Press Releases

'It is just two weeks since the US Supreme Court ruled that the execution of people with mental retardation violates contemporary standards of decency,' Amnesty International said. 'Texas has...

The resolution of the Supreme Court states that the ruling is not related to Augusto Pinochet's guilt or innocence and acknowledges the gravity of the crimes which are the subject of the investigation...

Amnesty International is extremely concerned at reports that the four men - Maajid Nawaz, Ian Malcolm Nisbett, Reza Pankhurst and Hassan Rizfi, who were arrested on 1 April 2002 in Cairo and held for...

'The bombing of the village wedding ceremony which killed and injured scores of civilians adds to the mounting civilian death toll caused by the US-led coalition bombing since it began nine months ago...

At the Security Council on 30 June, the USA vetoed the extension of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMBIH) as it did not get support for such immunity. It then agreed to a 72...

'We welcomed President Mubarak's earlier annulment of the verdict, leading to the release of 21 prisoners of conscience. However, we are clearly concerned at the decision of the Egyptian authorities...

In spite of the government publically admitting their detention, all key state security agencies have denied that the suspects are in their custody. Efforts by the local human rights and legal...

'Hundreds of cases of 'disappearance' - mainly dating back to the 'dirty war' on opposition activists in the '70s and '80s - remain unresolved, despite the unfaltering determination of relatives...

'From today, those who commit the worst crimes under international law can be brought to justice by the Court,' said Amnesty International. The entry into force means that the ICC will be able to...

'US officials should be troubled by the damage that the death penalty inflicts on their country's reputation in an increasingly abolitionist world,' Amnesty International said. 'The failure of their...