Press Releases
The human rights organisation is calling for the detainees to be granted access to relatives, lawyers and medical care, and for those who are being held for nothing more than exercising their right to...
There is evidence that a unit of the Ugandan army is supporting the armed group. Amnesty International is calling on the UN Security Council to deploy a 'rapid reaction force' immediately. Amnesty...
The human rights organisation, which has this week written to Downing Street outlining its concerns on Chechnya, is looking to Mr Blair to urge fellow EU leaders to likewise press for meaningful...
The human rights organisation, which has this week written to Downing Street outlining its concerns on Chechnya, is looking to Mr Blair to urge fellow EU leaders to likewise press for meaningful...
The organisation is concerned about his life as he has been on hunger strike since 6 May 2003 in protest at a court case brought against him by the authorities, and is asking British journalists to...
The 'war on terror', far from making the world a safer place, has made it more dangerous by curtailing human rights, undermining the rule of international law and shielding governments from scrutiny...
The execution of Percy Levar Walton by electric chair, set for Wednesday 28 May in Virginia, coincides with the anniversary of Amnesty International's launch in 1961. The human rights organisation is...
Held at BAFTA in London on the evening of Thursday 22 May, the awards ceremony was hosted by Charles Wheeler, and the presenters of the awards included Will Self, David Hare, Joan Bakewell, Moira...
As new asylum statistics were published today Amnesty International called for the government to put people before targets and focus on the human rights issues behind asylum. The human rights...
In an open letter to the Security Council, the two human rights organisations called the situation in Ituri a 'critical test' of the Security Council's commitments to prevent mass killings and protect...