Press Releases

'Those intending to launch military action against Iraq have a particular responsibility to ensure that international human rights and humanitarian law are fully upheld. Amnesty International demands...

The international organisation made the warning as it issued its latest report 'Dokumenty!' Discrimination on grounds of race in the Russian Federation on the eve of the United Nations International...

'This is yet more evidence of the ongoing harsh crackdown on freedom of expression by the Vietnamese authorities,' Amnesty International said. By arresting Dr Nguyen Dan Que the government continues...

'Indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks are prohibited under international law,' said Amnesty International UK Director, Kate Allen. 'Amnesty International is urging all participants to abide by...

'We deeply regret that the President has once again failed to offer human rights leadership on this fundamental issue,' Amnesty International said. 'His repeated assertions that the USA will stand...

Through the scheme tens of thousands of Amnesty International supporters world-wide send urgent letters, faxes or e-mails to the authorities in the most urgent cases of human rights violations brought...

Amnesty International is concerned that the Egyptian authorities are pursuing a proactive policy of arresting and imprisoning men on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation. The...

Following the failure of the Jamaican government to deliver justice in the case, the organisation will be helping relatives of those killed by the police to take their case to the Inter-American...

Amnesty International's plea comes in the aftermath of what seems yet another politically motivated killing during the electoral period in Nigeria, that of Harry Mashall, a leading member of the All...

The human rights organisation, which on Thursday 13 March is laying out specific recommendations in Geneva ahead of the Commission's Monday 17 March opening, is calling on the UN to help strengthen...