Press Releases

At least eight other executions set to go ahead today Responding to a late reprieve for two child offenders due to have been executed today in Iran, Amnesty International has called for the reprieves...

Backbench MPs have received an impassioned plea from Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen ahead of today’s debate on plans to extend pre-charge detention limits to 42 days in terrorism cases...

An investigative documentary film-maker has been detained after investigating a conflict between the Mapuche Indigenous people and lumber companies over the use of land. Elena Varela López was filming...

42-year-old jailed for six years this morning Amnesty International has today (9 June 2008) condemned the jailing of a leading journalist in Yemen just days before an event in London at which the...

Amnesty International welcomes the announcement by the British Embassy that they will fly the rainbow flag alongside the Union flag this weekend in support of Warsaw Pride 2008. The Pride March, which...

Amnesty International today called on the government of Zimbabwe to immediately lift its ban on field operations by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and accused the government of using food for...

Amnesty International today called on the government of Zimbabwe to immediately lift its ban on field operations by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and accused the government of using food for...

Government officials confiscate aid and thousands forced out of emergency shelters The Burmese government is stepping up efforts to force survivors of Cyclone Nargis out of emergency shelters and is...

Amnesty International has condemned the sharp crackdown on political opponents and human rights activists in the run up to the second round of Zimbabwe’s presidential elections, as it published a new...