Press releases in 2011

Commenting ahead of tomorrow's (Wednesday 23rd February) Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee debate on Migration and Trafficking following the committee's own inquiry last year, John...

Malorie Blackman and Elizabeth Laird confirmed as judges Two leading British authors were today confirmed as judges for Amnesty International’s prestigious Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year...

Injured prisoners left to be helped by fellow prisoners; hundreds of prisoners still at risk Egyptian prison guards in watchtowers are feared to have shot dead scores of inmates and a visitor during...

Amnesty International today called on Libyan leader Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi to immediately rein in his security forces amid reports of machine guns and other weapons being used against protestors and a...

Actor Samuel West will hand in a letter of protest and address a demonstration outside the Belarusian embassy in London this Saturday 19 February at 2pm The protest is held in solidarity with all the...

Call for all governments to stop discrimination and violation of human rights Amnesty International will lead a delegation of Scottish organisations campaigning for the rights of Gypsy Travellers and...

Following numerous reports that the Bahraini security forces have this week used excessive force in responding to peaceful anti-government protests, Amnesty International UK Arms Programme Director...

Amnesty International has called on Yemen to stop its security forces using excessive force after protesters and journalists were today reportedly attacked at peaceful demonstrations around the...

‘When we got out of the vehicle our blindfolds were taken off and soldiers started beating us with whips and truncheons’ - 18-year-old student Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian military to...

Amnesty International is urging the Hungarian authorities to reverse a resolution issued by the Chief of Budapest Police on 11 February banning the Gay Pride march scheduled for 18 June 2011 as part...