Press releases in 2011

At least 48 dead in last four days, thousands could now be in detention At least 48 people have been killed in Syria by the security forces in the last four days, local and international human rights...

Amnesty International today corroborated claims about the use of anti-vehicle mines in Misratah’s port by forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi, as indiscriminate attacks on the Libyan city continue. The...

Human rights activists seen to be involved in pro-reform protests in Syria have been forced into hiding after receiving threats from Syrian authorities, Amnesty International said today as a “Day of...

Former Irish President Mary Robinson will say this evening (Friday 6 May) that the Arab Spring uprisings are a reminder that human rights are as relevant and necessary today as they have ever been...

Attacks by forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi on civilian and residential areas of Misratah may amount to war crimes, Amnesty International said today (6 May) in a new report on the bleak situation in...

Authorities in Azerbaijan must immediately release a member of an opposition youth organisation sentenced to two and a half years in prison on fabricated drug charges, Amnesty International said today...

Amnesty International today asked the US and Pakistani authorities to clarify aspects of the operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan in which Osama bin Laden was killed. The organisation specifically...

Amnesty International today asked the US and Pakistani authorities to clarify aspects of the operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan in which Osama bin Laden was killed. The organisation specifically...

Arrests of MPs and medics condemned The Bahraini government must end its relentless crackdown on human rights, Amnesty International said today after the country's parliament voted to extend a...

Amnesty International has received first-hand reports of torture and other ill-treatment from detainees held in Syria as a wave of arrests of anti-government protesters intensified over the weekend...