Press Releases
The fourteen year sentence imposed on a Malawian couple convicted of “gross indecency” and “unnatural acts” is an outrage, Amnesty International said today. Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were...
Amnesty International is calling on French law-makers to reject a draft law banning the wearing of full face veils in public, which was adopted by the government and put before Parliament today. The...
Financial Times’ late call thwarts Amnesty’s campaign Amnesty International UK expressed its immense disappointment today at the Financial Times’ decision to pull a new hard-hitting advertisement at...
Amnesty label Shell’s business principles as “meaningless” as video launches to coincide with Shell’s AGM Amnesty International today launched a new hard-hitting online video aimed at exposing Shell’s...
Amnesty International calls on the Malawian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release a couple convicted today on charges of “gross indecency” and “unnatural acts”. Steven Monjeza and...
Amnesty International has urged the Sudanese authorities to end their crackdown on freedom of expression following the arrest of four employees of an opposition newspaper in a late night raid by...
Amnesty condemns use of live bullets on protestors Thai soldiers must immediately stop firing live ammunition into several large areas in Bangkok where anti-government protesters are gathered, Amnesty...
The government of Zimbabwe must take action to protect hundreds of thousands of people left to survive in substandard settlements five years after a program of mass forced evictions, Amnesty...
New evidence suggests pilot “unlawful” Amnesty International has supplied legal evidence to the Justice Secretary, Kenny McAskill, indicating that Strathclyde Police has not acted lawfully in setting...
Joint Statement by Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19 and International PEN Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19, and International PEN call on the Azerbaijani government to comply with the ruling of the...