Press Releases

Amnesty International has, for a number of years, been denouncing the execution of Children's rights and youths at the hands of state agents or unidentified individuals, under circumstances suggesting...

On 20 February a National Court judge ordered the precautionary closure of the Basque newspaper Euskaldunon Egunkaria - the only newspaper written entirely in the Basque language - and the arrest of...

'Once again it is clear that there is simply no will to hold the Burundian armed forces accountable for their actions and to bring them to justice for gross human rights violations,' said Irene Khan...

'We are extremely concerned about the detention of people in connection with their peaceful participation in recent demonstrations in Egypt', the organisation said. Several detainees have been held...

'We are particularly concerned about proposed provisions to widen the scope of applicability of the death penalty and to extend the existing legal limit of detention before being formally charged...

Somali human rights defenders from 23 organisations, meeting in Hargeisa from 10 to 18 February 2002, declared that they will 'increase the struggle against human rights abuses, such as arbitrary...

'The situation must not be allowed to deteriorate further into another Sudanese war. We call on the government to respond to the escalating cycle of attacks by immediately settling up an independent...

At midnight on Wednesday 19 February, Carlos Fernandez, the President of the business association Fedecamaras and a prominent leader of the general strike called by the opposition, was arrested by...

'The Burundian authorities should order an independent and impartial investigation into the attack and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice,' the organisation said. In the early hours...

Amnesty International is calling for an urgent international response to the desperate plight of some 40,000 Liberian refugees in Cote d'Ivoire. 'Liberian refugees are at imminent risk of being killed...