Press Releases

Amnesty International UK director, Kate Allen, said: 'It's very disturbing that the Malimath Committee report refers quite openly to the need to reform the criminal justice system in order to secure...

The annual Foreign and Commonwealth Office report is likely to summarise the government's view on issues such as the 'war on terrorism', Guantanamo Bay, war in Iraq, the International Criminal Court...

'Some good Foreign Office human rights work has effectively been overshadowed by an apparent government unwillingness to stand up to the US on key issues like the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo...

Thich Tri Luc, a member of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Viet Nam (UBCV), is expected to be tried under Article 91 of Viet Nam's Penal Code on charges of fleeing abroad in order to oppose the...

Despite having been threatened with death by another police officer unless she withdrew her statement, the witness, known as 'China', had her witness protection withdrawn at the end of August...

According to the Turkmen authorities, on 25 November 2002 opposition supporters attacked the president's motorcade in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President Niyazov. Subsequent...

Amnesty International UK Media Director, Lesley Warner, said: 'Activists from all over the world have the right to travel to Cancun to express their legitimate concerns about the way trade is...

Nguyen Vu Viet, 27, Nguyen Truc Cuong, 36, and their sister Nguyen Thi Hoa, 44, were sentenced yesterday to five, four and three years imprisonment respectively. The human right organisation regards...

In Democratic Republic of Congo: Children's rights at War , Amnesty International reports that the DRC national army, and armed groups backed by Uganda and Rwanda, continue to abduct and forcibly...

Closures, blockades, checkpoints, curfews and a barrage of other restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities on Palestinians have made even short journeys between towns and villages dangerous and...