Press Releases

Amnesty International has today urged the Israeli authorities to abandon plans to construct 238 new housing units in Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. The housing units are planned for...

Amnesty International is today urging the Indian government to end the routine torture of those held by police and prison authorities by ensuring the country’s new Prevention of Torture Bill meets...

Amnesty International UK publishes its first annual report today (14 October), focusing on the objectives and outcomes of its human rights work, with chapters too on governance, staff and volunteers...

Former high-ranking Guatemalan officials accused of involvement in the extrajudicial executions of prisoners should face prosecution in fair trials, Amnesty International said after the arrest of...

Amnesty International and iceandfire are to present the top choices from entries to this year’s international human rights playwriting competition. ‘Everyone has the Right’ is iceandfire’s New Writing...

Amnesty International has today called on the Moroccan authorities to immediately and unconditionally release three Sahrawi activists set to face trial following their visit to refugee camps in...

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called on the Austrian authorities to protect a Vienna-based Turkmenistani activist who is said to be the target of a plot against his life by agents...

AMNESTY TURNS DOWN INVITATION TO APPEAR BEFORE COMISSION Amnesty International has declined an invitation to appear before Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and calls...

Richard Hughes, drummer with the hugely popular British band Keane, was on hand to help pupils at Harris Academy Crystal Palace launch Amnesty International’s new education pack, entitled A Matter of...

Amnesty International and British Irish RIGHTS WATCH today urged UK authorities not to forget victims of torture in Northern Ireland, following the release of a new Guardian film by Ian Cobain. The...