Press Releases

Amnesty International has today (27 Sept) described the decision by the Northumbria police to use the unauthorised Taser X-Rep projectile during the apprehension of Raoul Moat as ‘deplorable’. The...

‘It is deeply worrying that Egypt’s treatment of dissenters seems to have changed little since President Mubarak was in charge’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The Egyptian authorities must immediately and...

Saudi Arabia must take immediate steps to end all discrimination against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in the kingdom, Amnesty International said today following moves to...

* Body was decapitated, with arms cut off and skin removed * First case of woman dying in custody * Brother also died in custody, taking total to 103 Fresh evidence of the extreme brutality being...

Amnesty International today urged Haitian authorities to bring former President Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier to justice for the human rights abuses committed under his regime from 1971 - 1986. The...

Responding to media reports that the UK Ministry of Defence had contacted solicitors for families of many of the victims of Bloody Sunday to make compensation offers, Amnesty International said that...

“Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls in Colombia are often treated as trophies of war” The Colombian authorities have failed to tackle the lack of justice for Women's...

Conditions in many prisons across Liberia are so poor that they violate basic human rights with inmates crowded into dirty cells without adequate food, water or healthcare, Amnesty International said...

The release of the two US hikers imprisoned for more than two years in Iran is welcome, but long overdue, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International Deputy Director for Middle East and...

‘Too Much Doubt’ campaigners will assemble outside embassy from 10pm Bianca Jagger and Amnesty UK director Kate Allen will lead candle-lit event Bianca Jagger, the Council of Europe’s Goodwill...