Press Releases

Thousands of villagers have been displaced and thousands more are trapped in the cross fire in the Delta State since fighting began on 13 May 2009 between Nigeria’s Joint Task Force (JTF) and armed...

Fears grow that news from conflict zone will be restricted Three doctors who told the BBC of various attacks carried out by the Sri Lankan government over the last few months have gone missing...

Tens of thousands of civilians in Northern Pakistan face an impending humanitarian disaster, Amnesty International warned today. Residents of Malakand, in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP...

A “chain gang” of shackled doctors will parade in Edinburgh to call for the release of one particular doctor who dared to speak out on behalf of his patients – and was thrown into jail for his...

As the war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) reaches its final hours and the humanitarian crisis unfolds, Amnesty International is calling for key steps to be adopted to...

In response to reports that the United States government is set to revive “military commissions” to try Guantánamo detainees, Amnesty International has called on President Barack Obama to scrap the...

In a week that has seen scores of civilians killed, hundreds injured and thousands displaced by clashes between pro- and anti-government forces in Mogadishu, Amnesty International said that armed...

The Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) must immediately heed demands by the United Nations Security Council and similar calls made by US President Barack Obama and...

Reacting to Jack Straw’s announcement today that the government would abandon plans to hold coroners’ inquests in secret without juries, Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said:...

Amnesty International is demanding that the UN Security Council - notably China and Japan - and ASEAN countries, urgently intervene to secure Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from Insein prison. These...