Press Releases

On the eve of the European Union-Russia summit in Portugal on 26 October, Amnesty International is warning the Russian authorities not to repeat mistakes previously made in Chechnya in the...

A senior colleague of the jailed Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will attend First Minister’s Questions at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 25th October and be welcomed by the First...

On the day the United Nations celebrates its 62nd birthday, the leader of the Burmese National League of Democracy will mark her 12th year under house arrest. As Aung San Suu Kyi today enters her 12th...

Call for human rights team to investigate; arms transfer halt call Factional fighting between Hamas and Fatah forces in the Gaza Strip earlier this year left 350 Palestinians dead and has been...

Amnesty International has today called on the government of Sudan to end the obstruction to the speedy deployment of the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), the hybrid UN/AU force...

Hangings of 11 men and one woman latest in “alarming” upsurge of killings Amnesty International today expressed alarm at a new wave of executions in Iran and said that it has already recorded almost...

Amnesty International has today released new first-hand accounts of the recent crackdown on peaceful protestors in Burma We have seen police asking money from families of detainees if they want their...

'Re-education Through Labour' - detention without charge, trial or judicial review for up to four years – should be abolished, said Amnesty International today in an open letter to the Chinese...

Amnesty International today launched an urgent appeal for Ali Mahin Torabi, convicted of a murder committed when he was 16 years old and now at risk of imminent execution. Now aged 21, he is being...

Protecting victims must be ‘put at the heart’ of stamping out sex trade, says Amnesty Amnesty International has today called for the protection of the victims of sex trafficking to be “put at the...