Press Releases
As John Evans Atta Mills takes office after a hotly contested election in Ghana, Amnesty International today released a seven-point human rights agenda for the new President. Amnesty International’s...
Amnesty International has today (8 Jan) urged the government of Sri Lanka to publicly condemn the killing of Lasantha Wickramatunga, the editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper, and other attacks on...
Amnesty International calls for immediate and unconditional release of Mukoko and other 30 activists Amnesty International supporters have urgently appealed to the authorities in Zimbabwe for the...
Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council to demand that Israel, Hamas and Palestinian armed groups observe an immediate truce in Gaza to allow desperately needed humanitarian...
Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council to take firm and decisive action to address the increasingly grave situation in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. Malcolm Smart, Director of...
As the number of casualties continues to mount, civilians in Gaza are in increasingly dire need of food, medical and other emergency assistance, Amnesty International said today. International...
Palestinian civilians remain at risk of being killed or injured in the Israeli air strikes and are increasingly lacking adequate medical care food, medicines, electricity, water and other necessities...
Amnesty International today expressed fears that authorities are pursuing a serious prosecution against the literary critic and activist Liu Xiaobo, a signatory of the Charter 08 campaign for...
Available exclusively on iTunes as charity EP Laurence Fishburne, Hugh Masekala, Stephen Marley and Natalie Merchant are amongst stars involved A new Amnesty International song and video project has...
Warning that vulnerable people will still be at risk In response to news that the UK Government has ratified an important anti-trafficking convention, Amnesty International has welcomed the move but...