Press Releases

The North Korean government should immediately release two US journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment with hard labour, Amnesty International said today. The...

In a report published to mark the tenth anniversary of the end of the war in Kosovo, Amnesty International highlights the continued failure of the authorities in Serbia and Kosovo to investigate and...

Somalia: Amnesty calls for investigation into killing of radio director Muktar Mohamed Hirabe is the fifth journalist to be killed in the line of work this year Amnesty International has today [8 June...

A Palestinian refugee in the UK, subject to a Control Order since 2005, may commit suicide in the coming days if he is not provided with travel documentation to leave the UK, according to his lawyers...

As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today briefs the Security Council on his visit to Sri Lanka, Amnesty International is urging the Security Council to demand that Sri Lanka provides full access to...

Amnesty International today welcomed the agreement reached by European Union member states on practical steps that could facilitate the safe release of Guantánamo detainees, and called on the US...

Increasing homophobia in Lithuania of great concern Amnesty International today condemned the Lithuanian parliament for voting to proceed with a bill that would bring in a similar regime to ‘Clause 28...

Anna Lo MLA lays wreath on steps of Stormont The twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre will be marked in Belfast today when Hong Kong-born MLA Anna Lo lays a wreath on the steps of...

The Chinese authorities have stepped up curbs on dissenting voices and escalated censorship of activists throughout the country, said Amnesty International today, a day before the 20th anniversary of...

The winners of the 18th Amnesty International UK Media Awards were announced this evening. The awards recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s significant...