Press Releases
'It is outrageous for the new Thaksin government to flaunt its tough anti-drugs stance by executing people. The death penalty provides no solution to growing crime rates. Instead it entrenches a...
'Although the human rights situation in Burma remains grave, recent signs that international pressure may be having some effect give us an opportunity to step up the campaign for human rights in the...
Amnesty International's Secretary General reminded the Turkish delegation that the organization does not take action under pressure or threat from either governments or political groups, emphasizing...
'A recent surge of worldwide demonstrations around international intergovernmental meetings has been met with a brutal response by police forces in many countries - most recently at Davos, Switzerland...
'Like the other 'strike-hard' campaigns before it, this latest crackdown is unlikely to solve the crime problem. The Chinese government only has to look to the USA to see that executing people has no...
Those arrested on 7 April in different cities throughout Iran included journalists, academics and political activists. They, like many of those arrested earlier, have been denied access to family and...
The activists, leading members of the opposition Parti Keadilan Nasional (National Justice Party), are being held incommunicado at Bukit Aman police headquarters, Kuala Lumpur where they are at risk...
'The Gambian authorities' decision not to prosecute in the interests of 'national reconciliation' is short-sighted, particularly given the findings of its own Commission of Inquiry, and will not...
'Reprisal measures against inmates testifying to the abuses they are routinely subjected to are totally unacceptable,' the organization added. On 6 April the cases of Jorge Herebia, Rafael Pereira...
A report published today, details Amnesty International's long-held concerns about police brutality, torture and killings in Jamaica. These include chronic inadequate or lacking investigations into...