Press releases in 2011

Amnesty International UK today formally launched the 2012 Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition. The competition is open to students aged 7 to 18 from across the UK and is split into...

The death of a teenage protester in Bahrain last night must be independently investigated and the findings made public, Amnesty International has said today. Ahmed al-Jaber al-Qatan, 16, was shot...

Responding to public comments made by Northern Ireland Junior Ministers Jonathan Bell and Martina Anderson, Tim Hancock, Campaigns Director, Amnesty International UK, said: “Amnesty International has...

Film - ahead of World Day Against Death Penalty (10 Oct) - is part of campaign to stop stoning in Iran The Anglo-Iranian comedian Shappi Khorsandi has launched a new film that mocks Iran’s laws on...

Five years after Anna Politkovskaya’s murder ‘climate of impunity’ hampers investigations Five years after the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, little progress has been made to increase the safety of...

Others tried before military court should also get new hearings The decision by the Bahrain’s Public Prosecutor to order the re-trial of 20 medics before a civilian court is an important step towards...

Amnesty experts available for interview on or before 7 October ‘anniversary’ Almost ten years after a US-led military invasion removed the Taleban from Afghanistan, the Afghan government and its...

Last month Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued statements following the killing and mutilation by unknown persons of a woman in Syria believed to be Zaynab al-Hosni. Zaynab had...

Permanent members of the Security Council that used their veto yesterday to block a binding resolution on Syria have utterly failed in their responsibilities to protect the Syrian people, Amnesty...

26-year-old’s father says postponement is ‘like a death sentence’ Egypt’s military rulers are responsible for the life of a jailed blogger on the 43rd day of a hunger strike, Amnesty International...