Press Releases

Actor Samuel West will hand in a letter of protest and address a demonstration outside the Belarusian embassy in London this Saturday 19 February at 2pm The protest is held in solidarity with all the...

Call for all governments to stop discrimination and violation of human rights Amnesty International will lead a delegation of Scottish organisations campaigning for the rights of Gypsy Travellers and...

Following numerous reports that the Bahraini security forces have this week used excessive force in responding to peaceful anti-government protests, Amnesty International UK Arms Programme Director...

Amnesty International has called on Yemen to stop its security forces using excessive force after protesters and journalists were today reportedly attacked at peaceful demonstrations around the...

Amnesty International has condemned the Bahraini authorities’ forcible eviction of a peaceful protest camp in the centre of the capital Manama that reportedly left at least three and possibly as many...

Unconfirmed reports of security forces blocking ambulances and beating medics Amnesty International has condemned the Bahraini authorities' forcible eviction of a peaceful protest camp in the centre...

‘When we got out of the vehicle our blindfolds were taken off and soldiers started beating us with whips and truncheons’ - 18-year-old student Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian military to...

Amnesty International is urging the Hungarian authorities to reverse a resolution issued by the Chief of Budapest Police on 11 February banning the Gay Pride march scheduled for 18 June 2011 as part...

Amnesty International has urged members of Trinidad and Tobago’s parliament to vote against a constitutional amendment Bill which would allow executions to be resumed in the country. Under the...

Two friends will attempt to climb the height of Mount Everest for charity on Friday 11th March, by making a record-breaking 1,106 ascents of an eight metre climbing wall at The British Leisure Show in...