Press Releases

A US federal district court in Alexandria, Virginia, will hear a defence motion to suppress (exclude from his forthcoming trial) statements Lindh made while in US custody in Afghanistan on the grounds...

An incident filmed Saturday night shows an officer from Inglewood (a town near Los Angeles airport) lifting a handcuffed youth in the air and slamming his head onto the hood of a police car. The...

In an open letter yesterday to Mr Blair, Amnesty International outlined the need for the UK to be expressing its concern at the incoming president's proposals in dealing with Colombia's long-running...

'Police and justice officials now require support if they are to fully investigate the claims against Amio Metayer and determine the truthfulness of the allegations against him,' the organisation said...

The USA is seeking to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which is the multilateral treaty that established the court, through a new Security Council resolution. Amnesty...

According to the human rights organisation, the war crimes committed in Srebrenica will remain an open wound as long as the authorities - notably those of the Republika Srpska - fail to initiate...

The report 'Without distinction: Attacks on civilians by Palestinian armed groups' is the seventh major report on the human rights situation in the region published by the organization since the...

'Once again the country's authorities have allowed an important opportunity to combat long-standing human rights abuse, organised crime, corruption and impunity to be overridden by political...

In an open letter to India's Law Minister, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan expressed concern that pre-trial proceedings appear to have been flawed. 'The scheduling of hearings of...

Amnesty International is urgently seeking answers as to whether it is the official policy of the state to regard human rights groups as sanctioning criminality, following comments by the Head of the...