Press Releases
The Millennium Summit will take place at the United Nations in New York between 6 and 8 September. In May, UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, wrote to all UN member states highlighting 25 core treaties...
The organisation remains extremely concerned for their safety, despite a Burma government statement of 6 September which downplays Amnesty International's challenge to clarify their whereabouts and...
In the past few months Amnesty Inernational has contacted the Prime Minister and Attorney General on several occasions to seek their participation in face-to-face meetings with Secretary General...
The Australian government has caused profound international concern over its 29 August announcement that it would be pulling out of certain UN human rights obligations. The government's announcement...
The Australian government has caused profound international concern over its 29 August announcement that it would be pulling out of certain UN human rights obligations. The government's announcement...
'Despite repeated attacks by militia against on the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and others involved in assisting and repatriating East Timorese refugees the Indonesian...
'Human rights defenders, journalists, religious figures, writers, government officials, trade unionists and academics have all been detained as prisoners of conscience', the human rights organisation...
Although the return to constitutional rule in Ghana in 1993 has substantially increased freedom of expression and association, allowing the development of independent news media and political...
'The whereabouts of the two National League for Democracy (NLD)leaders is still not clear, which increases fears for their welfare. If they are being confined to their homes, we strongly urge the...
Seven people who were last seen in the hands of security forces in Vavuniya between 10 and 16 August have ' disappeared ', bringing the total number of 'disappearances' in that city to nine this year...