Press Releases
Amnesty International today (16 October) expressed concern after a man died in County Durham, three days after he was shot with a Taser electro-shock weapon and a baton round. Brian Loan, 47, is...
Amnesty International in Northern Ireland today (13 October) welcomed the publication of the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ report into human trafficking. The organisation called for more action in...
Amnesty calls on President Musharraf and Prime Minister Blair to immediately halt the execution Reacting with disappointment to the news that UK-Pakistani joint national Mirza Hussain is to be...
Russia, China and US are among key sceptics on Arms Treaty New research released today reveals that bullets manufactured in Greece, China, Russia and the USA have ended up in the hands of rebel groups...
Amnesty International today (13 October) welcomed the publication of the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ report into human trafficking. The organisation urged the UK government to follow the...
Amnesty International has expressed strong disappointment at today's ruling of the Court of Appeal that the UK government is not obliged to intervene on behalf of UK residents held at Guantánamo Bay...
Control Arms Campaign: Amnesty International, Oxfam International and the International Action Network on Small Arms In a massive show of support for stronger arms controls at the United Nations in...
New Amnesty report reveals majority of girls still unaccounted for At least 11,000 Congolese Children's rights are still with armed groups or unaccounted for – more than two years after the government...
New letter to President Putin In a new letter to Vladimir Putin, Amnesty International has called on the Russian president to condemn the recent murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya...
Amnesty International is shocked, saddened and deeply angered by the murder of Anna Politkovskaia, Russian human rights defender and journalist. Amnesty International believes that Anna Politkovskaia...