Press Releases

Photo of Behnam Zare’ available from Amnesty press office Amnesty International today (6 February) warned that a young man in Iran aged only 15 at the time of his offence will be executed in the next...

"I was arrested, they brought me to the police station... They began with slaps and then they started beating me." – Statement from a man arrested in Prijedor in Republika Srpska. Torture and ill...

Amnesty International issues urgent call to its 2.2 million members Amnesty International today issued an urgent action to its 2.2 million members on behalf of four Chadian opposition leaders arrested...

Amnesty International is inviting entries for its 17th annual Media Awards, which recognise excellence in journalism that has made a significant contribution to the UK public’s greater awareness and...

Amnesty International today urged African state leaders to address the critical human rights challenges confronting the continent – in particular the abuses in Kenya and Sudan which continue unabated...

Amnesty International today called a report published by the Winograd Commission on Israel’s conduct in the war with Hizbullah in July-August 2006 “deeply flawed.” The organisation said that the...

Fears are mounting for the safety of a 15-year-old girl who went missing in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico on 18 January. Adriana Sarmiento Enriquez was last seen in the afternoon of 18 January by her friends...

Amnesty International said today that it is gravely concerned by the potential implications of the decision by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Saadi v UK . The decision appears to...

Amnesty International has today appealed to its members to call for the protection of nine Kenyan rights activists who have received serious death threats. The six men and three Women's rights's...

As the European Union (EU) prepares to make a decision over its responsibilities with regard to Kosovo, Amnesty International today warned that war crimes and crimes against humanity from the conflict...