Press releases in 2012

A photographer and journalism student faces up to seven years in prison after posting pictures of a stunt involving dropping hundreds of teddy bears from a plane, to draw attention to violations of...

An activist serving life imprisonment with hard labour for printing and distributing T-shirts calling for an end to the dictatorship in The Gambia must be freed, Amnesty International said marking its...

Bahrain must release all prisoners of conscience immediately and without conditions, Amnesty International said today, ahead of appeals in the cases of a prominent human rights activist and a group of...

‘These three activists have now been behind bars for months, awaiting a trial that should not be taking place’ - John Dalhuisen Amnesty International has reiterated its call for the release of three...

The Olympic Games start in a week’s time and will see representatives of hundreds of different nations taking part. Amnesty International’s annual report details the human rights situation in 155...

Amnesty International marks 15 years at the Fringe campaigning for freedom of expression this year, with a packed programme across the Edinburgh festivals including comedy, theatre, street art and...

Amnesty International marks 15 years at the Fringe campaigning for freedom of expression this year, with a packed programme across the Edinburgh festivals including comedy, theatre, street art and...

Senegal must abide by a decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and prosecute the former president of Chad Hissène Habré on charges relating to large-scale human rights abuses during his...

The UAE authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two prominent human rights lawyers arrested in recent days, Amnesty International said. Dr Mohamed ‘Abdullah al-Roken, a long-time...

“Declaring a state of emergency is not a license to commit human rights violations. After more than a year of prisoner amnesties and releases, the overall number of political prisoners in Burma is...