Press Releases
Jack Straw confirmed the UK government's commitment to work for an international Arms Treaty. "I announced last September that the UK would work for such a treaty. I want to set out today some more...
But the organisation said that there is still a pressing need for a public enquiry into non-combat deaths at Deepcut and other army barracks. Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Stephen Bowen...
He has been in a poor state of health, exacerbated by his treatment in prison, which has included torture, inadequate access to medical treatment, being held in a cell designed for military dogs...
This attack is intended to be a strong statement by Islamist groups to pressure the government to declare Bangladesh's Ahmadis "non-Muslims". Amnesty International members are urgently calling on the...
Peter Splinter, Amnesty International’s representative at the UN in Geneva, said: "Nepal is on the verge of a human rights catastrophe. Basic human rights have been suspended; impunity is rampant...
The authorities must open investigations into the allegations of unlawful killings, deaths resulting from torture and ill-treatment in custody and torture of Kurds that have come to light since March...
Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Stephen Bowen said: "With all of the detail around 'concessions' and amendments to this legislation, we shouldn’t lose sight of the simple fact that...
The report, featuring cases as recent as February this year, updates a December report on the risks faced by human rights activists in China. Ye Guozhu, a housing rights activist in Beijing, was...
Amnesty International Scotland and the Sunday Herald are inviting entries for a competition for the best article by a student in Scotland on the theme of ‘asylum and persecution’. The award aims to...
There are now estimated to be almost 650 million small arms in the world today, mostly in the hands of men, and nearly 60 percent of them in the hands of private individuals. Women's rights's rightss...