Press Releases

John Spirko: another Kenny Richey? One of the first things Kenny Richey did after his release this week was refer to other people on death row in Ohio who he believes are innocent - he mentioned 20 in...

Amnesty’s Secretary General calls for justice for thousands killed Amnesty International has called for a full-scale investigation into human rights violations carried out during the Liberation War of...

Secretary General Irene Khan launches new portal from Bangladesh Amnesty International today launched a new version of its website to cater for the millions of Bangla speakers across the globe. The...

Amnesty International has called on the Home Office to reconsider its decision to deport a Nigerian family who have been living in east Belfast. Amnesty will be taking part in a protest on the steps...

Amnesty to welcome him home at Edinburgh airport Amnesty International and other anti-death penalty campaigners are preparing to welcome back to Scotland tomorrow Kenny Richey, the Scottish man who...

Northern Ireland campaigners against the death penalty have hailed the release tonight (Monday) of Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent more than 20 years on death row in Ohio, as "very welcome...

Amnesty International has welcomed news that Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent over 20 years on death row in Ohio, USA, is about to return to his native Edinburgh. Mr Richey, who won an...

Amnesty International today issued an urgent appeal for Internet blogger Fouad Ahmad al-Farhan , who is reportedly being held in incommunicado detention at Dhaban Prison in the Saudi city of Jeddah...

Amnesty International today strongly condemned the expansion of China’s lethal injection programme, questioning claims that it is ‘more humane’ than execution by firing squad. The organisation called...

Charges against pair no more than a ‘criminalisation of free speech’ Amnesty International today condemned the convictions of two human rights defenders in Ethiopia, adding that the two men are...