Press Releases
Regional leaders must condemn violence; electoral commission should release results immediately Amnesty International is concerned that post-election violence in Zimbabwe is widespread and appears to...
ABU QATADA COURT OF APPEAL RULING: TIME FOR UK TO ABANDON DEPORTATION WITH ASSURANCES As the Court of Appeal today ruled that the UK could not lawfully proceed with the deportations of Abu Qatada and...
Amnesty International has expressed grave concern at the escalation of killings and arrests in Nepal in advance of national elections tomorrow. Amnesty International said: "The last two weeks have...
Doctors helping police denounced for breaching medical ethics and human rights As five more men face trial in Cairo on 9 April in a widening and dangerous police crackdown on people living with HIV...
Amnesty International has expressed concern at the new wave of unlawful killings committed by the Niger army in the Agadez region. This area has been affected by a rebellion led by armed opposition...
Protests around the torch relay should not be stopped Amnesty International UK today responded angrily to comments made by the head of the International Olympic Committee on the protests surrounding...
Amnesty International today condemned the decision by Chinese authorities to convict human rights defender Hu Jia on charges of ‘inciting subversion of state power'. Hu Jia is being punished for...
Hu Jia jailed for three years and six months for speaking out against China’s AIDS programme Amnesty International reacted angrily to today’s news that a human rights defender has been sentenced to...
As the Olympic torch relay arrives in London, Amnesty International is urging participants and spectators alike to find out what is really happening in China and join its campaign to improve human...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and world leaders, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown, must speak out strongly and in public against human rights abuses in Tibet and elsewhere in China or...