Press Releases

Amnesty International has welcomed the release of 23 opposition activists in Bahrain, but called for an independent investigation into claims that some of them were tortured while in custody. The 23...

The government of Pakistan must address the alarming number of killings and abductions in Balochistan attributed to government forces in recent months, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty...

Amnesty International has condemned the conviction in South Korea of eight members of the Socialist Workers League (SWL), a small association that espouses socialism. All eight men were found guilty...

Amnesty International today expressed shock that at least 45 Zimbabwean activists have been charged with treason and could face the death penalty following their arrest at a lecture on the protests in...

Amnesty International has urged the Bahraini authorities to ensure the safety of people participating in peaceful protests and of all detainees after one demonstrator described how police tortured him...

Amnesty International has urged Cuban authorities to end the harassment of relatives of a human rights activist who died during a hunger strike last year. Reina Luisa Tamayo, whose son Orlando Zapata...

Amnesty International has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to step up reforms to its justice system following the conviction of a military general for crimes against...

Amnesty urgently calls on the president of the largest Muslim country in the world to denounce escalating violence towards religious minorities and assert protection for all groups Amnesty...

Immediate asset freeze and arms embargo should be ‘bare minimum’ Amnesty International has today accused the international community of failing the Libyan people in their hour of greatest need as...

Amnesty International today urged the Yemeni authorities to end its crackdown on anti-government demonstrations after two protesters were reported to have been killed in Sana’a. They would be the...