October 2011

The authorities must stop trying civilians before unfair military courts, Amnesty International said today, after a prominent Egyptian blogger and activist was detained. Posted: 31 Oct 2011

Egyptian political parties must ensure that there are ten key human rights reforms to deliver the new Egypt promised by the 25 January Revolution, Amnesty International said today, as it issued a new human rights manifesto for the country. Posted: 31 Oct 2011

Speaking ahead of a major demonstration in London later today against the ongoing crackdown in Syria, Amnesty International UK's Director Kate Allen has described Syria's peaceful protesters as some of the bravest on the planet. Posted: 29 Oct 2011

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi must be allowed to surrender to the International Criminal Court to face investigation for crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said today, amid reports that the fugitive son of Colonel al-Gaddafi is willing to turn himself in. Posted: 28 Oct 2011

Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger will tell a Belfast crowd this evening (Friday) that social media websites like Twitter can help drive a worldwide human rights revolution. Posted: 28 Oct 2011

Lithuanias failure to investigate its role in the US-led rendition programme has forced an alleged victim of secret detention to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights, Amnesty International has said. Posted: 28 Oct 2011

The release of the Iranian actress sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in prison after appearing in a banned film highlights the need to release other detained filmmakers in Iran, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 27 Oct 2011

Amnesty International is joining with Syrians in the UK for a No More Blood - No More Fear march and rally outside the Syrian embassy in London on Saturday 29 October (12-4pm). Posted: 26 Oct 2011

More than one in ten of all murders in the Dominican Republic, a popular Caribbean tourist destination, are committed by the police, Amnesty International said in a new report today. Posted: 25 Oct 2011

The Syrian government has turned hospitals into instruments of repression in its efforts to crush opposition, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. Posted: 24 Oct 2011

Wrth ir Prif Weinidog ymweld Tsieina, mae Amnest Rhyngwladol yn mynnu ei fod yn trafod problemau hawliau dynol gydai bartneriaid yno gan amlygu eu hymgyrch yn defnyddio Te Tsieina. Posted: 24 Oct 2011

As the First Minister visits China, Amnesty International is demanding that he raises human rights issues with his counterparts, highlighting their campaign using China Tea. Posted: 24 Oct 2011

Amnesty International today urged the new Libyan authorities to ensure a full, independent and impartial investigation into how Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi died, saying if he was deliberately killed in captivity it would constitute a war crime. Posted: 21 Oct 2011

The reported death of Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi would bring to a close a chapter of Libya's history marked by repression and abuse but does not end the story, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 20 Oct 2011

Local and foreign armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) are still killing, abducting, torturing and raping civilians, as well as burning houses and looting property, Amnesty International said in a report released today (20 Oct). Posted: 20 Oct 2011

Response to the publication today of the Justice and Security Green Paper - unveiled by Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary. Posted: 19 Oct 2011

Amnesty International said today, that Basildon Council was conducting a forced eviction on an unprecedented scale at Dale Farm. Amnesty refuted attempts to portray the eviction as a site clearance and urged restraint from the police and bailiffs. Posted: 19 Oct 2011

The UK, USA and Russia are among several countries to have supplied large quantities of weapons to repressive governments in the Middle East and North Africa in recent years, despite having evidence that the weapons could be used to commit serious human rights violations, Amnesty International said in a new report published today (19 Oct). Posted: 19 Oct 2011

The international community must send a clear message that those responsible for extrajudicial executions, torture and enforced disappearances in Yemen will be brought to justice as part of any transition agreement, Amnesty has said, after at least 15 more people were reported killed by the security forces in the capital Sanaa since Saturday. Posted: 18 Oct 2011

There are fears for the safety of a former vice-president of the Bahrain Teachers Association after she was arrested in heavy-handed fashion before dawn this morning after recently speaking out about earlier abuses. Posted: 18 Oct 2011