Press Releases

Amnesty International has launched a high-profile poster campaign to tackle complacency surrounding domestic violence in Northern Ireland. The innovative campaign uses images of bruised and battered...

Execution numbers down in 2005, trend toward abolition continues There are around 20,000 prisoners on death row around the world, said Amnesty International today (20 April), as it released its annual...

Execution numbers down in 2005, trend toward abolition continues There are around 20,000 prisoners on death row around the world, said Amnesty International today (20 April), as it released its annual...

Press freedom and human rights in Burundi suffered a severe blow when around 30 journalists and human rights monitors were held – and some severely assaulted – by police officers after a press...

Nepal’s King Gyanendra and his senior officials and top military officers should be refused entry to other countries and have any personal assets outside the country frozen, urged Amnesty...

Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli army to immediately end its air bombardments and shelling of civilian residential areas in the Gaza Strip. At least two Palestinian Children's rights...

Amnesty International today (12 April) reacted to a High Court declaration that the Government's anti-terror laws are "incompatible" with human rights laws. Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director...

On 5 December 2006, in the High Court of England and Wales, lawyers acting on behalf of the family of Jean Charles de Menezes will challenge - by way of judicial review - the decision of the Crown...

Amnesty International today urged the Nepalese government to rein in the security forces, saying it feared an increase in violence over coming days. Three people were killed and many more were injured...

Amnesty International is gravely concerned about a continuing failure by the government of the Central African Republic to take action against members of its security forces who have reportedly killed...