Press Releases

Amnesty International renews call for public inquiry on eve of Nicholas Blake’s Deepcut report. Ahead of the publication tomorrow of Nicholas Blake QC's report into the deaths of Privates (Ptes) James...

A new report from Amnesty International today (28 March) reveals a significant year-on-year increase in deaths related to electro-shock “Taser” weapons in the USA. In the UK, over three-quarters of...

Tomorrow (28 March), the US Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments in the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan regarding the legality of trials before military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Despite...

"Of course, I am afraid. I am afraid for myself and my future. Gradually the fear for myself grows into fear for the people of my country and their future." Pavel, 21, an activist in the youth...

New report from the Control Arms Campaign: Oxfam International, Amnesty International and International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). UN arms embargoes are systematically violated and must be...

Amnesty International welcomes the overwhelming vote by the UN General Assembly today in favour of establishing a new Human Rights Council. In doing so, Amnesty International believes that UN member...

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the safety of Palestinian detainees in Jericho Prison. The prison is currently surrounded by Israeli forces who have threatened to kill detainees who...

Sexual violence organisations have applauded the shift in focus away from the victim and their behaviour towards the behaviour of men who commit sexual offences, heralded by today’s launch of magazine...

Amnesty International is calling on men who work with young men and boys to help tackle violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights, at a nationwide series of new...

Amnesty International today (10 March) called for action from the US authorities in response to an open letter from leading medical experts that condemns force-feeding of prisoners at the US detention...