Press releases in 2011

Crimes under international law, including rape and murder, continue to be committed by the Congolese army and armed groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following decades of similar...

Ban Ki-moon report and debate on Syria due tomorrow World leaders must take immediate concrete action to respond to the crisis in Syria, Amnesty International said today, amid reports that the death...

Top comedians show their support for campaign to free men detained for 'insulting officials' Amnesty International today announced its 2011 Edinburgh Festival campaign for the 'UAE 5', five men...

‘This report should be a wake-up call to institutional investors’ - Audrey Gaughran The oil company Shell has had a disastrous impact on the human rights of the people living in the Niger Delta in...

The UN Security Council’s response to the recent bloodshed in Syria is completely inadequate, Amnesty International said today, after the UN released a statement condemning the Syrian government’s...

Letter to inquiry denounces ‘lack of credibility and transparency’ Amnesty International has today described the government's plans for an inquiry into allegations of UK involvement in torture and...

Two Bahraini Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights activists detained for their involvement in pro-reform protests have begun a hunger strike to demand their freedom. Amnesty...

Authorities in the Dominican Republic must ensure journalists are given adequate protection to carry out their jobs without fearing for their lives, Amnesty International said today after a television...

Amnesty International today (3 August) announced an extended line-up for its famed Stand Up For Freedom comedy night at the Edinburgh Festival on 17 August. Mark Watson, Ed Byrne, Russell Kane...

Amnesty human rights experts available for comment A major new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on the impacts of oil pollution in the Ogoniland region of Nigeria’s Niger Delta is...