Press Releases

Racism is a major element in many of the cases and all involve persons of foreign, predominantly Arab and African, origin. Complaints about police conduct in France increased by nearly 20 per cent in...

The report by the Control Arms campaign - Amnesty International, Oxfam International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) - shows that while weapons and ammunition often do carry...

Reports indicate that the victims were indiscriminately shot by a group of men from a moving car, in Rio’s Baixada Fluminense area. According to reports, the Rio state Secretary for Public Security...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: "The ICC provides the best chance we have of justice for Darfur - an opportunity for the world to show that it has the means and the will to combat...

According to reports received by Amnesty International, police beat several of the Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights during and after arrest. Some were beaten on their...

The human rights organisation is calling on Israel to lift blockades and restrictions in the Occupied Territories and to ensure prompt passage and access to adequate medical facilities for pregnant...

But the organisation warned of a dangerous precedent that could be set if peacekeepers from states that have not ratified the Rome Statute are granted immunity. Amnesty's call came as the House of...

Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan said: "Responsibility to avoid selectivity and double standards rests with each member. "Each member that calls on the Commission to address some...

During a research trip to Zimbabwe last month, Amnesty International delegates gathered evidence of continued government intimidation and arrest of opposition candidates and supporters, manipulation...

The allegations are made in a new report published by Amnesty International today (23 March), which looks at human rights violations committed as part of Kenya’s ‘crackdown’ on terrorism since...