Press Releases

As a matter of urgency, the government needs to deliver justice to the victims and protect those people who have been displaced. 'If the government of Gujarat does not investigate promptly...

'Deliberately targeting civilians is a grave breach of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law,' the organisation said. 'This is an unacceptable tragedy and we call on armed...

The international human rights organisation is further alarmed by reports that indicate that the Ugandan army could be considering this extreme type of measures to discipline soldiers. The army is...

While the full facts are not yet known, other inmates have alleged witnessing guards and police officers kicking and stomping on Burgess and beating him with night sticks in a sustained attack during...

Amnesty International welcomes that the NEPAD texts specify that 'the expansion of democratic frontiers and the deepening of the culture of human rights' are to be a foundational element of the NEPAD...

Amnesty International is also calling for a resolution concerning the human rights situation in Zimbabwe at the UN Commission on Human Rights now meeting in Geneva. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and...

'Andrey Klimov's four-year imprisonment epitomises the blatant disregard for human rights in Belarus and the scant value placed on freedom of expression in the country,' Amnesty International stated...

Only four more ratifications are now needed for the Statute to come into force and the Court to be established. 'Fifty-six states have so far shown their commitment towards ending impunity for the...

'Guatemala may have 'disappeared' from the focus of international attention, but the tragedy of a country which has still not confronted the massive suffering and loss of life of its recent past...

'Many political leaders in the Caribbean are privately against hanging, knowing it to be a violation of human rights and ineffective in preventing crime. The example of the Attorney General's brave...