Press Releases
Iceandfire theatre have joined with Amnesty International UK to raise awareness about people who have suffered human rights abuses, both within the UK and abroad, in a series of free performances...
President Barack Obama should take the first step towards dismantling the US embargo against Cuba by not renewing sanctions against the Caribbean island under the Trading with the Enemy Act, said...
More than 1,000 people face execution in Iraq, said Amnesty International today (1 September), as it published a new report on the extensive imposition of death sentences in the country. Some 150 of...
Amnesty International today announced that Palace of the End by Judith Thompson has won its prestigious Freedom of Expression Award . The production was by the Royal Exchange Theatre Company...
On the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared (30 August), Amnesty International expressed dismay at the UK Government’s failure to sign a United Nations Convention that could bring justice...
Today at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Amnesty International and Mainstream Publishing will jointly launch a collection of short stories by top writers, to celebrate 60 years of the...
Responding to the release of a report into the torture of detainees by CIA operatives, Amnesty International USA executive director Larry Cox said: "Fresh revelations that CIA agents carried out mock...
Amnesty International (today) announced that four plays have been short listed for its prestigious Freedom of Expression Award . They are: The Chronicles of Long Kesh by Martin Lynch (Green Shoots...
Philippines has one of highest numbers of displaced people in the world; new report reveals ongoing arrests, beatings and electro-shock torture More than 200,000 civilians in central Mindanao are...
The Government of Bangladesh is seeking an endorsement from the highest court of the country that the 1952 Army Act can be extended to cover Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel accused of killing dozens...