Press Releases
Amnesty International USA has today released a ground-breaking report on the failure of local, state, and federal governments to protect the rights of poor and minority Gulf Coast residents in the...
Amnesty International has condemned the Australian Government’s suspension of the processing of new asylum claims by Afghan and Sri Lankan nationals, which is fundamentally inconsistent with Australia...
The 39-minute video released on Monday by WikiLeaks, appears to show a helicopter gunsight video with an audio track of conversation among the crew opening fire on a group of men, two of whom appear...
ASEAN’s reputation under threat over its inaction Burma’s appalling human rights record is a serious breach of the Association of South Eastern Asian Nations (ASEAN) charter and should top the agenda...
Amnesty International has condemned arrests, detentions and violence meted out against peaceful protesters in Egypt, after more than 90 people were detained in Cairo yesterday for taking part in...
Amnesty International is calling on the European Union (EU) and its member states to take concrete action to break the cycle of discrimination, poverty and exclusion experienced by Roma communities in...
Amnesty International is calling on the authorities in Kyrgyzstan not to use excessive force in their attempts to end protests in the capital Bishkek and other Kyrgyz cities that have reportedly...
Amnesty International has urged the Ugandan authorities to provide support for Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights seeking justice for sexual and domestic violence in its new...
Photos of ‘Scorched Earth’ destruction available The scale of the devastation caused by Yemeni and Saudi Arabian aerial bombardments of the northern Yemeni region of Sa’dah has been revealed in...
Amnesty International has urged Saad Hariri, the Lebanese prime minister, to intervene to help halt the possible execution of a Lebanese national in Saudi Arabia, after the organisation received...