Press Releases
Amnesty International response to the conferring of an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) on Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud of Saudi Arabia: Amnesty International's Northern Ireland programme director...
Amnesty International has expressed grave concern that the Taser XREP projectile and X12 shot gun were used without having gone through the official weapons testing and approval process. The...
Amnesty International today called for the immediate release of an online news editor in Thailand – detained for a comment on her site that was neither written or posted by herself. Chiranuch...
Amnesty International has highlighted an apparent split between Westminster and Holyrood Ministers over whether police forces require political authorisation before deploying new firearms to officers...
Amnesty International is today urging the authorities in the Dominican Republic to investigate the whereabouts of Juan Almonte Herrera who is believed to have been abducted by anti-kidnapping police...
Amnesty International has welcomed comments on human rights from the new Labour leader Ed Miliband in today’s conference speech. In his party conference speech Mr Miliband said his party had “too...
As the new academic year begins, many students are languishing in jail in Iran, while dozens more have been banned from study – all because they took part in peaceful demonstrations against the...
European Union (EU) countries should end the forcible return of Roma and other minorities to Kosovo, Amnesty International said in a report published today (28 September). “ No welcome anywhere: Stop...
The Serbian authorities must ensure that the 2010 Belgrade Pride – the first in nearly 10 years – goes ahead unobstructed on 10 October in central Belgrade, Amnesty International said today. Activists...
Amnesty International has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to decide on whether it can investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 2008-9 conflict in...