May 2011

Amnesty International, the worlds largest human rights organisation, is celebrating 50 years of work on 28 May 2011. To mark Amnesty International's 50th anniversary, Scottish campaigners, artists and politicians will be raising a 'Toast to Freedom' at an Edinburgh event on Wednesday 1st June. Posted: 31 May 2011

Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters and Canadian rock band Blurred Vision have launched a video campaign about Iran in conjunction with Amnesty International. Posted: 31 May 2011

The Egyptian authorities must bring those responsible for ordering or conducting forced virginity tests on women protestors to justice following a senior military figures admission that the army subjected female protesters to them, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 31 May 2011

Amnesty International has urged the Bahrain authorities not to revert to the use of excessive force against protesters, as activists called for mass anti-government demonstrations across the country tomorrow. Posted: 31 May 2011

Scores of people have vanished from Libyas Nafusa Mountain area apparently at the hands of forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi, Amnesty International said today as it released a new report into deteriorating conditions in the western region of the country. Posted: 27 May 2011

In response to news reports of the arrest of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic Posted: 26 May 2011

Amnesty International has obtained video footage that the organisation believes points to a shoot-to-kill policy being used by the Syrian security forces to quell reform protests. Posted: 26 May 2011

he arrest of alleged war criminal Ratko Mladić is a major step towards justice, Amnesty International said today as the Bosnian Serb former general was flown to The Hague to face trial on genocide charges. Posted: 26 May 2011

Leaders of the G8 industrialised nations should take bold action to support human rights in the Middle East and North Africa following a wave of pro-reform protests across the region, Amnesty International has said. Posted: 26 May 2011

Prominent Azerbaijani newspaper editor Eynulla Fətullayev has paid tribute to Amnesty International after being released earlier today under a presidential pardon. Posted: 26 May 2011

Forces allied to both former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and incumbent Alassane Ouattara committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during six months of deadly violence following disputed elections, Amnesty International said in a report released today. Posted: 25 May 2011

In a message to Amnesty International, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmas iconic pro-democracy leader who was released last year after having spent 15 of the last 20 years under house arrest, paid tribute to the work that Amnesty had done over the last half a century Posted: 25 May 2011

Amnesty International has declared Russian businessmen Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev prisoners of conscience after the two mens convictions on money laundering were upheld yesterday. Posted: 25 May 2011

Northern Ireland: Local journalist collects human rights award for Bloody Sunday Inquiry reporting Posted: 25 May 2011

Amnesty International has warned that anti-personnel mines could litter the Libyan coastal town of Misratah, amid new evidence that Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafis forces placed them in residential areas during their battle with opposition forces. Posted: 25 May 2011

Top UK journalists will tonight (24 May) join together in a mass tweet to the President of Azerbaijan, urging President Aliyev to immediately and unconditionally release jailed newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev. Posted: 24 May 2011

Amnesty International UK has announced the winners of its prestigious annual media awards, this year celebrating its 20th year. Posted: 24 May 2011

Amnesty International today (23 May) responded to the report of the public inquiry into allegations of security force collusion in the murder of the solicitor Rosemary Nelson. Posted: 23 May 2011

New European Union sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad of Syria should prompt the UN and Arab League to take tougher action against Syria over its violent crackdown against protesters, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 23 May 2011

Authorities in Jamaica must bring to justice those responsible for the human rights violations during an operation to arrest a suspected gang leader in Tivoli Gardens last year, which resulted in the killing of 74 people, said Amnesty International today [23 May]. Posted: 23 May 2011