Press releases in 2011

32 Children's rights, aged between 12 and 17, remain in detention and at risk of torture Amnesty International urged the Syrian authorities to protect child protesters amid fresh reports of young...

Independent trade unionists in Iran are imprisoned for speaking out about labour rights while independent workers’ bodies face ongoing repression, Amnesty International said today (10 June), as it...

21-year-old fled and escaped capture disguised as woman in a niqab A former member of the Syrian Republican Guard has told Amnesty International that he and other soldiers were ordered to open fire on...

Failure to deliver justice for the killing, rape and torture of civilians could lead to further clashes in Kyrgyzstan, Amnesty International warned today (8 June) ahead of the first anniversary of the...

Brazilian authorities must investigate acts of violence and intimidation by hired gunmen against rural workers in the north of the country, Amnesty International said today, amid ongoing threats...

A Bahraini poet faces possible imprisonment for reading out a poem criticising the country’s King when a military court rules on her case this Sunday. Ayat al-Qarmezi, 20, a poet and student was...

Doctors and nurses allegedly beaten with wooden boards studded with nails The Bahraini authorities must independently investigate fresh claims that dozens of doctors and nurses on trial before a...

Case of Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace must be urgently reviewed, says new report The US state of Louisiana must immediately remove two inmates from the solitary confinement they were placed in...

Thousands of Amnesty International supporters are appealing to the authorities in Cameroon to immediately and unconditionally release a man who has been jailed for charges of homosexuality and...

Ahead of tomorrow’s second reading of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill, Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said: “The TPIM proposals seem to have dropped...