Press Releases
Debate to be held at St Mary’s University College, Belfast today Journalism has a key role in the highlighting and prevention of human rights abuses worldwide. It also has a massive impact in helping...
Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to release three US nationals who have been detained without charge or trial for a year. Shane Michael Bauer, Joshua Felix Fattal and Sarah...
UK must add human rights benchmarks to its aid programme Amnesty Spokesperson available for interview Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari should use his UK visit to announce reforms in the country’s...
UK must add human rights benchmarks to its aid programme Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari should use his UK visit to announce reforms in the country’s northwest that will help combat human rights...
Amnesty International has urged the Yemeni authorities to launch an immediate independent investigation into the extrajudicial execution of a man accused of murdering a tribal sheikh. ‘Ali ‘Abdullah...
Amnesty International has teamed up with six cutting-edge graffiti artists from across Scotland to hold an exciting exhibition inspired by 'the fight for freedom of expression'. Each painting depicts...
Amnesty International condemned the closed trial and conviction of three Uighur website managers on state security charges. Dilshat Perhat, web manager and owner of the Diyarim website was sentenced...
Amnesty International today called on all UN members to uphold the rights to water and sanitation, after the General Assembly voted in favour of recognising the rights. The UN said an estimated 884...
The latest murals to grace the walls of Belfast don’t deal with local politics, but instead tackle head on the human rights abuses associated with global poverty. Two new murals, which will appear on...
Amnesty International has condemned the execution of two Japanese men in the first death sentences carried out since the country's new government came to power last year. The two - Ogata Hidenori, 33...