Press Releases
Amnesty International today (22 December) called on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to urgently appeal to Chinese Premier Hu Jintao to stop a British man being executed in less than seven days from now...
Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year-old father of five from north London facing execution in China, has had his execution date confirmed for 29 December, according to reports. Akmal, who is believed to be...
New report accuses international community of ‘betrayal’ Only 41 truckloads of construction materials allowed to enter since January Homes, schools, hospitals and water networks cannot be rebuilt The...
For the first time a European government has admitted that a secret “black site” existed on its territory, Amnesty International said today, after a Lithuanian parliamentary committee concluded that...
Amnesty International has appointed Salil Shetty as its next Secretary General. Shetty, an Indian national, has been the Director of the United Nations’ Millennium Campaign for the past six years and...
An attempt to defraud victims of the Trafigura toxic waste dump disaster out of £31 million must be stopped, Amnesty International said today in an open letter. An organisation known as the National...
Amnesty International has thrown its weight behind a new online campaign for a strong Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. Laura Plummer, an Amnesty International member from Downpatrick, today helped...
Amnesty International has condemned the failure of the Guatemalan authorities to thoroughly investigate extra-judicial killings in which police officers have been implicated. In a report released...
Amnesty International is calling on the Saudi Arabian authorities to halt the flogging and imprisonment of a 75-year-old woman and two younger men for moral “crimes”. The Saudi Minister of Interior is...
TV presenter and ‘magician of female TV presenters’ face beheading Amnesty International is warning that two men in Saudi Arabia are facing execution after being convicted in relation to “sorcery”...