Press Releases

Our spokesperson continued: “He should use this meeting with George Bush to highight the cases of people held at Guantánamo Bay – whether they are British nationals or not. “It is two years this week...

The group has faced paramilitary death threats for their lyrics, which tell of the killings and disappearances that have beset ordinary Colombians. Civilians have been drawn into the conflict between...

The latest assault on residents at the El-Geer camp near Nyala is the fourth time over the past ten days that displaced persons’ camps have been attacked. Police fired tear gas, assaulted residents...

The UK government’s failure to fully incorporate the UN Convention Against Torture into UK law has left the door open for UK authorities to rely on evidence obtained through torture by foreign agents...

Military actions by US and Iraqi forces in the past few months on Falluja and other Iraqi cities have resulted in scores of civilian casualties and destruction of civilian property. Amnesty...

Piers Bannister, Amnesty International’s Jamaica researcher said: 'At least 650 people have been killed by police officers in Jamaica since 1999. Many of these have been blatantly unlawful killings...

Problem? What problem?” Amnesty International UK has launched a high-profile poster campaign to tackle complacency surrounding domestic violence in the UK. The innovative campaign uses images of...

Amnesty International has launched its annual 'Greetings Card' campaign to send messages of support to people around the world facing persecution, torture and other human rights abuses. The annual...

The letter warns of a 'vacuum in the substance of the programme as to how the stated ambition [of ensuring the protection of fundamental rights] is to be realised'. Amnesty International’s Open...

The letter was sent as the Joint Select Committee charged with the Bill’s review prepared to table a report in the House of Representatives on Tuesday recommending substantial changes to the draft...