September 2011

Amnesty International welcomed the launch of a massive new campaign today, designed to keep Citizenship lessons in the curriculum, led by a passionate young person with the backing of 02 and celebrity DJ Reggie Yates. Posted: 29 Sep 2011

Amnesty International has denounced sentences against a group of doctors and other health workers as ludicrous after a military court in Manama today found them guilty of attempting to topple the government during protests earlier this year. Posted: 29 Sep 2011

NI Ministers urged to move more quickly to establish inquiry with proper powers of investigation. Posted: 29 Sep 2011

The 11-year sentence handed down to leading human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is another blatant attempt by the Iranian government to crush human rights organisations, said Amnesty International. Posted: 29 Sep 2011

Amnesty International has issued a warning to Northern Ireland Executive Ministers not to betray the victims of institutional child abuse by establishing an inquiry without adequate powers to investigate allegations of systemic abuse. Posted: 29 Sep 2011

The decision today by a Bahrain military court to uphold guilty verdicts against a group of prominent opposition activists exposes yet again the inherent unfairness of the trial process, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 28 Sep 2011

Amnesty International has today described the decision by the Northumbria police to use the unauthorised Taser X-Rep projectile during the apprehension of Raoul Moat as deplorable. Posted: 27 Sep 2011

The decision to sentence a woman to 10 lashes after she drove a car in Saudi Arabia demonstrates the scale of discrimination against women in the Kingdom, Amnesty International said today (Tues 27 Sept). Posted: 27 Sep 2011

Saudi Arabia must take immediate steps to end all discrimination against women in the kingdom, Amnesty International said today following moves to give women the right to vote. Posted: 26 Sep 2011

The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a detained blogger who has been on hunger strike for over a month, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 26 Sep 2011

Amnesty International today urged Haitian authorities to bring former President Jean-Claude Baby Doc Duvalier to justice for the human rights abuses committed under his regime from 1971 - 1986. Posted: 23 Sep 2011

Fresh evidence of the extreme brutality being meted out to Syrian protesters and their families has been revealed today by Amnesty International. Posted: 23 Sep 2011

Responding to media reports that the UK Ministry of Defence had contacted solicitors for families of many of the victims of Bloody Sunday to make compensation offers, Amnesty International said that financial compensation is only part of the right to remedy Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Campaigners have expressed their shock and sadness at the execution of Troy Davis in the US state of Georgia early this morning. Posted: 21 Sep 2011

The killing of 29 Shia Muslims in Pakistans Balochistan province highlights the failure of Pakistani authorities to address sectarian violence across the country, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 21 Sep 2011

Bianca Jagger, the Council of Europes Goodwill Ambassador on the Death Penalty, and the Director of Amnesty International UK Kate Allen, will lead a vigil outside the US embassy in London tonight ahead of the scheduled execution of Troy Davis in the USA. Posted: 21 Sep 2011

The release of the two US hikers imprisoned for more than two years in Iran is welcome, but long overdue, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 21 Sep 2011

Conditions in many prisons across Liberia are so poor that they violate basic human rights with inmates crowded into dirty cells without adequate food, water or healthcare, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. Posted: 21 Sep 2011

The Colombian authorities have failed to tackle the lack of justice for women and girl survivors of sexual violence during the country's long-running armed conflict, Amnesty International said in a new report launched in the Colombian capital Bogota today. Posted: 21 Sep 2011

The Iranian authorities must halt the execution of a 17-year old accused of killing an athlete known as Irans strongest man, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 20 Sep 2011