Press releases in 2011

Thousands of Amnesty International supporters are appealing to the authorities in Cameroon to immediately and unconditionally release a man who has been jailed for charges of homosexuality and...

Ahead of tomorrow’s second reading of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill, Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said: “The TPIM proposals seem to have dropped...

Amnesty has names of 986 killed by security forces and 17 who died after torture Amnesty International has condemned Syrian authorities’ brutal treatment of protesters following one of the bloodiest...

A roster of international female soul, electronica and hip-hop artists is donating 60% of the proceeds of a new release entitled “Untold Songs: Vol.1” to Amnesty International. The collection...

The Qatari government’s deportation to Libya of Eman al-Obeidi, who publicly accused Libyan soldiers of rape, is a violation of international law, Amnesty International said today. Eman al-Obeidi was...

Belfast schoolgirl Natasha Kelly has collected the runner-up award in Amnesty International’s Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition. The UK-wide competition reached its climax recently...

It has been 22 years since the People’s Liberation Army fired on peaceful protesters in Beijing and other cities, killing hundreds, if not thousands, of students and other ordinary people who had...

The Burmese authorities must stop forcing prisoners into cells designed for military dogs, Amnesty International said today, after it emerged that the practice is being used as punishment against...

In a new briefing today, Amnesty International said that serious human rights violations continue to be committed in Bahrain. These include: Arrests Following the declaration of the state of emergency...

Two Amnesty International expert researchers have recently returned to London from Libya and are available for interview. Donatella Rovera is Amnesty International's Senior Crisis Response Adviser and...