Press Releases
Amnesty International has welcomed the announcement by the Northern Ireland Executive that it will hold an inquiry into historical institutional child abuse in the region. Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty...
Eyewitnesses have told Amnesty International that at least nine unarmed protesters were killed today [16 December] in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, during mass protests over a political deadlock following...
The Kyrgyzstani authorities are failing to provide justice for the thousands of victims of human rights abuses during four days of violent ethnic clashes which tore through southern Kyrgyzstan in June...
Amnesty International today welcomed the new report on Migration and Trafficking produced by the Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee. The human rights group welcomed the comprehensive...
As Belarus prepares for elections on Sunday 19 December, Amnesty international UK issued the following briefing, outlining key human rights concerns in the country. Amnesty international UK Director...
Amnesty international has said that revelations contained in US diplomatic cables leaked by the WikiLeaks website, strengthen the case for an independent public inquiry into the killing of Belfast...
On Tuesday 14 December, an award-winning political comedy show will be performed inside the Houses of Parliament for the first time. ‘Bussmann’s Holiday: The Worst Date Ever’ exposes the failure of...
‘MPs should stand up for the victims of war crimes and torture’ - Kate Allen Amnesty International is calling for proposed measures to restrict the issuing of arrest warrants for suspected war...
Amnesty International today condemned reports that Iran’s state-controlled Press TV will tonight broadcast a new “confession” by an Iranian woman who faces possible execution by stoning or hanging...
Ahead of a planned rally and march on Saturday 11 December through the London borough of Wandsworth organised by the Save Shaker Aamer Campaign on behalf of Shaker Aamer, the Saudi-born Wandsworth...