files/2025-02/2023864648/Hate%20Motivations%20Bulletin%20Period%20ending%2031st%20December%202024.pdf

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

This ban is discriminatory and violates human rights. All women have the right to choose what to wear. The sports hijab bans in France are yet another measure underpinned by Islamophobia and a patriarchal attempt to control what Muslim women wear.

France - Senate votes to ban wearing a hijab in sports

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Today, tomorrow, and every day after that. Women have the right to choose what to wear.

Text on graphic reads 'Women have the right to choose what to wear'. The word choose is emphasised in yellow text, whilst the rest of the text is white on a grey background. An illustration of seven women in different kinds of clothes.

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

76 years ago the United Nations adopted the Genocide Convention - a treaty adopted in the aftermath of the Holocaust to ensure such mass atrocities never happened again. Tragically, this has not been the reality, as we now see in Gaza. Read our report: amn.st/6017QR1gz

Text: 'This is genocide', with image of devastation in Gaza

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Syria: ousting of Assad is 'historic opportunity' to redress decades of human rights violations “After over five decades of brutality and repression, the people of Syria may finally have an opportunity to live free of fear with their rights respected.” www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Image of Assad in a picture frame with broken glass

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Sign up now: Tuesday 3 December, 6pm - online. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese will speak to her latest report, Genocide as Colonial Erasure, in which she examines the unfolding horrors in the occupied Palestinian territory. Register free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/genocide-a...

Image of Francesca Albanese
Text: Genocide as Colonial Erasure
Amnesty International NI Annual Lecture with Francesca Albanese

NI Human Rights Festival
Amnesty International

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

NEW: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, will deliver this year’s Amnesty International NI annual lecture. The event, chaired by @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social, will be available to view online www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Photo: Ned Mansour

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Join us for the Voices of Afghanistan webinar with the Amnesty Feminists network 🌍 Hear from young Afghan women advocating for change. Featuring Ariana Abawe & Sara Wahedi. 🗓️5th Dec. 🕐1pm 🎟 Register now 👉🏽 zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Amnesty International NI @amnestyni.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

WANTED: ❌Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu ❌Israel’s former defence minister, Yoav Gallant ❌Al-Qassam Brigades commander, Mohamed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri Should these wanted men enter the UK, the authorities must arrest them in compliance with international law.

Image of PM of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.

WANTED by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity

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