Press Releases

This follows recent public comments by the Minister for National Security, K D Knight, and the Reverend Irving Townsend who misrepresented those defending human rights , claiming they care little for...

Since March a flawed justice system has continued to lead to human rights abuse. Executions have risen by 12 to a total of 25. Amputations have increased by four to a total of nine. Defects in the...

Research conducted this year in Sierra Leone by Amnesty International showed a reduction in mutilations, rapes and killings in areas where UN troops were deployed, although such abuses continued...

Many of the recommendations reflect current debate among legal reformers in China and have been made previously by the Committee. Amnesty International welcomes the Committee's call for the Chinese...

In the context of Israel's proclaimed intention to withdraw by July 2000 from the Israeli-occupied zone of south Lebanon Amnesty International has called on all governments and armed groups in the...

'Since the United States ratified the Convention against Torture in October 1994, its increasingly punitive approach towards offenders has continued to lead to practices which facilitate torture or...

As the OAU July Summit to be held in Togo approaches, the government's pledge to human rights remains rhetorical as long as attacks against human rights activists and independent media continue...

Those recently released were among 25 leaders of the APHC detained last September and October under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act(PSA). Amnesty International has regarded the APHC leaders as...

' Torture and ill-treatment are not only carried out behind closed doors. It is inflicted in public as a deliberate humiliation and a warning to others. In recent years officials have even resorted to...

'Taking innocent civilians hostage is an appalling abuse of human rights. The actions of the Abu Sayyaf only serve to exacerbate escalating violence in the south of the country,' Amnesty International...