June 2013

With nationwide demonstrations expected in Egypt this weekend to mark the one-year point since President Mohamed Morsi took office, Amnesty International is calling for the Egyptian authorities to uphold the right to peaceful assembly and protect protesters and bystanders from violence. Posted: 28 Jun 2013

The municipal authorities of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, must allow the upcoming Baltic Pride to take place, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 27 Jun 2013

The Syrian authorities must drop charges against five human rights activists whose "patently unfair" terror trial was today put on hold for another two months, Amnesty International said. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Amnesty International has this afternoon welcomed a decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down a provision in a law that restricted access to federal funds for those in same-sex marriages. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Amnesty International has described the planned 500th execution in the US state of Texas tonight as a shameful milestone and is calling on the Texan governor Rick Perry to stop the execution. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

A death row prisoner in Nigeria is due to be executed by firing squad later this week after prison authorities dragged him to the gallows where they hanged four other men on Monday night, Amnesty International has learned. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Responding to the news that some 117 death row prisoners in Viet Nam face imminent execution when a change in the law comes into effect tomorrow, Amnesty International urged the government to reconsider their strategy and said introducing new laws to allow a mass cull of people is barbaric beyond words. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Police in Mauritania are using torture to coerce men, women and children into confessing to crimes while in custody, Amnesty International said after a 10-day research mission. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

A major fire that forced Shell to close its Trans Niger Pipeline in southern Nigeria raises serious questions about the way the oil giant is operating, Amnesty International and the Nigerian National Coalition on Gas Flaring and Oil Spills (NACGOND) said. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Amnesty International will hand in a petition tomorrow signed by nearly 100,000 people across the globe calling on the European Commission to take action to end the continuing widespread discrimination faced by Roma people across Europe. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Amnesty International has launched a new call on Prime Minister David Cameron to urgently secure the release of Shaker Aamer, the last former UK resident held at Guantanamo Bay. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Homophobic attacks and harassment across sub-Saharan Africa are reaching dangerous levels, Amnesty International warned in a new report out today. Posted: 25 Jun 2013

Ahead of an event in Westminster today, organised to mark 15 years since the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Amnesty International said the delay in delivering a Bill of Rights was unacceptable and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland must act now. Posted: 25 Jun 2013

Amnesty International has received credible reports that the authorities in the state of Edo in southern Nigerian have hanged four men in Benin City Prison today - the first known executions in the country since 2006. Posted: 24 Jun 2013

The US authorities must not prosecute anyone for disclosing information about the governments human rights violations, Amnesty International has said today after the US whistleblower Edward Snowden was charged under the USAs Espionage Act. Posted: 24 Jun 2013

Following weeks of violently-suppressed public protests, the Turkish governments declaration that public assemblies in Istanbuls central Taksim Square will not be tolerated will put Pride marches at risk over the next two Sundays, Amnesty International warned today. Posted: 21 Jun 2013

As hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in cities across Brazil, it's clear that the countrys police are ill-prepared to deal with protests on this scale. Posted: 21 Jun 2013

Amnesty International has launched a new Chinese-language website containing research reports, articles and blog entries on the organisations research and activism around the world. Posted: 21 Jun 2013

House of Commons Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, will deliver the Amnesty International Pride Lecture next month in Belfast. Posted: 20 Jun 2013

The Libyan authorities must act immediately to end the indefinite detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, including children, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today, 20 June 2013, World Refugee Day. Posted: 20 Jun 2013