Press Releases
Failure to strengthen legal institution has left East Timor trapped in a cycle of violence As more peacekeepers arrive in East Timor under the state of emergency imposed following the shooting of...
Amnesty International has expressed grave concern for the life of a 66-year-old man being held in Libya who is suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease and is being...
The Pentagon’s announcement that it has charged six “high-value” detainees at Guantánamo Bay raises yet more questions about the USA’s conduct in the “war on terror”, said Amnesty International...
Amnesty International report published today reveals horrors faced by thousands “ I lost my house, rice and belongings like clothes and utensils. All houses were burned down and destroyed by the...
Talks starting today in the UN offer an historic way forward on conventional arms control, say Control Arms campaigners. Today 28 delegates from every continent will sit on the Group of Governmental...
Nationwide competition asks UK’s schoolChildren's rights to imagine life as a detainee Amnesty International today launched a poetry competition for secondary schools across the UK, but with a twist...
Threats to the media and media freedoms have increased dramatically As hostilities in Sri Lanka intensify and human rights abuses increase, threats to the media and media freedoms inside the country...
Three men allegedly unlawfully executed by members of the Chadian army The Chadian government must prevent extrajudicial killings in the aftermath of clashes between rebel and government forces...
Amnesty International fears for human rights activist Amnesty International is gravely concerned that the Chinese authorities are putting pressure on human rights activist Hu Jia to plead guilty to...
With tomorrow (8 February) marking six months until the start of the Beijing Olympics, Amnesty International today said that it had seen little improvement in human rights in the country, despite...