Press releases in 2011

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...

‘Hundreds of thousands of people exist with virtually no rights, treated essentially as slaves, in some of the worst circumstances we’ve documented in the last fifty years.’ Spokespeople, images, B...

Amnesty International UK has announced the shortlist for its prestigious annual Media Awards, this year celebrating its 20th year. The awards recognise excellence in human rights reporting and...

Amnesty International has announced that former Irish President Mary Robinson will give the keynote address at the organisation’s 50th anniversary conference, to be held in Belfast this weekend....

Following US President Barack Obama’s announcement today that Osama Bin Laden has been killed during a US-led operation in Pakistan, Amnesty International Senior Director for Research Claudio Cordone...