Press Releases
Amnesty International has called for a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into allegations that the African Union peace support operation in Somalia (AMISOM), opened fire indiscriminately...
Both sides denying civilians freedom of movement Amnesty International is calling on the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers to immediately declare a temporary humanitarian truce and create...
The Chinese government’s report to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) whitewashes serious human rights abuses being committed across the country, said Amnesty International today. Amnesty’s...
Reacting to today’s House of Commons statement from the Foreign Secretary David Miliband on the case of Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held at Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International UK Director Kate...
Amnesty International has put out an urgent appeal on behalf of a Honduran transgender woman who was arrested by the police, beaten up and threatened with death if she reported what happened to her...
Amnesty International has denounced the reported bomb attack on a main hospital in a civilian area by the Sri Lankan military as a serious violation of international humanitarian law. According to a...
Reacting to today’s High Court ruling and a House of Commons statement from David Davis MP in the case of Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held at Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International UK Director Kate...
Amnesty International has called on the joint United Nations/African Union peacekeeping force, UNAMID, not to desert civilians sheltering in the town of Muhajeriya in south Darfur. People in the town...
The Chinese government should immediately disclose the whereabouts of Gao Zhisheng, a leading human rights lawyer who disappeared two weeks ago, said Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and...
Still Human Still Here: The underground world of refused and destitute asylum seekers Host Gallery 17 March – 4 April 2009 Private View Wednesday 18 March 6-8pm The shocking, hidden lives of refused...