News stories - 2013

The Hamas authorities in Gaza must halt several executions they say they plan to carry out after this weeks Muslim religious festival of Eid al-Fitr, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 8 Aug 2013

Amnesty International today (Thursday 8 August) joined bereaved families in calling for an independent public inquiry to be established into the circumstances leading to the Omagh bomb and the investigative failures that followed. Posted: 8 Aug 2013

Amnesty International has categorically rejected a claim made by Nabil Fahmy, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, that Amnesty has said it has evidence that heavy weapons are present inside a sit-in by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi near Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque in Cairo. Posted: 7 Aug 2013

Two new emergency decrees issued by the King of Bahrain last night - which include the banning of all protests - are a further shameful attempt to completely ban any form of dissent and freedom of expression in the country, said Amnesty International. Posted: 7 Aug 2013

New satellite images of Aleppo provide the most recent evidence of how the protracted conflict in Syria is resulting in massive human rights violations against the civilian population, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 7 Aug 2013

Women political activists in rural Zimbabwe have told Amnesty International they have been threatened with violence and forced to flee with their children for refusing to reveal their vote to supporters of Robert Mugabe's party during harmonized elections. Posted: 6 Aug 2013

Amnesty International today announced the guests due to appear on the Secret Comedy Podcasts: Live from the Underbelly this coming week including; Sandi Toksvig; Mark Thomas; Lucy Porter and Nish Kumar. Posted: 6 Aug 2013

As the UK Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to meet Bahrains King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at Downing Street today, Allan Hogarth, Head of Policy and Government Affairs at Amnesty International UK, said reform in Bahrain was a 'faade'. Posted: 6 Aug 2013

Local journalists to take part in Amnesty International's Human Rights and Investigative Journalism event as part of Feile An Phobail. Posted: 2 Aug 2013

A short briefing on some of the key human rights issues affecting the most popular holiday destinations for UK holidaymakers. Posted: 1 Aug 2013

The US authorities have failed to deliver justice for serious human rights violations committed during counter-terror operations dating back more than a decade, Amnesty International said as the sentencing phase opened today in the military trial of the US Army Private Bradley Manning. Posted: 31 Jul 2013

The Israeli authorities must avoid using excessive force on demonstrators planning to protest against a plan to forcibly evict tens of thousands of Arab Bedouins from their homes in southern Israel, said Amnesty International. Posted: 31 Jul 2013

Despite an acquittal on the most serious aiding the enemy charge against him, todays verdict against the US Private Bradley Manning reveals the US governments misplaced priorities on national security, said Amnesty International this evening. Posted: 30 Jul 2013

Evidence that the security forces have once again used unwarranted live fire and other excessive force underlines the crucial need for police reform, said Amnesty International today after a weekend of violence left 90 people dead. Posted: 29 Jul 2013

Todays decision by a Tunisian court to dismiss a defamation case against the 18-year-old FEMEN activist Amina Sboui is only a partial victory and the overall case against her is politically-motivated, said Amnesty International today as it called for her immediate release. Posted: 29 Jul 2013

As FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta gears up for its AGM this week (Thursday 1 August), indigenous communities in India have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal by one of the company's subsidiaries to mine their sacred lands. Posted: 29 Jul 2013

The government of Ivory Coast must excavate wells thought to be mass graves containing victims of an attack on a displaced persons camp last year, Amnesty International said in a report published today. Posted: 29 Jul 2013

A Russian appeal courts decision earlier today to keep a second Pussy Riot punk band member behind bars for performing a protest song is further confirmation of the countrys dangerous slide towards greater suppression of free speech, Amnesty International said. Posted: 26 Jul 2013

Eyewitnesses described seeing bodies piled up in the streets and civilians rounded up by pro-government forces. Posted: 26 Jul 2013

The security forces in Egypt must do more to protect protesters from violent attack and avoid the use of excessive force against peaceful gatherings, Amnesty International said as Egypt braces for major rival political rallies tomorrow. Posted: 25 Jul 2013