Press releases in 2011

Amnesty International has learned that 16 people, including nine members of staff working with the Communist party-affiliated newspaper Al-Midan based in Khartoum, were arrested by Sudan’s National...

Joint call from Amnesty and Human Rights Watch to release their employees, underscores gravity of the danger facing journalists and activists in Cairo The Egyptian authorities should immediately...

Amnesty International today (3 February) responded to comments in Lord Carlile’s annual report on UK counter-terrorism legislation, in which he voiced strong support for the use of ‘diplomatic...

Amnesty International has condemned a sweeping crackdown by Egyptian security forces today that saw activists and journalists harassed and two Amnesty International staff members detained along with...

An Amnesty International representative has been detained by police in Cairo after the Hisham Mubarak Law Centre was taken over by military police this morning. The Amnesty member of staff was taken...

Amnesty International will organise a panel discussion on human trafficking in St Mary’s College, Belfast, 4.30pm on Thursday 3rd February. The event will look at how MLAs have fulfilled their...

In response to today’s violence in Egypt, Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Hassiba Hadj-Sahraoui said: "The army has failed in its commitment to protect peaceful...

* Authorities must restore internet * Amnesty experts currently in Egypt available for further comment Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian military to respect the rights of protesters as...

As the trials of opposition politicians in Belarus approach, Amnesty International is publishing today (2 February) a report detailing ongoing repression of political opposition and human rights...

Amnesty International has called on the Sudanese government to end its crackdown on freedom of expression following the arrest of at least 70 people at demonstrations inspired by those in Tunisia...