Press Releases
Amnesty International UK today released ‘Ten good reasons why extending pre-charge detention is a bad idea’, outlining the strong case against government proposals to extend the time for which police...
Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in Brazil are the hidden victims of a crumbling detention system that exposes them to rape and other ill treatment, Amnesty International...
Two shot dead, 12 arrested and 317 families evicted in brutal crackdown Cambodian security forces killed two – including a 29-year-old mother of four – arrested 12 and evicted 317 families last week...
Amnesty International have responded to calls from the Joint Central Committees of the Police Federation to make tasers available to all police officers in the UK. We are already seeing wider...
Amnesty issues open letter to EU leaders demanding that they put human rights abuses in Burma at the heart of forthcoming summits Amnesty International has written an open letter to all EU leaders...
Amnesty International today (21 November) issued an urgent appeal for Maryam Hosseinkhah, a journalist and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights's rights defender, who was...
Amnesty International today condemned the arrest of at least 100 journalists after police baton-charged a peaceful demonstration against curbs on media. Amnesty International Secretary General Irene...
Amnesty International supporters are urgently appealing to authorities in Louisiana to pardon a 49-year-old African American man who has already spent more than 33 years in a state prison after being...
Amnesty International today admitted that it has deep concern over the future of U Gambira, the 27-year-old leader of the All-Burma Monks Alliance (ABMA). The ABMA was instrumental in getting...
One step closer to a more humane world Amnesty International has welcomed the UN decision in favour of a global moratorium on executions. Writing in the organisation’s ‘Press Release Me’ blog, Amnesty...