Press Releases

'Church leaders, doctors, psychiatrists, lawyers, human rights groups and the UN have all asked the government to find a solution to the problem of people smuggling which does not compromise human...

If these executions go ahead, they will end a two-year freeze on executions introduced by former President Joseph Estrada in 2000 to mark the Christian Jubilee year. Although President Arroyo has...

'Everything is wrong with this case. Not only have death sentences been passed, which Amnesty International opposes unconditionally, but they were passed after an obviously unfair trial. Those...

'This sentence is the result of a grossly unfair trial and is intended to halt Habib 'Isa's activities as a human rights defender and lawyer,' Amnesty International said, recalling Habib 'Isa's...

'This judgement is incompatible with the Nigerian constitution and also with Nigeria's legal obligations under international human rights law and the African Charter for Human and People Rights,' the...

Ayub Masih was imprisoned in 1996 for allegedly speaking against Islam. However Amnesty International believes that the real motive for bringing the blasphemy charge was a land dispute in his village...

'All too often Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in Pakistan suffer cruel and degrading punishments which fly in the face of international standards. If the government is...

'We are deeply disappointed that flaws in these important trials addressing crimes against humanity in East Timor in 1999 mean that justice has not been delivered and the truth has not been revealed,'...

Richard Bunting, Communications Director at Amnesty International UK, said, 'The police operate in an atmosphere of impunity and there is no indication that the violations committed by state agents...

Haytham Na'al was among a group of ACO members sentenced to long prison terms or the death penalty after unfair trials before the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC). He was reportedly tortured and...