Press Releases

'These human rights defenders are being held solely for peacefully carrying out their legitimate human rights work. The Ethiopian government should release them immediately and unconditionally,' the...

The two men, Gerson Pandie and Fredik Soru, both 34 years old, were sentenced to death in 1989 for the murder of Theopilus and Marselina Pingak, and their two adopted Children's rights, Memori and...

Police claim Vanesa Lorena Ledesma died from a ‘cardiac arrest', though an autopsy reportedly showed she had been {tortured}, including being beaten while handcuffed, with severe bruising to feet...

Police claim Vanesa Lorena Ledesma died from a ‘cardiac arrest', though an autopsy reportedly showed she had been tortured, including being beaten while handcuffed, with severe bruising to feet...

On 19 May in 1997 human rights activists Elsa Alvarado and Mario Calderón were killed in their home in Bogotá. Masked gunmen overpowered the doorman, forcibly entered the apartment and killed them...

'However experience shows that sweeping past human rights abuses under the carpet will not lead to stability and security, and will fail to bring about lasting peace both among and between ethnic...

If this Forum is to be effective, officials have to be prepared to address the difficult issues - and that includes dealing with human rights violations in Aceh, Amnesty International said. The...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: 'The very high standard of the entries to this year's Media Awards demonstrates the seriousness with which the UK media takes human rights issues.'...

'This decision means that the injustice suffered by these two prisoners of conscience will be prolonged,' the organization added. In March this year, in a meeting with Amnesty International's...

'The verdict is a clear reminder that freedom of expression remains under serious threat in Morocco,' Amnesty International said today. The demonstration of 9 December 2000 was organised by the...