Press Releases
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called on the Austrian authorities to protect a Vienna-based Turkmenistani activist who is said to be the target of a plot against his life by agents...
AMNESTY TURNS DOWN INVITATION TO APPEAR BEFORE COMISSION Amnesty International has declined an invitation to appear before Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and calls...
Richard Hughes, drummer with the hugely popular British band Keane, was on hand to help pupils at Harris Academy Crystal Palace launch Amnesty International’s new education pack, entitled A Matter of...
Amnesty International and British Irish RIGHTS WATCH today urged UK authorities not to forget victims of torture in Northern Ireland, following the release of a new Guardian film by Ian Cobain. The...
The Nigerian government must set up an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the use of firearms by security forces that left at least one person dead and 12 seriously injured at Bundu...
Amnesty International spokesperson available for interview Amnesty International today called on the Chinese authorities to release all prisoners of conscience detained in the country after imprisoned...
On the eve of World Day Against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International has welcomed President Álvaro Colom’s public commitment to veto proposed legislation that would lead to the reapplication of...
Amnesty International has urged the Belgrade authorities to stop forced evictions after Roma families, including 17 Children's rights and one pregnant woman, were evicted from their homes in the city...
* World Day Against the Death Penalty (Sunday 10 October) sees renewed campaign to spare man on death row in Georgia, USA * Keane drummer Richard Hughes to launch new death penalty education pack *...
Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne has recorded a new version of John Lennon’s “How?” to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of John Lennon on Saturday 9 October. The song, released worldwide exclusively on...