Press releases in 2011

Human rights violations including sexual violence and unlawful killings are being perpetrated by forces loyal to Ivory Coast’s outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo and also to internationally recognised...

Amnesty International welcomes the decision by the Budapest Metropolitan Court on 18 February, overturning a police resolution of 11 February that banned the Budapest Pride march. The march had been...

Amnesty International has urged the Bahraini authorities to ensure the safety of people participating in peaceful protests and of all detainees after one demonstrator described how police tortured him...

Injured prisoners left to be helped by fellow prisoners; hundreds of prisoners still at risk Egyptian prison guards in watchtowers are feared to have shot dead scores of inmates and a visitor during...

Amnesty International today called on Libyan leader Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi to immediately rein in his security forces amid reports of machine guns and other weapons being used against protestors and a...

Amnesty International has called on Yemen to stop its security forces using excessive force after protesters and journalists were today reportedly attacked at peaceful demonstrations around the...

Following numerous reports that the Bahraini security forces have this week used excessive force in responding to peaceful anti-government protests, Amnesty International UK Arms Programme Director...

Call for all governments to stop discrimination and violation of human rights Amnesty International will lead a delegation of Scottish organisations campaigning for the rights of Gypsy Travellers and...

Actor Samuel West will hand in a letter of protest and address a demonstration outside the Belarusian embassy in London this Saturday 19 February at 2pm The protest is held in solidarity with all the...

Two friends will attempt to climb the height of Mount Everest for charity on Friday 11th March, by making a record-breaking 1,106 ascents of an eight metre climbing wall at The British Leisure Show in...