Press releases in 2011

Amnesty International has called on Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to fully implement a “general amnesty” by immediately freeing all prisoners of conscience, including those detained because of...

Video material and pics available - see notes to editors for details Amnesty International has warned that thousands of families in the Indian state of Orissa are facing serious health risks during...

Amnesty International has criticised today’s decision by the Dáil to instruct the Smithwick Tribunal to provide an interim report to the Dáil by 30 June and to complete its work by 30 November. The...

Amnesty International, the world’s largest human rights organisation, is celebrating 50 years of work on 28 May 2011. To mark Amnesty International's 50th anniversary, Scottish campaigners, artists...

Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters and Canadian rock band Blurred Vision have launched a video campaign about Iran in conjunction with Amnesty International. "Hey Ayatollah” is a collaborative video...

Comments made to CNN must lead to full investigation The Egyptian authorities must bring those responsible for ordering or conducting forced “virginity tests” on Women's rights's rightss rights's...

Amnesty International has urged the Bahrain authorities not to revert to the use of excessive force against protesters, as activists called for mass anti-government demonstrations across the country...

Those escaping tell of indiscriminate shelling and dwindling food supplies Scores of people have vanished from Libya’s Nafusa Mountain area apparently at the hands of forces loyal to Colonel al...

Amnesty International has obtained video footage that the organisation believes points to a ”shoot-to-kill” policy being used by the Syrian security forces to quell reform protests. The footage...

The arrest of alleged war criminal Ratko Mladić is a major step towards justice, Amnesty International said today as the Bosnian Serb former general was flown to The Hague to face trial on genocide...