Press Releases
EU Arms Embargo The EU imposed an embargo on arms transfers to China after the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, in response to "the repressive actions against those who legitimately claim their...
In its appeal, Amnesty International sets out how the USA’s detention and interrogation policies in the "war on terror" have flouted hard-won principles of human rights. Amnesty International UK...
The man, Ahmed Abu 'Ali, aged 23, a US national, is believed to be held in secret detention at al-Ha’ir prison in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh. He has had no access to lawyers and his telephone...
The report calls on the UN Security Council to act instead, and to refer the situation in all of Sudan to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. It comes in the run up to the UN...
Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “The US remains tainted by widespread allegations of torture that started with sickening pictures from Abu Ghraib. The UK armed forces must ensure...
The Group had been engaged in groundbreaking work in bringing justice to torture victims and its closure is a step-back in the struggle against torture. Amnesty International called for the decision...
On 23 December an anonymous caller to Armando Sánchez’s mobile phone told him he would be killed if he did not leave the country within five days. He reported the death threat and was given 24-hour...
Kate Allen, UK Director of Amnesty International said: “Having campaigned long and hard over Guantánamo, we are delighted that the misery of these four men and the anguish of their families at last...
The organisation is calling for effective enforcement of international human rights standards through rights-based national legislation in European countries. Protecting the rights of people with...
LIPRODHOR (La Ligue Rwandaise pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l'Homme, or 'League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights') was the only independent human rights organisation in...