Press Releases
A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately. The local Islamic Criminal Code was passed by the Aceh...
Amnesty International today raised questions about the level of importance that the PSNI placed on human rights in their training of Libyan police. Media reports indicate that the PSNI and members of...
Saudi Arabia must not close its borders to civilians fleeing the conflict raging in Yemen’s Sa’da region, Amnesty International has said in a letter addressed to the Minister of Interior. The warning...
Amnesty International welcomes the release of Mexican prisoner of conscience Jacinta Francisco Marcial, who was held in prison for three years after being falsely accused of kidnapping six federal...
Change could lead to a ban on abortion in all circumstances Amnesty International has warned that proposed changes to the Constitution of the Dominican Republic will put Women's rights's rightss...
Report fits with Amnesty finding of war crimes on both sides All relevant UN bodies must act promptly and in coordination to implement the recommendations of the UN-mandated Goldstone report on...
Spain has one of the strictest detention regimes in Europe and is in breach of international human rights law, said Amnesty International today (15 September) in a new report. The report, Out of the...
Gay rights activists attacked with impunity; Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s rights campaigners called “witches” and threatened with lynching Human rights defenders are...
Hunger strikes in Iraq, London and elsewhere as concerns for residents mount Amnesty International has written to the Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki expressing its deep concern about killings and...
Amnesty receives support from Marco Goldschmied alongside his support for architecture prize Amnesty International is delighted to be receiving substantial financial support from leading architect...