Press Releases

'Amnesty International calls on the authorities to end abuses in the prisons and ensure that prisoners be allowed to associate widely with each other for at least several hours each day' added the...

'Whether consensual or not, executions simply serve to reiterate the cruelty and brutalizing futility of a government policy which toys with human life and responds to killing with further killing,'...

After examining a report from its observer in Québec City, the organization expressed concern about: • the excessive use of tear gas on protesters not involved in violent behaviour or posing any...

Amnesty International emphasizes that the right to a fair trial is a basic human right as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nation (UN) in 1948 and reaffirmed...

'Amnesty International is concerned that at least nine people, including Children's rights, were flogged as punishment, after being convicted with 47 others for causing 'public disturbance' in an...

The work may be viewed and bids made at www.art4amnesty.co.uk or during its exhibition at the Shrewsbury Art Gallery from 1-12 May 2001. Journalists are welcome at the…

A group calling itself the Young Burundian Patriots announced the suspension of President Pierre Buyoya, his government and the National Assembly on state radio, saying the president who is allowing...

'Year in and year out, China - a major world power and a leading human rights violator - uses the 'no action' motion to avoid scrutiny of its human rights record. The Commission allows political...

In a new report released today Amnesty International details President Aristide's human rights challenges as well as a series of recommendations to deal effectively with them. 'The electoral campaign...

Paul Leo was reportedly taken hostage by an armed Kuki group while on his way to Imphal (capital of Manipur) on 17 April. The incident happened only a few days after the massacre of at least ten...