Press releases in 2011

Amnesty International has today revealed fresh evidence of extrajudicial executions apparently committed by Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi's forces near the town of Ajdabiya in recent days. Amnesty...

‘He said if you don’t stop your political opposition activities we will kidnap you, rape you and videotape the rape’ - Fatima Ahmed, an opposition activist threatened in Erbil The Iraqi authorities...

Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and nine human and labour rights organisations today expressed dismay at parliamentary proceedings in Iran which look set to pass into law a bill which appears...

Bahrain urged to stop targeting protesters after two more deaths in custody The Bahraini authorities must urgently reveal the whereabouts and legal status of more than 400 mostly Shi’a opposition...

Condemnation at the detention of people protesting against “burka ban” Amnesty International condemns the detention of several people, including two Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's...

In response to the news that West Yorkshire police admit to losing a Taser electroshock weapon, Amnesty International has produced a response: Amnesty International’s UK Arms Programme Director Oliver...

At least 171 people are believed to have been killed during three weeks of unrest in Syria, Amnesty International said today after at least eight more fatalities during protests. Thousands of unarmed...

Responding to the death yesterday of the influential business and human rights figure Sir Geoffrey Chandler CBE, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Sir Geoffrey was a towering figure...

The Iraqi authorities must immediately launch an independent investigation into reports that Iraqi troops killed and injured residents of a camp for Iranian exiles north of Baghdad in an unprovoked...

Roma families in Serbia have been left housed in metal containers in segregated settlements, or returned to poverty and inadequate housing in southern Serbia, following an increasing series of forced...