Press Releases

Richard Bunting, Director of Communications at Amnesty International UK, said: 'It is a terrible irony that as the Chinese authorities have campaigned to host the 2008 Olympics, repression and...

'For Jamaica to turn over a new leaf and move towards a more peaceful society, everyone - from the most influential politician downwards - must make a contribution to stopping the violence,' the...

'We are delighted that the four, who have been imprisoned since 1996, have finally been released. We hope that they can soon return to the business of making jokes and entertaining the Burmese people...

José Pinheiro de Lima, his wife and 15-year old son were killed by gunmen in their home in Morada Nova, Marabá, on 9 July - only five days after another peasant worker, Manoel Messias Colono de...

'All too often human rights have been considered subordinate to political considerations. Ordinary people have had to bear the brunt of political actors wishing to score a point. We appeal to all...

'Executions by stoning aggravate the brutality of the death penalty, which in itself is the most extreme form of torture and the ultimate violation of the right to life. It is a method specifically...

President Putin's statement is a sign of a high political will and wisdom, Amnesty International said today. President Putin was reported as saying yesterday in televised remarks from a Kremlin...

The awards, made at a ceremony at BAFTA in London on the evening of Tuesday 10 July - and this year hosted by Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy, recognise excellence in human rights...

It is imperative that people like Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic are arrested to face these charges Amnesty International said, both for the sake of the thousands of victims of the human rights...

According to press reports, charges against former President Augusto Pinochet were suspended 'temporarily but indefinitely' as he was deemed unfit to stand trial. Amnesty International expressed its...