Press Releases

Amnesty International has welcomed the conviction of a police officer from the Jamaican Constabulary Force of the murder of a 25 year old man in November 2000 – the first conviction of a Jamaican...

After 16 years, Tiananmen dissident Yu Dongyue was finally freed from prison yesterday, but with his mental health impaired. Amnesty International welcomed his release and called for all others still...

Amnesty International today (23 February) released a damning 83-page report exposing the damaging effect of the UK's anti-terrorism policies on human rights. Irene Khan, Amnesty International's...

Amnesty International today called on the DRC government to take concrete steps to identify and bring to justice individuals, including state officials, responsible for threatening Congolese human...

Several Chinese activists who have supported or participated in a series of protest hunger-strikes since 4 February have been arrested or gone missing. Amnesty International calls on the authorities...

In response to the launch today (21 February) of the new anti-sex trafficking drive Operation Pentameter, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Amnesty welcomes Operation Pentameter and...

Amnesty International UK is supporting the award-winning play The Exonerated , as it begins a 16-week run at the Riverside Studios theatre in London. The Exonerated , running from 21 February to 11...

Responding to the publication today of a United Nations report on the US detention centre in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Amnesty International echoed the UN’s call for the camp to be closed down. Amnesty...

Responding to new broadcast images showing apparent US abuse of prisoners in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib jail in 2003, Amnesty International today called for a full investigation, extending beyond the Baghdad...

Impunity and attacks on freedom of expression are threatening the upcoming Congressional and Presidential elections in Colombia, says Amnesty International, in the run-up to a visit by the Andean...