Press Releases

The Prime Minister will be urged to follow up on his commitment to tackling global poverty today (Tuesday 6 June 2006) as the Company Law Reform Bill enters the House of Commons. Faith groups...

Seventeen years on, the legacy of the 1989 crackdown on the pro-democracy movement lives on for the victims and their families. It is not an issue of the past, but a tragedy which continues to impact...

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) groups and individuals will gather outside the Russian Consulate in Edinburgh on Friday (2 June) to protest the Mayor of Moscow’s decision to ban a gay pride...

Call for moratorium on death penalty in Pakistan On the day British-Pakistani dual national Mirza Hussain was due to be executed in Pakistan (1 June), Amnesty International has expressed fresh concern...

Security Council Must Meet ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Civilians The U.N. Security Council must ensure the urgent deployment in Darfur of a strong U.N. mission authorized to use force to protect...

Amnesty International today (1 June) announced the shortlists for its prestigious media awards, recognising excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledging journalism’s significant contribution...

Amnesty International director urges action on NI Bill of Rights America and Britain's 'war on terror' is repeating the failed policies of Northern Ireland's past, Amnesty International UK Director...

A BBC documentary of the ‘Glasgow Girls’ wins Amnesty International Scottish Media Award . Amnesty’s Scottish Media Award announced yesterday (31 May,) recognises excellence in human rights journalism...

Amnesty International today released the first-ever satellite images of the wholesale destruction of a large community in Zimbabwe – providing the clearest possible evidence to date of the devastating...

Earlier this week President Pervez Musharraf delayed the hanging of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British national of Pakistani descent, for a month so that his family could make a last ditch attempt to...