Press releases in 2001

'Intimidation, harassment and violent attacks against indigenous communities are frequent occurrences in countries including Honduras, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela,' the...

'Week-in-week-out human rights defenders struggle against a campaign of concerted pressure aimed at wearing them down. This campaign has assumed various forms, sometimes very crude, and has included...

'The verdict represents a significant contribution in achieving justice for the thousands of victims of summary executions in Srebrenica and their relatives,' Amnesty International said. This verdict...

Amnesty International today called on Liberian government forces and Liberian armed opposition groups to immediately end widespread and gross abuses against unarmed civilians in Lofa County. In a...

The organisation wrote to Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, expressing concern about the alleged human rights violations committed in the context of the G8 policing operation and asking for...

The Israeli Air Force killed yesterday eight people, including two Children's rights and two journalists and wounded 15 others, including a human rights defender as they shot two missiles from an...