Press Releases
On 27 March 2000 the government of Trinidad and Tobago lodged its withdrawal from the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This measure will take effect...
Describing those who have been banished because of their legitimate trade union work and have not resorted to violence as prisoners of conscience the human rights organisation requested that they be...
The organisation welcomed this positive step by Belize, which on 5 April 2000 deposited instruments of ratification with the office of the United Nations Secretary-General. It is the 8th country to...
Amnesty International takes no position on the membership of states to intergovernmental organisations, however, today's decision by the Council of Europe is a strong and clear message that human...
'Regrettably, this statement fails to address the substantive concerns detailed in our latest report on the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia,' Amnesty International said. The statement as...
ÃIf, as some reports reveal, Vagram Aghajanian was detained solely in connection with recent articles critical of the Karabakhi authorities, then this would be a serious blow to freedom of expression...
According to media reports, the files handed over to International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia contained 1,200 pages of documents and video and audio cassettes relating to 440...
'After two successive military coups in 1996 and 1999, Niger needs truth and justice iq order to prevent further human rights abuses in future,' Amnesty International said today. The truth about the...
Recently released Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Abdul Gani Bhat and Maulana Abass Ansari, were among 25 leaders of the APHC detained last September and October under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act...
Amnesty International's latest Concerns in Europe report describes the human rights situation in 34 countries from July to December 1999. Torture and ill-treatment were reported in 27 countries and...