Press Releases
Amnesty International exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria, in a new report released today (9 Dec). Amnesty International’s Africa Programme Director, Erwin van der Borght...
Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian security forces’ excessive use of force against scores of protesters during today’s student-led demonstrations. In a number of instances, security...
New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out during military operations to combat organised crime and drug cartels in Mexico has been unveiled in a report published by Amnesty...
Amnesty International calls for arrest of soldier charged with 15-year-old’s death Amnesty International today demanded the immediate arrest of an army major accused of torturing a 15-year-old...
Amnesty International today called on the Philippine authorities to establish an immediate clear and short timetable for an end to martial law in Maguindanao province and dismantle armed paramilitary...
Calls for urgent investigation, release of detained activist and end to harassment of protestors Amnesty International has called on the authorities in the eastern Indian state of Orissa to ensure...
17 Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights among those set to die with fears government is ‘playing politics’ Iraq is preparing to execute hundreds of prisoners, including 17 Women...
Amnesty International is appealing to the King of Bahrain to stop the execution of a Bangladeshi man, currently facing what would be a rare execution in the country. Jassim Abdulmanan, is facing death...
New Amnesty legal briefing available – details how Union Carbide has avoided being brought to justice for 25 years Twenty five years after the human rights disaster of the chemical leak from Union...
China’s Supreme Court must carefully review reported death sentences imposed today on five people by a court in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of northwest China. Thirteen people were...