Press Releases
Amnesty International today (23 November) urged the Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Huang Qi, a human rights defender who worked with the victims of the 2008 Sichuan...
Ian Paisley, Nadine Coyle and Seamus Heaney would be the Northern Ireland guests of honour and ginger nuts the biscuit of choice at people’s ‘dream tea party’, according to a new survey to mark the...
Stephen Fry, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi would be the guests of honour and chocolate Hobnobs the biscuit of choice at people’s ‘Dream tea party’, according to a new online survey to mark the...
On the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child today (20 November), Amnesty International calls on the Albanian authorities to ensure...
Chinese authorities must stop the harassment and arbitrary detention of dozens of human rights lawyers and activists who were targeted during US President Obama’s visit to the country earlier this...
The Danish government must arrest Sudanese President al Bashir if he attends the Copenhagen climate conference next month, said Amnesty International today. Amnesty has learned that the Danish...
A brand new teaching resource, developed specially for the revised curriculum in Northern Ireland, is set to bring human rights to every post-primary school here. The teaching resource, Making Human...
Amnesty International is calling on the international community and the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to take all necessary measures to ensure that the international judges and...
Ahead of tomorrow’s inauguration of Hamid Karzai as Afghan president, Amnesty International is urging Mr Karzai to prioritise human rights and the rule of law in his second term to strengthen the...
Report shows Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) invests millions in the producers of these shameful and indiscrimate weapons The Royal Bank of Scotland, together with other well known high street financial...