Press Releases

'In the week that Belarus will appear before the Committee against Torture in Geneva it is inconceivable that the Belarusian authorities should tarnish their already poor human rights record by...

'The official silence around the religiously motivated murders on 30 October and the lack of police investigation have directly contributed to a climate in which extremists feel encouraged to harass...

Following the violence at the peaceful demonstration and reports that the mayors of Hinche and Maissade were among the assailants, the Prime Minister, Jacques Edouard Alexis, reminded the mayors and...

At about 1 pm on 2 November 2000, members of the Fiji army's special Counter Revolutionary Warfare unit (CRW) took at least three soldiers from regular units hostage at Queen Elizabeth Barracks in the...

The report, 'Mass arrests and police brutality', based on the findings of an Amnesty International delegation which visited Jerusalem and northern Israel from 21-29 October, strongly criticises the...

The arrest and suspension from duty without pay of six members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) East Rand Dog Unit and the clear statement by the Safety and Security Minister, Steve Tswete...

'Governor Bush can stop this killing,'Amnesty International said. 'He should do so in the name of his country's international reputation and its treaty obligations.' As a Mexican national, Miguel...

The organisation is calling on the Indonesian authorities to exercise restraint and respect human rights in policing the rally, which is being held to mark the first anniversary of a pro-referendum...

Several people have been injured and one woman has died after security forces used tear gas and batons to break up opposition demonstrations in the past week in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania...

There has been a sharp increase in the annual recruitment of under-18s into the UK armed forces, and between March 1998 and March 1999 there were 9,466 under-18s recruited - more than a third of the...