Press Releases
Amnesty International calls upon Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) to commit unequivocally to abide by international law, respect the rights of all Palestinians across the political spectrum and...
Responding to the publication of Lord Carlile's review of anti-terrorism legislation and the Home Secretary's statement to Parliament, Amnesty International today said that the threat of terrorist...
One in ten of USA's 30-year capital punishment death toll were mentally ill. Hundreds of mentally ill prisoners face execution in the USA, said Amnesty International today (Tuesday 31 January), as it...
"During the war we wanted to keep the factory going, even though it was being shelled. But then they [Aluminij's management] fired us, because we were Serbs or Muslims." - Nebojša Spajic, a former...
Amnesty International today (26 January) called on Google and other internet companies operating in China to respect people's rights to freedoms of opinion, expression and information. The...
Cinema-goers around the country will be shocked this week by a new advertisement offering AK47 machine-guns for sale among the ads for cars and soft drinks. They will see presenters talking up the...
Belfast cinema-goers will be shocked this week by a new advertisement offering AK47 machine-guns for sale among the ads for cars and soft drinks. They will see presenters talking-up the firepower and...
Hundreds of Nigerians are still sleeping out in the open nearly nine months after bulldozers and armed police arrived in the Makoko community of Lagos, demolishing homes, churches, a mosque and a...
Amnesty International today expressed concern for the safety of Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, the editor of the independent fortnightly Rwandan newspaper, Umuco, who has recently been the target of...
Amnesty International today expressed serious concern about the safety of human rights activists in Sudan, following the detention of delegates - which included an Amnesty International representative...