Press Releases

They include: a 45-year-old man imprisoned for revealing the demolition of Protestant churches and repression of religion; another detained for protesting at the forced relocation of families from...

The report, Sudan: no one to complain to , describes how hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur are being denied justice and left without protection from killings, torture, rape and displacement...

These organisations, who together form the Control Arms campaign, understand from sources close to the investigation that the gun used, a Croatian made HS-95 9mm Automatic pistol, was part of a batch...

An Amnesty International delegation observed the trial from its commencement on 23 August 2004. Neither the verdict nor the sentences were translated, and the defendants left court with no knowledge...

Amnesty International UK is calling for a public statement by the UK Home Office and police chiefs that the potentially-lethal devices will be treated as such: only issued to trained firearms officers...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: 'It is astonishing that no one has been properly held to account for the Bhopal disaster, which is continuing to destroy the lives of the local...

The party, a spectacular '21st Century Victorian Burlesque Extravaganza' held at Canvas nightclub, saw notable supporters of the human rights organisation raising money for a new Amnesty International...

Amnesty International’s report reveals that human rights defenders in Chechnya have been tortured and even killed. Many more have been harassed or intimidated. The organisation says that human...

The three North Koreans - Chang Gyung-chul, his brother Chang Gyung-soo and their cousin Chang Mi-hwa, were arrested by Chinese Security Police in Shanghai in August 2003. They were taken to Sinuiju...

Natalie Hill, Deputy Asia Director at Amnesty International, said: 'Amnesty International is delighted to hear of the release of prisoners of conscience. We applaud this decision by the Burmese...