Press Releases
The organisation is calling on the Jamaican government to immediately investigate these killings in accordance with international standards and bring to justice anyone found guilty of human rights...
Throughout the week of 19-25 March 2001, in advance of presidential elections in April 2001, thousands of the organisation's youth and student members and activists will be mobilising on the streets...
'The daily attacks against human rights defenders blatantly violate international human rights obligations ratified by Tunisia,' Amnesty International said. 'Tunisian human rights defenders, who have...
'Reports of intimidation and harassment of supporters of different candidates during the election campaign have shown that human rights are still not fully respected in Uganda,' Amnesty International...
T. Puroshottam, Joint Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC) was stabbed to death in November last year. Azam Ali, the district secretary of the Nalgonda branch of the APCLC...
Throughout the week of 19-25 March 2001, in advance of presidential elections in April 2001, thousands of the organisation's youth and student members and activists will be mobilising on the streets...
The last two months have seen extraordinary developments in the human rights field, including the release of all political prisoners and detainees, the abolition of the 1974 Decree on State Security...
Around 50 defenders working on a wide spectrum of rights, from civil and political rights to economic, social and cultural rights, are expected to attend the workshop. While the groups involved in the...
'While all eyes are turned towards Jakarta, the Indonesian security forces are intensifying their repressive approach in Aceh, and peaceful political activists in Papua are being silenced behind...
'The Liberian authorities have a track record of silencing critics. Journalists and human rights defenders are frequently arrested, ill-treated, charged with criminal offences, threatened or forced...